Online Casino and Gambling News: 2008

Sportsbetting for Canada?

Canadian officialdom may not like the idea of Internet gambling too much, but they apparently have a different approach to land sportsbetting. The Toronto Star reports that the Canadian federal government, along with Ontario provincial officials is seriously considering the introduction of Las Vegas-style sportsbetting in provincial [land] casinos.

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Major funding for Harvard problem gambling research

Harvard University research endowments of $34.9 billion make it the world's richest school, claims an interesting article by Oliver Staley in Bloombergs business news this week, which reveals that since 1996 up to $9.1 million of this financial support has come from the gambling industry in its fight against problem gambling.

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Positive Q2 results and a new boss for AsianLogic

London-listed AsianLogic, the Pacific-Asia facing online and land gambling group has reported the appointment of a chief executive, along with positive Q.2 business results.

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Martin Smyth wins $10000 buy-in HORSE crown at WSOP

Irish poker pro Martin Smyth emerged the winner of Event 50, the $10 000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha competition at the World Series of Poker this week, surviving a field of 381 players who generated an event prize-pool of some $3.5 million.

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Phone card gambling bust in Texas

Police in Beaumont, Texas have raided what they claim is an illegal Internet betting operation offering video poker action through phone card payments in an Internet Cafe.

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Cryptologic poker adds private tournaments

Dublin-based online poker developer CryptoLogic Limited launched two new features to its Internet poker software line-up this week: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customise their own settings for cash games and tournaments.

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Black wins PartyPoker premier league

It has taken 20 years but Ireland’s Andy Black finally captured a major title by winning the 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League and the $250,000 first prize this week. The 42 year-old from Dublin burst into tears after defeating England’s Roland De Wolfe heads-up in the event that pits 12 of the world’s top pros against each other in a unique league format.

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Betfair grows world's largest billboard

The world's biggest billboard has been grabbing the attention of football fans flying into Vienna Airport for the closing
stages of Euro 2008 this week. The reason is a gigantic garden cum advertisement covering an area larger than 50 football pitches and sponsored by online betting company Betfair.

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Norwegian online gambling market grew 6.1 percent in 2007

The Norwegian government may take a dim view of online gambling (see previous InfoPowa reports) but its citizens certainly do not share it, statistics from the Norwegian Gambling Commission suggest.

The entertainment publication ISA-guide reports that figures released recently by the Commission show that the online gaming market in Norway grew by 6.1 percent in 2007, with an estimated 244 000 citizens gambling online.

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Playtech releases new Native American and Ninja assassin themed slots

The online gambling software developer Playtech plc has released two new video slots branded Wild Spirit and Silent Samurai to licensee Europa Casino.

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