Police in the small Utah city of Murray raided an Internet cafe on Sunday evening and arrested over 50 people on allegations that they were conducting and participating in illegal online gambling activities. The Murray City Police Department revealed that it had conducted several undercover operations at The Fortune Cyber Cafe in the Salt Lake City suburb since spring in cooperation of the Salt Lake County District Attorneys Office and stated that customers were playing various online slot games alongside poker and keno. Following the raid, police formally charged six employees while issuing 45 others with citations. Ironically, the owner [ Read More ]
Archive for August, 2009
Online gambling group Party Gaming has released its first half results, showing a 6.5% fall in operating profit, which management has attributed to competitive pressures and the consumer slowdown. However, the group offered the more encouraging news that trade in the last three weeks had been strong. In the three weeks to August 18, the average gross daily revenue was $1.9 million, whilst average active poker players totalled 51,000 per day. The group posted an H1,2009 operating profit of $60.7 million on revenues down 21% at $201.3 million for the six months to the end of June. Management recapped on [ Read More ]
Writing in the UK poker magazine Inside Poker this week, Alun Bowden asked some interesting questions about the future of high stakes poker and the development of the game on Internet nosebleed tables. Following a week of particularly big pots and frenetic action on the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker.com it’s a timely examination of the phenomenon. Bowden notes that five years ago The Big Game at the private Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas was where the world’s richest cash games could be found, an exclusive and discreet venue that produced legendary poker action among [ Read More ]
No matter what you like playing the most, there’s a bonus for you at Gala Online Casio! Formerly best known for their Bingo Halls, they are now a force to be reckoned with in the online gaming market, and their online casino is definitely a contributing factor! By signing up to Gala Casino, you can bag yourself a whopping £205 welcome package, with bonuses to suit everyone’s favourites! There are four codes available for players to enter to receive their bonus, each attached to a different part of their casino, and they all provide a different bonus. You can get [ Read More ]
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August 20 – He’s teased them for God only knows how long now but today it was announced that Brett Favre has officially signed a deal with the Minnesota Vikings. With the deal has come speculation and anticipation from fans across the country wondering how he will perform, will he even be back next season, and will the Vikes win it all? This being the case the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on all things Brett Favre, Vies, and the NFL. Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on Brett Favre’s Return to the NFL: [ Read More ]
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"If the media and oversensitive racism watchdogs continue this witch-hunt for racists, they are doing more to slow relations between races than to improve them." So writes Ricky Bauer of Gambling Review, one of many online gambling and poker information websites commenting on this week’s controversy suggesting that poker pro Daniel Negreanu might be a "racist". The uproar began after Thomas Somach, a special contributor to the Gambling911.com website and the proprietor of PokerHelper.com, authored an article asking whether "Negreanu was a racist" following one of his weekly blog entries. "Negreanu made some outrageous comments about the sensitive subject of [ Read More ]
NBC’s prime time Saturday poker show, Face The Ace, had only 1.46 viewers in its second showing. Things could have been worse as the program apparently didn’t lose many viewers (debuting with 1.59 million). As it turns out, Face The Ace is not being broadcast in all markets. Salt Lake City residents are being deprived of the show, which may not be such a bad thing based on the critical panning. KSL Channel 5, the local television station owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, won’t air the prime-time poker game show Face the Ace, saying the [ Read More ]
One way to improve Face the Ace, the NBC prime time poker show that bombed in the ratings with its premier this past Saturday, is to add a pretty face…Say, more Megan Abrigo. She’s the hostess of the show but we probably didn’t get enough of her. More Megan Abrigo and less Steve Schirripa, that’s the consent of some after only one week of this dud airing. There is room for improvement…lots of improvement. The folks from WickedChopsPoker.com offered nine steps for improving the show, which is apparently backed by Full Tilt Poker. 1. Get rid of Steve Schirripa. Get [ Read More ]
