Archive for July, 2009
Matta Wins Lebanese Poker Championship Title
Nabul Matta was recently crowned with the first Lebanese Poker Championship Title. The Lebanese Poker Championship, which inaugurated its first competition this year, attracted an amassing 207 entrants, each looking to finagle a slice of the $2 million prize pool. Event organizers considered the newly found tournament a considerable success with 207 applicants, more than [...]
F1: Lewis Hamilton Wins Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday making it his first victory this year. The young Englishman, who last year took home the Grand Prix Championship Title, managed to take the lead when Fernando Alonso (1st on starting grid) went into an early pit stop, also ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull’s Mark [...]
Brunson to Star at Budapest Affiliate Conference (BAC)
Texan poker player Doyle Brunson recently confirmed his appearance at the next Budapest Affiliate Conference (BAC), which operates as part of the Affiliate Series of Poker (ASOP) circuit. Winners of the event receive the revered ASOP bracelet (worth $6,000 alone), along with up to $20,000 prize money for the 3-day tournament. The event this year [...]
Football: Newcastle’s Humiliating Defeat to League 1 Minnows
Newcastle’s horrible season continued this week after the former Premier League club were thrashed 6-1 by League One side Leyton Orient. The behemoth of English clubs’ was recently relegated from the Premier League after a successful stay that spanned an amassing sixteen years. After a good start to the 2009/09 season however, achieving a draw [...]
Russia Bans Poker
Russia has taken peremptory steps this week to ban all forms of poker across the country. Poker’s status as a sport was cancelled this week by the Russian Ministry Of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy, where legislation legalizing poker in mainland Russia was upended and reproved. Under Order 517, games of poker and casino institutions [...]
F1 Racing: Alonso in Pole Position for Hungarian Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso, the 2005 Formula One Championship winner, unexpectedly gained Renault a pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The hectic qualification session for the 10th Grand Prix of the season, was enthralled with technical problems and confusion and also saw Felipe Massa crash head on into the tyre walls. After a system fault with [...]
Party Gaming £90 Million UK Bingo Takeover
Party Gaming Plc, the world’s leading public online gaming company, has acquired Britain’s largest online bingo operator Cashcade, which owns a number of high profile bingo brands, most notably including Foxy Bingo, Bingo Scotland, Think Bingo and Little Big Bingo. Along with the numerous ranges of bingo sites owned by Cashcade, the company also operates [...]
What Has Obama Changed for Online Casinos?
During Obama’s campaign for the presidency, he campaigned for an Internet that would be free from censorship, however, online gambling operators and their customers have not seen this change at all. In fact, as far as online gambling is concerned, the Department of Justice is still acting as if the previous Administration is still in [...]
Football: Keane: Tottenham Aiming for Top Four Finish
Tottenham striker Robbie Keane has for the first time announced his desire and belief for Spurs to break into the top four of the Premier League, and achieve Champions League qualification. After a capricious and dismal start to the 2008/9 season with Juande Ramos in charge, Tottenham failed to pick up much needed points and [...]
Golf: Gonzalez Miles Ahead at SAS Masters
Argentina’s Golfing Pro Ricardo Gonzalez had crowds and media aghast with his sensational and immutable play at the SAS Masters. Gonzalez, 39, known as the biggest hitter in the 2001 and 2004 European Tours, is currently nine under par with just 5 holes to play for. He’s three clear of Swedish Professional Martin Erlandsson, and [...]