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An extortion plot may be at the center of a murder that rocked the online poker world this past August. 

PokerListings.com founder, Andreas Oscarsson was found shot dead in his native Sweden.  He was only 36.

"At this point, we do not have any details other than he was found dead in his bed on the morning of August 3rd. He had been shot," the PokerListings.com website reported at the time.  PokerListings is one of the most recognized poker portals in the world.

This week, Pokerati.com reveals that Oscarsson was to have testified against a man allegedly trying to extort him for $2 million dollars.

A 44-year-old man allegedly tried to extort PokerListings for nearly $2 million; the site’s murdered cofounder, Andreas Oscarsson, was to testify against him this week on aggravated racketeering charges. Th

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USA Regular everyday US citizens that occasionally play at online casinos are being jailed in the US. The latest chapter in the country’s Internet gambling saga had Nicholas Zicarelli jailed for not testifying about the online casino he had been a customer at.

Zicarelli’s attorney, Kenneth Hensley, is claiming that the government is trying to make an example of his client. Hensley believes that the government has no legal right to have Zicarelli jailed, and that they are bullying him to testify.

There have been others who have gone the way of Zicarelli and used their Fifth Amendment right to not testify. (Read the full post about ‘Online Casino Players Being Jailed In The US’…)

ATLANTA (myfoxatlanta.com) – The Atlanta City Council, which shortened serving hours for the city’s bars six years ago after a series of shootings and complaints about late-night rowdiness, may consider reversing its decision.

City Councilman Kwanza Hall introduced legislation Monday requesting a study of extending the deadline to sell liquor from 2:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Council President Lisa Borders sent the legislation to a committee for further discussion.

Hall says the sales tax money from extending the hours could fund public safety improvements.

(Read the full post about ‘Atlantic City: Last Calls to be Pushed Back?’…)

Druid Master Keith Barry is at it again with his sporting predictions, and has bookmaker Paddy Power running for cover.

Barry is predicting a 2-1 victory for Ireland at Croker this Saturday, and is also claiming star striker Robbie Keane will score the first goal of the qualification game.

The odds on Ireland defeating France 2-1 are 10/1 while the odds on Keano hitting the back of the net first are 6/1. Shrewd punters however, have been busy snapping up the 35/1 odds on both occurring.

A spokesperson of the bookie said: “We take Keith’s predictions very seriously as do the rest of the country by the looks of things! (Read the full post about ‘FIFA World Cup 2010 Betting – Ireland Will Beat France Says Keith Barry’…)

He’s young, handsome and cheerful….and he’s the new "champion of poker".  Meet Joe Cada.  At the ripe old age of 21, this Michigan native is the youngest World Series of Poker main event winner ever.

Along with all the poker news outlets – Gambling911.com being one – the mainstream media was loving Cada’s success as well.

Unlike the World Series of Poker final table’s "big star" Phil Ivey, who declined interviews leading up to this week’s final table and brushed off media after his elimination, Cada, who represents PokerStars.com, seems more than willing to embrace the media and do what he can to help the sport of poker. <

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November 3 – Even though Roberto Martínez, the famously ‘mild-mannered’ manager of English Premier League football side Wigan Athletic, was snapped smiling after his team went down by a shocking 4-0 to Portsmouth – the team at the bottom of the league – he said he was ‘very angry’ afterwards.

And so you should be Roberto, so you should be. Face it, your team played so badly that even the worst team in the English Premier League found the back of your net - 4 times. ‘Sometimes the worst angriness is inside’, he was quoted as saying. ‘ (Read the full post about ‘Wigan Lose 4-0 to Portsmouth in English Premier League – 11-03-09′…)

CryptoLogic Limited, one of the largest developers of Internet gambling software and trademark online casino games, today announced that one of its best-performing slot-machine, Bejeweled is now live on Unibet.com, one of Europe’s biggest online gambling sites.

As part of multi-year agreement Unibet Group plc will launch at least six games before the end of the year and another three in early 2010. Cryptologic games will reach an audience of more than 3.6 million players because of the agreement. The Cryptologic games are made available to Unibet through the Gaming Technology Solutions plc (GTS) platform, which for many of the largest Internet gambling sites in the world provides a platform to offer their casino games.

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A regular celebrity poker player on the Doyles Room Poker site,  Nicky Hilton will be hosting one of the many Halloween parties taking place this weekend in Las Vegas. Nicky Hilton is hosting a Halloween extravaganza at Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace while dancing to the beats of DJ Hollywood all night long. Nicky will also use her eye for fashion to judge a costume contest with $10,000 in prizes. Pure opens its doors at 10PM. For table reservations, call (702) 289-2002. For more information, visit www.purethenightclub.com Other Halloween parties in Las Vegas include Vanilla Ice’s 42nd Halloween birthday bash at Studio 54 Friday night.  Rockstar and film director Rob Zombie will be returning to Las Vegas for one night only for his Halloween Spooktacular at The Pearl at The Palms on Friday night as well. H (Read the full post about ‘Nicky Hilton Halloween Bash in Vega’…)

Golden Casino It is only Tuesday, but already a major online casino slot jackpot has been hit at a US friendly casino this week. Win Place or Show paid one lucky player $94,459. The game is offered at casinos such as Golden Casino.The Vegas Technologies network of online casinos, which is primarily known in the industry for their slot tournaments, has had several big jackpots hit in the past couple of weeks. Win Place or Show is one of the most popular games on the network, and on Tuesday there was evidence why.The jackpot hit on Tuesday was the sixth time in the past year that the game has paid out big. Previously, the game had last been hit almost four months ago. (Read the full post about ‘Win Place Or Show Jackpot Hit At Online Casino’…)