UB and PokerPlayersUnite.org join forces to support Crystal King on her road to recovery, and poker players can help Crystal and her young family with a small outlay of $10. UB.com and PokerPlayersUnite.org is teaming up for a second time in as many months to deliver another amazing ‘Second Sundays’ online fundraiser, this time to support the Crystal King Benefit Foundation ("CKBF"). The July 11th $10 buy-in event at UB.com is scheduled for 14:45 ET, and will be hosted by Amazing Race contestant and Team UB Pro Tiffany Michelle. UB will match 100% of the prize pool, with all proceeds [ Read More ]
Archive for June 28th, 2010
The Isle of Man-based internet gambling software provider and games developer Microgaming has announced a partnership deal to provide internet games content for PhilWeb’s new online casino venture, Vibrant Vegas, which launches this week through the Pagcor e-Games (PEGS) café network. Manila-based PhilWeb is the first and largest listed internet company in the Philippines by market capitalisation, and the dominant technology-based gaming firm. The company recently released excellent first quarter results for 2010 which showed a 52% growth in net income. Its latest venture in bringing the Vibrant Vegas online casino to market is a vital part of its ambitious [ Read More ]
Police raids on cyberbookies have raked in more confiscated cash and arrests in Hong Kong, with police revealing that over HK$113 million (US$14.4 million) in World Cup bets were seized and 64 people arrested in raids in Hong Kong and southern China. Police in Shenzhen and Hong Kong cooperated in raids against cyber bookmakers operating with websites registered overseas to try to evade detection, police spokesmen revealed. Last Friday night, police also raided a flat being used by illegal bookmakers during the opening match between South Africa and Mexico and seized betting slips totaling HK$16 million (US$2 million). Police said [ Read More ]
