Online Casino and Gambling News: January 2011

Poker Voters of America drop California bill in favour of Wright proposal

The three legislative proposals aimed at legalising online poker in the state of California have been reduced to two following a decision by the Poker Voters of America to put their support behind Sen. Rob Wright's proposal rather than go with their own, which was drafted by lobbyist and former state politician Lloyd Levine.

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Singapore minister reveals plans to ban publicising gambling winnings

The Singapore Government intends to implement additional draconian measures to deter residents from visiting casino resorts. This week, Vivian Balarishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports told Parliament a plan is in process to prevent casinos from publicising customers' winnings on their websites, calling the practice "asymmetric and unfair publicity".

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Speculation that Playtech has bid for takeover of 888 Holdings

A speculative report in the Israeli Press claims that major Playtech shareholder Teddy Sagi has made a bid of £200 million for a controlling stake in 888 Holdings Plc.

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Signs of a Nevada recovery fade once more

November 2010 statistics on Nevada land gambling have turned out to be disappointing, recording a 5.9% decline and reducing hopes that the worse may be over for the gambling state.

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Poker Voters of America views included in report to Florida legislature

Melanie Brenner, an executive of Poker Voters of America, told a Florida state Senate committee investigating the tax revenue potential of gambling that an estimated 900,000 Floridians play online poker and spend about $600,000 a day on offshore Internet poker sites.

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Probability Plc on the upswing with positive Q3 trading update

Mobile gambling firm, Probability PLC released pleasing third quarter results for its investors in a quarterly trading update this week.

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Korean syndicate in DDoS attack against rival online gambling sites

The Korea Times reports that two people identified only as Lee (32) and Park (37) have been arrested on charges of attacking gambling websites with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks at the instigation of a syndicate who operated an illegal gambling site.

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Bettorlogic's Livelogic launches on victor chandler

Betting tools developer, Bettorlogic has announced the integration of its live bet stimulation technology directly into Victor Chandler's in-play football platform. Bettorlogic claims that its Livelogic technology generates around 40 in-play prompts per match and identifies the most interesting betting opportunities in real-time thereby offering Victor Chandler's customers relevant 'reasons to bet' on any of around 30,000 live football matches annually.

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Online slots player hits a $104,514 jackpot at Slotland

Online punter 'Two To One Joan' outshone her internet nickname this week when she more than doubled her money, hitting a $104,514 jackpot on the Booster slot at Slotland. The three-wheel and single pay-line game brought her a windfall that will go towards paying off a mortgage... but only after a disciplined shopping spree!

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Atlantic City casino revenues down almost 10% in 2010

The official numbers for 2010 confirm the perceptions over the past twelve months that Atlantic City - America's second biggest gambling centre - is still in decline. Year-end figures released Monday show Atlantic City casinos took in $3.6 billion in 2010, a year-on-year drop of 9.6%, and down from $5.2 billion in 2006.

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