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Online Gaming News
PartyGaming boss quits after two years
5 Mar 2008
International News Brief: PartyGaming begin chief executive hunt, after Mitch Garber reveals plans to take his family back to North America next year.
Draft UIGEA regulations under fire
5 Mar 2008
The U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are still struggling to create and implement regulations to enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act more than 16 months after the law's adoption.
Expert: Canada not likely to ban online gaming
5 Mar 2008
Toronto-based lawyer Michael Lipton says the UIGEA-like restrictions the Canadian government is considering faces tough sledding and regulation could be in the cards for Internet gaming in Canada.
International gambling giants may move in
5 Mar 2008
International News Brief: Pokies giants Tatts and Tabcorp could be stripped of up to 9000 machines in a gambling industry shake-up to be revealed within days.
Canadian government looks to stamp out tribal online gambling
5 Mar 2008
News Brief: The Canadian government is considering new measures to stamp out Internet gaming sites based on a native reserve in Quebec.
Legalized online gambling would bring in billions
5 Mar 2008
Congressman Jim
McDermott introduced yesterday the Internet Gambling Regulation and
Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 that would ensure that taxes are collected on
regulated Internet gambling activities.
European Casino Affiliate Convention looks at mergers
5 Mar 2008
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that several presentations on Mergers and Acquisitions for the affiliate business will take place at the upcoming 6th annual European Casino Affiliate Convention.
Beltway business boom
5 Mar 2008
Crown Ltd. is the latest in a handful of gaming companies that have purchased or leased office space along the Las Vegas Beltway in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley, creating a core development totaling about 1 million square feet.
JamPoker Poker Room opens for business
5 Mar 2008
JamPoker is excited to welcome players from around the world to enjoy playing its many different poker games, tables and tournaments.
Titan Poker launches new freeroll series
5 Mar 2008
Titan Poker has launched its First Deposit New Depositors Freeroll series, awarding all first-time depositors with a free tournament entry.
Bodog Poker Open launched
5 Mar 2008
Over the next seven days, online poker players will be competing for huge cash prizes and major bragging rights in the inaugural Bodog Poker Open.
WSOP pre-registration opens
5 Mar 2008
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said
today pre-registration for the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by
Milwaukee's Best Light is now open.
TimelessPoker.com joins Everleaf Gaming
4 Mar 2008
TimelessPoker.com joins Everleaf Gaming Ltd Network and launches new affiliate program offering 50% revenue share for life time.
Pokerstars begins WSOP satellites
4 Mar 2008
Pokerstars has just announced they have started the satellites and qualifiers for the 2008 WSOP Main Event and they will be sending more players than any other room online.
High-rollers boost Ladbrokes in tough year for the bookies
3 Mar 2008
International News Brief: Bookmaker Ladbrokes posted a 45% jump in profits, thanks to rapid growth in over-the-phone bets.
Rank takeover 'inevitable' after it sells off pension plan
3 Mar 2008
International News Brief: Rank has removed a key obstacle for potential buyers by agreeing a deal to hive off its pension plan.
Jeff Simpson explains why he doesn't think Signature towers buyers will win in court
3 Mar 2008
Jeff Simpson on the folks who are suing MGM Mirage because they believe they were misled about their purchase of condo-hotel units at the Signature towers at MGM Grand.
'Bringing Down The House' goes Hollywood
3 Mar 2008
Ben Mezrich's best-selling book about an MIT blackjack team has been adapted to the big screen as "21" premieres this week. Watch the movie's trailer and find out how the relationship between Mezrich and the book's main character - Jeff Ma - led to the creation of this motion picture and changed their lives forever.
Titan Poker runs 2nd European Championship of Online Poker Series.
3 Mar 2008
Titan Poker is guaranteeing $3,500,000 in cash prizes in its second European Championship of Online Poker Series.
Represent Bluff Europe in the eSport-Poker League
3 Mar 2008
Bluff Europe magazine is entering a team into Europe's first eSport-Poker league, and would like Bluff Europe readers to help prove that they're the best poker players in Europe.
Inside gaming column: Board seeking air-tariff controls
3 Mar 2008
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is proceeding with plans to retrofit two former passenger airliners to serve as modified flying casinos, on which high-end customers can pass the time gambling while being shuttled between Asia and the company's Strip casinos.
Nevadan at work: Exec sees diversity as tool
3 Mar 2008
Debra Nelson, the MGM Mirage vice president of corporate diversity, communications and community affairs, sees diversity as a tool to help businesses get foothold and thrive.
Gaming sector caught in market skid
3 Mar 2008
Volatility continued to plague gaming industry stocks in February.
PKR.com rises in rank
3 Mar 2008
PKR.com has solidified its place in the online gaming hierarchy by jumping both Betfair and Ladbrokes to become the 17th biggest poker website.
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