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 - Financial payment processor NETeller will pay $136 million to the U.S. government and admit criminal wrongdoing in the processing of American gambling transactions as part of a deal reached with U.S. prosecutors, the company announced Wednesday.
The company will also begin the process of returning money to U.S. customers no later than July 30. All U.S. accounts were frozen in January following the arrests of NETeller co-founders John Lefebvre and Stephen Lawrence.
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 - While Jerry Yang won the most money at the 2007 World Series of Poker ($8.25 million for winning the Main Event), Scotty Nguyen was the best overall player in the 55 tournaments that made up the Series, according to the Casino City WSOP Player of the Year leader board.
Nguyen, who entered the Main Event ranked third on our leader board, leapfrogged over Michael Binger and Thor Hansen with his 11th-place finish to claim the title with 373.1 points.
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 - It seemed odd when Jerry Yang started praying aloud at the final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event. Poker players don't normally ask for divine intervention while playing a game often associated with the devil.
Casino City's Ryan McLane was incredulous, and even found himself cheering against Yang, until he heard his post-tournament interview.
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| Sixtycentmainevent.com - I watched ESPN's live pay-per-view coverage of the final table of the World Series of Poker, and it's the first time I've been entertained by the Main Event since Chris Moneymaker won in 2003. read more
SLOTS - The Deal or No Deal banker has been taking a beating at Jackpotjoy, with two recent jackpots awarded at the online casino, including one for £168,111 won by a woman who had just lost her job. read more
- Slotland.com recently launched an online slot machine player survey to find out what's on the minds of online slots players. One lucky survey respondent will win $500. read more
Internet Gambling Laws and Regulations - The speedy passage last fall of legislation making it more difficult for Americans to gamble online has led to three bills that take aim at lifting, or at least reevaluating, the restrictions. read more
- Last week, the Conference of the Caribbean Community expressed its appreciation and pledged its support for the efforts of Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and his legislation to regulate Internet gambling in the United States. read more
POKER - "Calvinhobbes" has never been so happy to lose to a one-outer. His opponent hit a Royal Flush on the river on a $15/$30 Limit Texas Hold'em table to beat his quad aces. But even though he lost the hand, Calvinhobbes ended up being the big winner, claiming $162,628.21 in Absolute Poker's biggest bad beat jackpot payout to date. read more
- UltimateBet this week announced the launch of Heads-Up Smackdown, a 64-player one-on-one tournament that's turning the popular online poker site into a true heads-up headquarters. read more
- Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old former Laos refugee who came to America, graduated from college, and fathered six children, prayed every time his chips went into then pot. And after more than 15 hours of play, his prayers were finally answered. read more
- The Casino City Editorial Team gathered in Boston to watch the WSOP Main Event final table broadcast and was in good spirits despite the 15-hour epic battle that ensued. They even managed to keep a running diary of their thoughts and actions during the all-night affair. read more
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