Cryptologic unveils Jenga among new game releases
Dublin-based online gambling software and games developer CryptoLogic Limited has launched a new downloadable game lineup that features a video slot version of Jenga, one of the world’s most popular board games. The new game pack also features Buccaneers Bounty Video Slot Game and 4 Deck Atlantic City Blackjack.
The games will be initially be available exclusively at Intercasino, CasinoJoy and DTDcasinos.
“Adding Jenga to our line-up is another example of CryptoLogic’s ability to take the world’s most popular branded casual games and turn them into a compelling, captivating casino experience,” said Brian Hadfield, CryptoLogic’s President and CEO.
Jenga is recognised worldwide as a game of suspense and strategy that is simple to learn and easy to play.
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Joan Rivers Hates Annie Duke: Not Poker Players
Comedian and Celebrity Apprentice finalist, Joan Rivers, has backed off her assertion that all poker players are "worse than white trash"….somewhat anyway.
The New York Post popular Page Six reported the following:
JOAN Rivers earned the ire of female poker players when she went off on pro player Annie Duke on "Celebrity Apprentice" last week. Rivers, upset that Duke and Brande Roderick had conspired to boot daughter Melissa out of the show, screamed at Duke, "Poker players are trash, darling!
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888.com first quarter revenues decline
The tough economic times and growing competition in the UK are cited as reasons behind a 4% drop in 888.com's Q1, 2009 revenues to $57 million when compared with Q1, 2008, the company revealed this week.
Total operating income for 888’s B2C arm was flat compared with the last quarter of 2008 at $5 million, but the Gibraltar-based gambling group’s B2B division came to the rescue with a 13% increase in revenue to $12 million.
Slow business in March was reported as the principal reason for the drop in business-to-consumer revenues, which totalled $45 million, down from $49 million in the previous quarter.
Casino operating income fell quarter on quarter to $3 million to $27 million. Pok
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Anti-UIGEA bill proposes stringent licensing system
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Barney Frank released details of his new legislative proposal aimed at legalising online gambling in the United States Wednesday ahead of a delayed press conference re-scheduled to late afternoon Washington time.
Titled the Internet Gambling Regulation Consumer Protection & Enforcement Act the proposal seeks to overturn the controversial and much villified Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed in 2006, which outlawed financial transactions with online gambling companies and has caused billions in damages to European companies forced to withdraw from the US market.
The bill seeks to issue licenses to online gambling operators, but only those who are in good financial and legal standing and of good character, honesty and integrity, and whose prior activities, reputation, habits and associations do not pose a threat to the public interest or to the effective regulation and control of of the licensed activities.
Pre-licensing checks are likely to be stringent, and would be operators will have to demonstrate that they possess the requisite expertise to professionally manage Internet gambling operations.
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Kentucky Derby Current Odds (1:45 pm EST)
The following Kentucky Derby current odds were as of 1:45 pm and because of the betting frenzy taking place this afternoon, these odds were subject to change over periods of minutes if not locked in immediately.
While Sports Interaction offered some of the best payout odds throughout the morning, this was not necessarily the case heading into the afternoon as they slashed odds on most horses. Pioneer of the Nile, however, was still getting +550 odds for a payout potential of $550 on every $100 bet according to Gambling911.com’s most recent data. Long shot Join the Dance still paid $8000 for every $100 bet.
Sportsbook.com updated their odds and had the best numbers on the following horses:
Dunkirk +450
Musket Man +2500
West Side Bernie +4000
Mr. Ho
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Friesan Fire Best Kentucky Derby Payout Odds
During the overnight hours at 4 am EST, Gambling911.com was hunting high and low for the best Friesan Fire Kentucky Derby payout odds. This was fast becoming the favorite to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby, especially having the edge when it comes to muddy tracks.
Tom Amoss is a Churchill Downs trainer and TVG (America’s Horse Racing Network) analyst. Making his picks for the Louisville Courier, he explains why Friesan Fire will win.
"The Louisiana Derby winner has improved with every start. I like him at the 1 1/4-mile distance. I think Derbys are won by fate, the winner preordained. I
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Rain May Push Kentucky Derby Betting Toward Online Gambling Sites
Betting Lines May Be Short The Kentucky Derby is the crown jewel of gambling for the state of Kentucky. It is the precise reason that Governor Steve Beshear attempted to seize 141 online gambling domain names. The governor did not want revenue from the Derby being lost to these sites.Now it appears that his worst nightmare may come true. With rain in the forecast for Saturday’s running of the Kentucky Derby, many Kentucky residents may decide to skip the bad weather and gamble on the race online.”Already, gambling on the Derby has shifted towards online betting,” said observer Tristan Jumbleton, “If the weather does not co-operate tomorrow then there is a strong chance that online gambling on this year’s Kentucky Derby will hit record numbers.”The Kentucky gambling industry has been declining in recent years and Governor Beshear attributes that to the Internet. (Read the full post about ‘Rain May Push Kentucky Derby Betting Toward Online Gambling Sites’…)
Chocolate Candy, Papa Clem Move Into Single Digit Kentucky Derby Odds
With four horses among the favorites listed with single digit odds and another (Quality Road) bowing out of this year’s Kentucky Derby, two more horses have inched their way into the single digit territory even before post positions have been announced on Wednesday.
Both Chocolate Candy and Papa Clem were given +1000 odds at SBG Global on Tuesday, placing them within the top 10 percentile of assumed entries with the best chances of winning.
"Other online race books were likely to have Chocolate Candy and Papa Clem with shorter odds than 10/1," says Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com.
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New Bonuses At Circus Online Casino – 04-26-09
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International: Denmark to deregulate gambling market
Tuesday, Denmark’s government took steps to deregulate the country’s gambling market, releasing plans to liberalize the sector. Officials said they will propose their plans as a bill in Danish parliament after the legislature’s members return from Summer Recess. Officials also said they already have the support of many members and expect the bill to pass. According to the Copenhagen Post, the government’s plan could dissolve Denmark’s state-owned gambling monopoly, Danske Spil. But information the newspaper reprinted from the Jyllands-Posten said Danish officials were also considering a plan to limit Danske Spil’s market jurisdiction to lottery and scratch-and-win games. I (Read the full post about ‘International: Denmark to deregulate gambling market’…)
