June 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
NBC has joined forces with Full Tilt Poker to film "Face The Ace", a new concept for a poker show where players who qualify online get to play heads-up against three Full Tilt pros for a $1,000,000 prize. This is according to Poker News Daily.
It was not immediately known when the show would air or if it would seek to capitalize from the excitement of the World Series of Poker in any way. The 2009 WSOP kicks off Friday July 3.
ESPN has enjoyed a ratings bonanza over the years with its coverage of the WSOP. The Travel Channel at one time became synonymous with televised poker tournament success through its airings of the high rated World Poker Tour.
Full Tilt Poker was one of two online poker rooms whose funds were seized by the US Attorneys office in the Southern District of New York in early June. A total exceeding $40 million has thus far been froze. Gambling911.com filed a motion on Thursday to unseal the seizure warrants in that matter.
Gambling911.com Staff
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June 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
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June 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
Andrew Twaits, boss of the Betfair online gambling group in Australia has stripped away the often deliberately misleading and confusing rumours about Betfair’s preparedness to pay its way in the competitive Australian horse racing industry.
Betfair has refused to be intimidated by longer established interests in the sector, and has been prepared to fight for equal treatment in the courts on occasion. In often tense exchanges with Racing New South Wales, Twaits has been outspoken on the need for a level playing field and consistency in arriving at fair fee structures.
Addressing a press conference in Sydney, Twaits said he intended to be absolutely clear on his company’s position regarding what fees it believed should be paid to support the Australian horse racing industry and keep it viable and appealing.
“There’s been some heated debate around the issue of industry funding with stakeholders quite naturally expressing concern about the future viability of the racing industry,” the Betfair exec said. “In all the hysteria, some of the facts have been lost or distorted, including the basis on which Betfair believes it should contribute to the funding of the racing industry.
“Let me be very clear on this. We have offered to pay the industry on gross revenue. That is, on the same basis as the TABs in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Further, we think 20% is the right amount and we’ll pay at that rate if everyone else does the same.
“Racing New South Wales has set the fees for TABs at just 9.375% of their gross revenue.
“If Racing New South Wales sets its product fees at 20% of gross revenue for all wagering operators, we believe they would be likely to generate more than 10 million dollars a year in extra product fees for the industry. That is in addition to the undisputed element of the product fees Racing New South Wales is already charging interstate operators.
“While no one likes paying more tax, we’ve consistently said that 20% is the right amount for race fields.
“We’ll pay it if our competitors do the same.
“What we won’t do is pay tax at a rate that’s six times higher than our competitors. That’s a recipe for us going out of business.
“We’re determined to see the nation’s racing industry prosper and we’re prepared to pay our fair share to help achieve that result.”
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June 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
Internet sales of UK National Lottery tickets have grown by 31.8% over the past decade to £488.2 million, Camelot, which operates the lottery for the British government, reported last week.
The operator revealed that the past year has produced overall ticket sales that are the best in ten years, reaching £5.14 billion, a year-on-year increase of £182.8 million.
In the year to March 31,2009, Camelot completed a major upgrade as it headed for its third contract renewal, and managed to boost awards to charity by £25.8 million when compared to the same period a year ago. Charities received £1.37 billion in grants from the lottery this year.
Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive for Camelot, commented: “This has been an incredibly busy landmark year for Camelot and the National Lottery. The fact that we completed the largest National Lottery upgrade of its kind in record time is testament to the hard work of all Camelot staff and puts us in an excellent position as we begin the third licence and countdown to London 2012 (the Olympic Games in London).
“Over the coming year we will be looking to consolidate our position as the most cost-effective lottery operator in Europe, introducing further innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver for players and the good causes in the next ten years.”
Camelot recently launched a new National Lottery website featuring a redesigned interface and a host of new functions including a game selector tool, dedicated results checker and opt-in alerts service. It announced that it is planning a host of innovations for later this year including a new-look retail play station, further three-dimensional online games and a selection of titles based on well-known television quiz shows.
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June 18th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
Lucas Glovers odds of winning the 2009 US Open on Thursday were nonexistent as he appeared among the “field” options at online sportsbooks the likes of SBG Global. By the weekend, Glover’s odds had hovered around 4/1 or +400, paying $400 for every $100 bet. “Field” options typically pay anywhere from $500 to $100 on a $100 bet.
Those that eventually got around to listing Glover made him a $20,000 long shot (200/1).
Lucas Glover won the 2009 US Open in a rain delayed event that carried into Monday.
Glover finished off a three-over 73 in the final round to post four-under 276, winning by two shots over Phil Mickelson, David Duval and Ricky Barnes.
For Mickelson (70) it was a record-setting fifth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open — and fourth in New York.
Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
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June 18th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
LONDON, England — Next-generation online poker room PKR.com has today announced the launch of its long awaited new website at www.pkr.com. With a new look and feel, the new site also debuts a
whole host of new features that are, according to COO Leon Walters, “guaranteed to enhance every single player’s PKR experience”.
A year in development, the new site focuses strongly on community and content, and will be unlike anything seen before in the online poker space. Key features include;
An expanded MyPKR section
PKR brought social networking to poker when it launched MyPKR in September 2006. Now they’ve taken it to the next level with a raft of new features that make it more powerful than ever…
• A full player profile including tournament rankings and a new ‘about me’ section
• Facebook style status update feature
• Personalised newsfeeds that show when a player’s friends win
tournaments, make status updates, comment on articles, post in the forum, add other friends etc
• The ability to send and receive messages to any player within the PKR community
• Easy access to account management tools and cashier
• Full privacy settings so players can control exactly who sees what
• Add and remove friends feature (including tagged players)
‘Raise Your Game’ - PKR’s new poker strategy resource
The new ‘Raise Your Game’ section provides all PKR players with free and unrestricted access to what will be one of the web’s largest online repositories of poker strategy content.
• Over 10 new strategy articles are published each week
• The strategy content covers all aspects of poker, including ring games, sit and go’s and tournaments. It also has a section for meta game strategy and opinion pieces
• The content is of the highest quality, with contributors including Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond, Team PKR Pros, and writers from Inside Poker magazine
• Strategy content is developed to be accessible for players of all levels from beginner to advanced
• The strategy content has deliberately been written in an easy to read, discursive and thought provoking way with all readers being given the chance to comment and rate each article and then keep the discussion going on the PKR forums
The most in-depth online poker community ever seen
The new PKR.com website also features a new community section that takes the concept of an online community to a whole new level.
• The community section that will become the focal point for all PKR players who want to find out the latest PKR news and who’s making it
• A frequently updated news and events section (featuring 4-5 new articles per day) will immerse players into the PKR community like never before with unique content such as tournament reviews and previews, promotions, events, player profiles, interviews, updates and blogs from Team PKR pros, round ups from PKR events and meet ups and a whole lot more
• A revamped PKR forum with better admin tools and search to take one of the web’s busiest poker forums to the next level
• Easy access to other great PKR community features such as PKR.tv and Stacked magazine
But that’s not all. In a landmark week for the next-generation poker room, the 1.9 release also includes a host of new game and client developments including;
• The launch of a new gaming portal that allows players to manage their account, avatar and friends from within the PKR game client
• The addition of dynamic chip animations for added realism – push chips in, chop out raises, splash the pot – the choice is yours!
• Climb the Club PKR loyalty ladder to unlock cool new avatar dressing rooms
• A range of avatar development improvements including the opportunity to build ‘outfits’, clothing filters, changes to body sizes and extra detail options
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June 12th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
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Online poker players are being given the opportunity to compete head-to-head against some of the sport’s biggest names with thousands of dollars up for grabs.
The world’s largest non-US online poker network, the iPoker Network, is hosting a celebrity bounty tournament during this summer’s World Series Of Poker (WSOP) tournament offering 21 amateur players the chance to compete for big bucks.
The special event will feature some of the biggest names in professional poker including Tony Guoga, Neil Channing, Jamie Gold, Marty Smith and Scotty Nguyen alongside celebrity competitor Montel Williams. Each star will have a $13,000 bounty on their head while the overall competition winner will walk away with $20,000.
The iPoker Network includes some of the most popular virtual card rooms in Europe including TitanPoker.com, Expekt.com, PaddyPower.com and BoyleSports.com and the 21 qualifying players will face off with the stars on July 9 at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas.
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June 12th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
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This year’s World Series Of Poker (WSOP) tournament is nearly half complete but Poker Pack member Steve Sung is already running in high gear with a bracelet win and a final table showing.
The Poker Pack is a team of specially selected players of Asian origin that serve as ambassadors for the Asian Poker Tour. Comprised of JC Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, David ‘Chino’ Rheem, Steve Sung and Kwang Soo Lee with combined live tournament winnings of approximately $23 million, the team will be attending the Asian Poker Tour event in Macau from August 12 to 23 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel And Casino.
Sung closed out the month of May by winning Event Four at the 40th WSOP after outlasting a field of 6,102 other players. For triumphing in the no-limit hold’em competition, which was the largest non-main event tournament in the history of the WSOP, the Poker Pack member took home $771,106 along with his first bracelet.
A little over one week later, Sung made his presence felt again by finishing third in Event 23, the $10,000 World Championship in no-limit two to seven draw lowball. Although he missed out on his second WSOP bracelet this year, the Korean professional player did pocket $112,042 to bring his total winnings for this year’s tournament to almost $900,000.
The other members of the Poker Pack have also been playing well this year with JC Tran and Quinn Do both cashing twice at the WSOP while Nam Le has one. In total, the Poker Pack has combined for seven cashes in Las Vegas totalling $974,421.
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June 7th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
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Only two weeks after launching, the Intertops Red Casino at Casino.Intertops.com has had its first big winner with online player ‘Christopher T’ walking away with $200,090 courtesy of the T-Rex slot machine.
Intertops Red Casino operates on RealTime Gaming’s platform in order to cater to its many American players and currently has a jackpot pool of more than four million dollars. The new site features over 300 instant-play and downloadable games including three and five-reel slots, multi-hand video poker and traditional casino favourites from three-card rummy to blackjack, roulette and keno.
The lucky winner started with $300 and played the five-reel and 25-payline T-Rex slot all evening until he was up more than $70,000. Astonishingly, ‘Christopher T’ revealed that he was not participating on one of the site’s many lucrative progressive jackpots but was playing a regular slot game.
“I decided to take a break,” said the lucky winner.
“But, after a while I wanted to continue my winning streak and finally ended up with $200,090. Maybe I should use some of my winnings to go to Washington and check out the dinosaurs at the Smithsonian.”
The dozens of slot machines and video poker games offered at Casino.Intertops.com also include Aztec’s Millions, which has a current jackpot of over $1.1 million. This is in addition to Cleopatra’s Gold with a current jackpot of nearly $200,000 while one lucky player could take home over $1.3 million courtesy of Jackpot Pinatas, the largest progressive jackpot currently available online.
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June 7th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
A very interesting debate is underway revolving around what does and what does not constitute gambling. Facebook and MySpace are the world’s two most recognizable social networks, and each of the sites offers applications in which their members can take quizzes, sign up for other sites, or even play poker against other members.
It is the third of these applications that have suddenly thrown themselves into the forefront, with growing speculation that they too will draw the attention of some aspiring lawyers or politicians looking to crack down on Internet Gambling including online poker.
Users of the applications such as Zynga’s Texas Hold ‘Em, the poker application of choice and the largest such software on the social network sites, would find this to be quite strange, since after all, they are not playing for real money and have no way of depositing or withdrawing fake funds. However, legal experts that have been reviewing the laws as are currently constituted point to the presence of virtual “gifts”, items that members can send to other members for trading in some of their play money to attain. For example, Facebook allows players to send up to 16 “gifts” to other Facebook users per day. The intent of the gifts are to promote the application and to encourage other people to take part in the games. The “gifts” cost $5-$10 virtual dollars and are not actual physical items, more of a status symbol that appears on news feeds or a Facebook person’s “wall”.
It should be noted however, that there is currently no law expressly making it illegal to play online poker at the Federal level.
The argument that lawmakers could point to is that by promoting and advertising a gaming platform of any kind, the developers would ultimately be profiting from online gambling. Advertising would stream in more customers, and thus more advertisers, and thus more scrutiny.
As followers of these types of stories know, there are items in the works in government which would regulate internet gambling. Should this actually happen, then social networks would be in the clear. However, the specter that prosecution could actually arise from such activity, though frivolous to some, is one that should remain in the public consciousness.
Source: www.aintluck.com
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