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Online Gaming News
PokerTime promotion to award $10,000 African Safari prize package
12 Dec 2007
Affiliate that acquires the most new poker players receives an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa to compete in three different poker tournaments as well as participate in a horseback safari and walk with the lions.
Rank slides as it halts final dividend
12 Dec 2007
International News Brief: Shares in the Mecca bingo and Grosvenor casinos group Rank slumped nearly 9% in early trading today.
Harrah's Entertainment announces 2008 schedule for 39th World Series of Poker
12 Dec 2007
The 2008 World Series of Poker will for the first time ever begin and end with $10,000 buy-in world championship events and feature a total of eight $10,000 championships.
Australia's Crown buys Cannery Casinos
12 Dec 2007
International News Brief: Australia's casino operator Crown Ltd. buys Cannery Casino Resorts for $1.75 billion.
888.com launches responsible gaming Web site
12 Dec 2007
New site is awarded with GameCare’s certification and will offer information about responsible gaming practices, dealing with problem gambling, preventing underage gambling and charity activity.
CanAffco announces new Affiliate Poker Tour
12 Dec 2007
First event of new tour will be held online at PrivyPoker.com on Dec. 19.
Company launches search for new CEO
11 Dec 2007
News Brief: Gaming equipment provider Shuffle Master has hired an executive recruitment firm to look for a possible replacement for company Chairman and CEO.
Antigua eyes big win against U.S. in gambling case
11 Dec 2007
International News Brief: Antigua and Barbuda expects to receive a big damage award from the World Trade Organization in a long-running Internet gambling dispute with the United States.
Fallon in the clear as £10m case collapses
10 Dec 2007
International News Brief: The former champion jockey Kieren Fallon, a professional gambler and four others were yesterday cleared of race-fixing after the case against them collapsed at the Old Bailey.
UltimateBet Championship event begins
7 Dec 2007
The UltimateBet.com Online Championship - a multi-million online poker series featuring some of the biggest names in poker - begins December 7th
Harrah's draws activists' criticism
7 Dec 2007
Local minority business groups and activists on Thursday criticized Harrah's Entertainment during state gaming regulatory hearings for not showing more transparency in its diversity efforts.
WAP affiliate program targets French market
7 Dec 2007
Income Access and Gold Mobile Casino have announced that their WAP affiliate program will be targeting the French market with a new site.
Lessons from Hellmuth, Duke
7 Dec 2007
UltimateBet today announced the addition of exclusive poker lessons with Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke to the online poker site's signature UltimateBet.com Online Championship.
UltimateBet opens 5th heads-up tournament
7 Dec 2007
ltimateBet online poker room has opened the registration floodgates to the fifth major heads-up tournament series in a span of just four months.
Absolute Poker celebrates billionth hand
7 Dec 2007
Absolute Poker is marking its one-billionth tournament hand in style.
IGCE goes green
7 Dec 2007
It was announced today that IGCE will be "going green" for their
April, 2008 event in Lisbon, Portugal.
Harrah's Entertainment tops BusinessWeek's donor's poll
7 Dec 2007
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. ranks among the country's top corporate donors, according to BusinessWeek magazine.
Golden Casino's Deuces Wild is low-key fun
6 Dec 2007
Golden Casino's Deuces Wild is a low-key way to have some fun playing video poker. The game is simple. It's five-card draw, deuces are wild, and players need to get a three of a kind or better in order to win.
Genting has stake in Rank
6 Dec 2007
International News Brief: Casino and Mecca bingo firm Rank Group said on Monday Malaysian gaming giant Genting had taken a 9.4 percent stake in the firm.
Still no bid from Sky City suitor
6 Dec 2007
International News Brief: A party that had shown an interest in buying Sky City Entertainment announced today it had completed due diligence but was not ready to make a formal bid.
Loto-Quebec faces court order
6 Dec 2007
News Brief: Quebec's lottery commission is once again facing a court order to release its documents on gambling-related suicides at the province's three casinos.
NYRA under investigation
6 Dec 2007
News Brief: The New York State Commission of Investigation on Wednesday subpoenaed a consultant hired on a no-bid contract by the New York Racing Association.
The Reel Life
6 Dec 2007
In this week's edition, Rosa D captures the first Full House Bingo progressive jackpot and Lillian T picks up some treasure.
Absolute Poker deals out billionth hand
6 Dec 2007
Player using the moniker WIN1313 wins the hand at the milestone table and wins a prize package worth nearly $7,000.
Board backs buyout of Harrah's
6 Dec 2007
The Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended approval of Harrah's Entertainment's $17.1 billion buyout after receiving assurances that the deal will not change how the company operates.
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