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Archive for August, 2009

FALLEN information technology tycoon Daniel Tzvetkoff’s V8 Supercar is covered in SuperGP stickers ready for the Gold Coast’s premier four-day racing carnival in October. But that is just another broken dream. Instead of being stored in a luxury garage, it is sitting in an auction shed waiting to be sold at a bargain price. Tzvetkoff’s entire multi-million-dollar IntaRacing empire, including the V8 Supercar, two prime movers, three huge transporter trailers and all the car parts and tools, arrived at Lloyds Auctions at Carrara on Tuesday. Forget the repossessed $200,000 sleek black Maserati that drew widespread attention at the auction house  [ Read More ]

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller in San Diego denied a bid Thursday by lawyers for the company, Account Services Inc., and the Poker Players Alliance to return the money. On June 2, the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan seized approximately $40 million in funds belonging to Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, the two largest online poker rooms.  Some of that money was being transferred through Account Services, Inc. After filing a motion asking for return of the funds, the US Attorney’s Office issued an indictment against Account Services owner Douglas Rennick. Lawyers for the players contend prosecutors in the case  [ Read More ]

Party Casino's negotiations with major movie companies for the rights to make online slots from famous movie themes continues to deliver dividends, with a Rambo video slot release this week. Rewards can be achieved in a number of ways, and there’s a half-million-dollar jackpot in the game as a big incentive. The new game has all the hallmarks of the famous action man played repeatedly by Sylvester Stallone in a series of violent movies past, and is a 5 reel, 20 pay-line blockbuster of a game that includes a bonus round based on a typical Col. Trautman mission for the  [ Read More ]

Online gambling and poker software company, Microgaming, once had a stellar reputation.  They are still a respected firm for the most part, but this year has been especially tough on the group beginning with the state of Kentucky singling out Micrograming in its efforts to seize some 141 online gambling domain names, an effort that failed thanks to a winning appeal by The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association. The company has had its once impeccable reputation tarnished by licensee Grand Prive (Bella Vegas Casino), which decided to cut off all its "life time affiliate partners" and Microgaming has remained  [ Read More ]

The Oakland Raiders enter the 2009 season with odds of winning anything hinging on who the quarterback will be:  Jeff Garcia or JaMarcus Russell.  For now, Russell will be the man according to Coach Tom Cable. Cable made the announcement during a Sunday conference call, per David White of the San Francisco Chronicle. "I’ve said that it’s his job and we’ll see how it goes," Cable said of Russell.  "Unfortunately, Jeff hasn’t had much work.  We’ve been fortunate in that JaMarcus has improved.  It would have been nice to have someone really pushing him.  Maybe we could get him to  [ Read More ]

Totesport are a brand better known for their betting services, however they certainly don’t fall short when it comes to their online Casino. Right now, if you sign up to Totesport online Casino, you will find yourself enjoying as 100% cash match bonus of up to £100! That’s £100 free to get the ball rolling with your winning streak! The online casino also features 40 instant games accessible through the website, but if you chose to download their fully functional casino software, you will have access to over 100 online casino games to choose from! That’s a lot of games  [ Read More ]

  One of online poker‘s most aggressive players has been scooped up by a top online poker site. UltimateBet today announced that Billy Kopp, who finished 12th in the Main Event of this year’s World Series of Poker, has signed on to join UltimateBet’s Team UB, a group of successful poker pros that includes Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and some of the most respected online poker players in the industry. In just a few short years, Kopp has earned over $2.6 million in both online poker games and in land-based tournaments. In the Main Event of the 2009 World Series  [ Read More ]

Party Casino are a sector of the now massively successful Party Gaming brand. Their website is second to none in terms of design, and you can tell that face value and appearance are an integral factor of Party Casino’s design. It’s not all about looks at Party Casino though, they have one of the largest welcome bonuses out there at the moment, offering new players the chance to get hold of a whopping £500 deposit bonus, plenty to get stuck into their catalogue of over 120, individually tested games! Here’s their latest TV commercial Head over to Party Casino and  [ Read More ]

JUPITERS Casino bosses tried to cover up a $5.7m fraud at the venue and white-anted police investigations into the seven-year scam, a court heard. The alleged scam involved not casino chips but sausages, along with other foodstuffs. It involved corrupt casino staff and food suppliers creating bogus food orders and invoices for meat, smallgoods, dairy products, fruit and vegetables and seafood, Southport Magistrates Court was told yesterday. The court was told the alleged cover-up went right to the top of casino management. Senior managers "scuttled" an initial police investigation by giving documents to defence solicitors and ridiculing whistleblowers, it was  [ Read More ]

The online casino providers in the United Kingdom (UK) have had it with the high taxes on online gambling in the country, the providers choose to leave the county in order to flee the high taxes. Online casino provider and bookmaker William Hill is leading the other providers on a possible exodus from the UK, by setting an example with them moving to Gibraltar. From there they can take advantage of the British law, leaving them to pay only a fraction of the tax they pay now. The sports leagues have asked the government to investigate the irregularity’s in the  [ Read More ]