Online Casino and Gambling News: December 2008

The current World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate (22) apparently stands to lose much of his $9.1 million first prize to Denmark's taxman, according to the well informed poker writer Thomas Somach on Poker Helper.com.

The Washington Post print stories and the 60 Minutes television coverage of the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals published on Sunday continued to evoke wide comment and exchanges of opinion on industry message boards and in the media this week.

Online gambling software provider Top Game has announced the imminent release of four new games to its licensees, with 7 Spins.com likely to be the first to offer the games.