Archive for March, 2009
Million Dollar Poker Club merges with paynorake
With the beginning of April Million Dollar Poker Club merges with its sistersite pay no rake.com. All existing players will be automatically transferred to the “new” site so that they can use the biggest rakeback offer on the net immediately.
Some Online Casinos Protect Better than UIGEA
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) which was implemented in 2006 was, in part, supposed to protect underage gamblers and problem gamblers from accessing online gambling sites. The act pushed many of the better and safer online casinos away from the United States market, and left many unreliable and dishonorable online casinos a [...]
Clash Over UK Problem Gambling Numbers
British government officials clashed over whether problem gamblers had increased in number since the introduction of online casinos. The clash became inevitable when the Gambling Commission made an announcement, that there had been drastic rises in the number of people affected by problem gambling since online casinos have gained popularity, without being able to [...]
Scandal in Antigua
Antigua, a well-known and reliable Internet gambling jurisdiction have been licensing and regulating online casinos for over a decade. The island nation has just been rocked by a scandal involving one of their most prominent bankers. The question on everyone’s lips is “How will this affect Antigua as an online gambling jurisdiction?”
While the [...]
Exclusive Satellites for WSOP Qualifiers at Pacific Poker
Gamesandluck is offering two exclusive satellite tournaments to Pacific Pokers’ WSOP qualifiers. The buy in for both will be $2 & $.20 where the buy ins will built the prizepool. The winner of each will win some money out of the prizepool and a free ticket to a WSOP qualifier at Pacific Poker.
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Microgaming’s April Slot Releases
Online casino software companies need to keep their players happy. In order to do so, new releases and new ideas are key. Microgaming releases new slots every month. The new releases set for April promise to be very exciting for those playing in Microgaming powered online casinos.
The Mayan Princess takes players back [...]
eCOGRA Hires Three New Professionals
eCOGRA has hired three new accounting professionals to join their ranks. All three new employees are Chartered Accountants with strong educational backgrounds which will stand them in good stead at eCOGRA.
The Chief Executive Officer of eCOGRA, Andrew Beveridge, said that the three new employees were specifically chosen because of the skills and experience they [...]
New Deal for CryptoLogic and Paramount Entertainment
CryptoLogic has once again been the leader on themed slot games. They have now signed a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment which will give them access to a number of films to be used as themes for their new suite of slots. Paramount Digital Entertainment is a division of the well-known Paramount Pictures [...]
No Change for EU Internet Gambling
European Union member states have been holding talks about whether they are legally bound to have free and open trade with regards to the online gambling industry. The European Commission has been trying to convince member states to open their gaming markets in the same way that other trade within the EU is open [...]
PitBoss to Detect Bots and More in Online Casinos
An Israeli software developer, CogniSafe, have released new software called PitBoss. The new software will help prevent fraud and cheating that have been perpetrated at online casinos and in online poker rooms recently.
Much of the cheating that has been done on Internet gambling sites has been carried out by using robots, or [...]