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06 Oct 05 Profits For Lasseters Ahead Of Target Online casino operator Lasseters Corporation says that first quarter profitability is ahead of expectations. Speaking at the companies annual general meeting, managing director Peter Bridge said this was the result of an upward cash-trend from the 2005 financial year continuing. Mr Bridge said it was hoped the company, which operates the Lasseters, AusVegas and LassetersEuro websites, could continue this momentum.
06 Oct 05 Upper Deck to Release Poker Collection Sports card maker Upper Deck will release new series of MLB, NBA and NHL Collection in poker format. This collection includes two decks of casino-quality cards, five dice and a 500 high quality 11.g clay chips that feature team logos from various NBA and NHL clubs, and all 30 MLB teams. All product comes packaged in a high-quality, rounded-corner aluminum tournament case, making it easy for anyone who wants to take their game on the road.
06 Oct 05 NJ Judge Rules Gambling Site Illegal Running a gambling Web site is illegal even though New Jersey has no law that expressly bans betting over the Internet, a Morris County judge ruled Tuesday. The decision upholds an indictment against a Belleville resident. The defense lawyer for Nicholas Drakos, 48, unsuccessfully tried to get Superior Court Judge Salem Vincent Ahto in Morristown to dismiss the indictment against his client, who is charged with promoting gambling, conspiracy to promote gambling and money laundering between January and April 2004.
05 Oct 05 Absolute Poker to Deal 200 Millionth Hand This Week Absolute Poker is moments away from dealing its 200 millionth hand. One lucky player, who must be online when the 200 millionth hand is dealt, will win a trip for two to Costa Rica, including airfare, accommodations for six nights, Absolute Poker apparel, and $500 spending money.
05 Oct 05 New Bingo Site for UK Players The Winward Gambling Group has partnered with Next Generation Entertainment. The new alliance will launch a new online bingo site this week for the UK audience, entitled BingoPalace.co.uk. The former owns online bingo sites such as Bingohall.com, Vicsbingo.com, Internetbingo.com and bingoformoney.com, and the latter operates Bingopalace.com, Bigtimebingo.com, Onlinebingo.com and a network of affiliated sites.
05 Oct 05 London's First Stand-Alone Poker Room Opens in Early 2006 An up market, member's only poker club is set to open its doors in Mayfair, central London, in early 2006. The Fox Poker Club has applied to the Gaming Board of Great Britain for a Casino License which will make it London's first fully licensed card room.
04 Oct 05 Spike TV Launches 'King Of Vegas' The weekly original series will debut on Spike TV in early 2006. 'King of Vegas' will feature gamblers who will compete in a 'decathlon of gambling' for a $1 million cash prize. The participants will need to master a full spectrum of casino games including poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, among others.
04 Oct 05 Bingo.com Purchases Yankee Bingo Bingo.com, Ltd., operator of the Internet's pre-eminent bingo portal, has announced that it has purchased the popular cash bingo web site www.yankeebingo.com. Bingo.com has completed an asset purchase of this site which includes the player cash deposits, URL, and player database for a sum to be determined by the number of active players in the database and the amount of revenue they generate for the Company over the next 12 months. Active players from this site will immediately have their accounts credited in the Bingo.com system and begin playing in the Bingo.com cash games.
04 Oct 05 Wagering Web Site Halts Betting on CBS' 'Amazing Race' Wagering on "The Amazing Race" has been halted by www.Sportsbook.com because of the large number of wagers being placed on the Linzes, reports the www.realitytvworld.com TV Web site. All the bets were from Ohio and for the maximum amount, the Web site says.
04 Oct 05 Cardinals, Yankees and Red Sox - World Series Favorites After finishing the season with 100 wins and the league's best record, PinnacleSports.com has made the St. Louis Cardinals the favorite to win the 2005 World Series at 3/1 odds. Despite starting their playoff run on the road, the New York Yankees have been installed with the second-best
odds to win their 27th World Championship.
The reigning World Series champs are back as the American League Wild Card again and the Boston Red Sox at 5/1 to repeat last year's championship run.
04 Oct 05 Pacific Poker Introduces Turbo Poker Pacific Poker has announced two new turbo games aimed at players who are looking for faster games. One turbo game will allow five seconds for the blinds and ten second for other rounds, while the other gives seven seconds for the blinds and fourteen seconds for the other rounds.
03 Oct 05 UK Gambling Commission Takes Shape Some of the changes in British law that are part of the Gambling Act 2005 will soon take effect, including the formal launch of the Gambling Commission.
Taking over the authority and responsibilities that previously belonged to the Gaming Board, the Gaming Commission will regulate casinos, bingo, gaming machines,
lotteries, betting and all forms of remote gambling.
03 Oct 05 Online Casino Featured in Music Video Golden Palace Casino found yet another innovative way to advertise themselves. This time, the online casino has turned to the world of music videos. The online casino is featured in Ludacris music video “Pimpin´ All Over The World”. The video shows a woman wearing a bikini, having the words Golden Palace written on her chest. The clip also showcases Ludacris as he plays poker at the online casino and wins. Ludacris is one of the hottest names in the music industry, so being showcased in his video clip will give the online casino a lot of exposure.
01 Oct 05 Top UK Soccer Club Launches Online Casino West Ham United Football Club launched a new online casino site this week with the start of operations at Hammers Casino. West Ham is a professional English football club based in East London which plays home matches at Upton Park. The club is also nick-named "The Hammers" and "The Academy of Football" by the media, but is better known as "The Irons" by fans (due to the club's origins at the Thames Ironworks).
01 Oct 05 Linux Poker and Linux Poker Compatibility Site Pacific Poker is now a Linux poker and Mac poker compatible online poker room at www.Mac-PacificPoker.com using the Quick-Play mode. Online poker can be played by Linux and Mac users by using this no download version.
01 Oct 05 Brits Addicted to Online Gambling Britons spend £5 billion (US$8.82 billion) a year on online gambling, a survey revealed Friday. 93 per cent of those with web access quizzed by Virgin Money, admitted they have placed at least one Internet bet. The average gambler spends between £10- and £20-a-week on gaming sites. The biggest players are Londoners with one in 10 punters in the capital gambling between £300 and £500 every week. Half of the 2,000 people polled say they only started gambling online in the past six months.
01 Oct 05 BBC News: Major overhaul for gambling laws "New rules on gambling have come into force in the industry's biggest overhaul since the 1960s.
It is now easier to join a casino but a new regulator called the Gambling Commission aims to ensure that betting is fair, safe and socially responsible.
On Monday an independent panel will start work on deciding the location of the UK's first "super casino".
Opponents fear the changes will lead to an explosion in problem gambling, especially among vulnerable people.
But Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has said the UK will have the most heavily regulated gambling industry in the world."
01 Oct 05 Jesse Might Regret This Despite talk of trying to clean up their business practices (aided by a substantial marketing spend), we are still hearing persistent anecdotal evidence that Betus (the old "Little Nasa") has yet to turn the corner to what could be deemed a professional operation.
This is an outfit that was well known in the past for slow paying players, outright not paying, and doing everything in between to make it difficult for winners to get their money.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who signed on as a spokesperson earlier this summer, might wish he left the money on the table and walked away.
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