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Golden Casino Golden Casino has been offering all of their slot tournaments for free for the entire month of June. With this being the last weekend in June, there is still a couple of days left to take advantage of the opportunity.

It is not often that a casino goes the whole month with free tournaments. It is part of Golden Casino’s commitment to becoming the top online casino in the world, and players have been winning money all month.

This weekends tournament has a $50,000 prize fund. Read the full post >>

MGM tried and failed to enter the online gambling market several years back.  Like MGM, Harrah’s has planned to start offering its Internet gambling product in Europe where it will compete head on with the likes of Ladbrokes and William Hill.

Unlike MGM, Harrah’s has a foothold in the industry already as the owners of the World Series of Poker.  That being said, the WSOPE in its second year witnessed zero growth in Europe.

Not everyone in Vegas is on the cyber gambling bandwagon, writes Liz Benston of the Las Vegas Sun. 

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European Union The European Union is once again trying to put their foot down when it comes to online gambling in the US. Although previous attempts have been ignored by the US, the EU again asked on Wednesday for the US to change their laws.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has not only outraged citizens of the US, but also online casino companies in other countries. The European Union is giving the US one final chance to come into compliance with trade agreements, before they take their complaints to the World Trade Organization. Read the full post >>

Gambling911.com has learned that the New York Attorney General’s office is behind the shutdown of the Instant eCheck payment solutions product made popular by websites like Full Tilt Poker.  A handful of the larger Internet poker rooms on Thursday began yanking the product off their websites.  Customers are also reporting that checks have been bouncing.

Additional details were not readily available at this time. 

Just last week New York’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, shut down nearly a dozen collection agencies as part of an investigation into the ARM industry. 

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The WSOP is off to a roaring start. If the economy is affecting the poker players, the numbers don’t show it. There have been three events so far and each event has set a record for the number of players entered. I’ve always said that poker players are a great barometer of the economy and this is a positive sign. Let’s hope so anyway.

I’ve played one event, the $40K. I made it through the 1st day and had above average chips but never won a pot the second day. Out of 208 entries, I was #78. Annoying to beat almost 2/3 of the field and wind up $40,000 loser. It was a good event however with the winner getting almost $2 million.

Mike Caro and I are giving poker seminars at the Rio.

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Scottish singing sensation, Susan Boyle, was said to be in good spirits heading into Saturday night’s much anticipated finale of Britain’s Got Talent as betting on the show reaches record numbers.

The 48-year-old Boyle remains favourite to beat nine other other acts vying for the £100,000 prize and the chance to sing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond backed Boyle, not surprisingly. 

"Susan Boyle has put her home town of Blackburn, West Lothian, well and truly on the map.

"Her outstanding performances in singing I Dreamed a Dream and Memory have catapulted her to global stardom.

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Congressman Barney Frank’s latest attempt to scupper the UIGEA, his Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, HR2267 is gathering momentum following its launch earlier this month (May).

Thus far 23 Congressmen and women have indicated their support for the bill, including Nevada’s Shelley Berkely, New York Democrats Joseph Crowley and Michael McMahon, and Bob Filner – a Democrat from California who is also chairman of the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs.

From New Jersey comes the support of Democrat Steven Rothman, and it is understood that Florida Democrat Robert Wexler, who has supported previous Frank atempts to repeal the UIGEA, has also signed up.

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Police spokesman in Malaysia have revealed that over last weekend numerous officers carried out 107 illegal gambling raids, many of them to stamp out Internet gambling, confiscating 417 computers and arresting 31 people, against whom investigations continue. All the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, had been remanded for further investigation under the Common Gaming House Act 1953.

District police chief ACP Mohamad Mat Yusop told reporters that since January 2009 the police have seized almost 2,000 computers, functioning as slot machines and worth about RM1 million, and arrested 140 people in a string of raids.

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May 5 – CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software, today announced the launch of a new downloadable game lineup that features a video slot version of Jenga, one of the world’s most popular and recognizable board games. The new game pack also features Buccaneers Bounty Video Slot Game and 4 Deck Atlantic City Blackjack. The games will be available exclusively at Intercasino.com, Casino Joy and DTD Casino.

“Adding Jenga to our line-up is another example of CryptoLogic’s ability to take the world’s most popular branded casual games and turn them into a compelling, captivating casino experience,” said Brian Hadfield, CryptoLogic’s President and CEO.

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