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Super Bowl Betting Down? Maybe it is the recession. Maybe it has to do with millions of people losing their jobs. Perhaps it is the seven point line. Whatever the reason, with only two days left before the Super Bowl, online gambling on the event is down from years past.

“We have not seen the early action that we have had in the past. Usually by now we have many more bets than we do this year. (Read the full post about ‘Online Gambling Down With Two Days Left Before Super Bowl’…)

Tempers Flare Organizers for the Casino Affiliates Programs had to know something like this could have happened. They have been sparring back and forth with members from the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association for a while now, and some of the allegations tossed in the direction of CAP ownership have been incriminating.

That is why it comes as no surprise that at CAP’s London event, tempers flared and a scene was made in the lobby of the hotel where the event was taking place. (Read the full post about ‘Tempers Spill Over At CAP Online Casino Affiliate Event In London’…)

The online casino world has two types of gamblers; those who are loyal to one or two casinos and keep coming back and those who wander from casino to casino trying their luck at hundreds of different casinos and games hoping to hit it rich.  

It seems the latter has worked for one lucky individual. One fortunate gambler at WinADay.com won the casinos first ever progressive jackpot. Monica68, as the player goes by online, won a smooth $148, 724 playing Wheeler Dealer, a 3-reel 8-pay line slot machine based on the popular Golden 8 game seen at Slotland.com.  

But rest assured, the jackpot is climbing again and ready to be won any day now.

(Read the full post about ‘3D Casino Hands Out First Jackpot’…)

PartyCasino is one of the most beloved online casinos on the internet. This comes as a surprising, for PartyCasino launched in the year 2006, which is relatively late. PartyCasino is owned by the online gaming company PartyGaming, which has also launched the popular online poker room PartyPoker. The new players at PartyCasino will receive a standard bonus of 100% over their first deposit, up to 50 pounds.

The software of PartyCasino is developed by PartyGaming itself. These days PartyCasino has also signed agreements with big casino software developers such as CryptoLogic and MicroGaming. The array of casino games at PartyCasino is not as wide as most online casinos, but PartyCasino’s software is very reliable and of great quality.

(Read the full post about ‘The advantages of PartyCasino’…)

Bwin will be rolling out a new live betting interface on 30th January, enlisting innovative technologies to give customers an even more intense live experience. The launch is scheduled to coincide with the start of the second half of the German Bundesliga.

Austrian football legend Toni Polster will comment live on the top match between HSV and FC Bayern on 30th January.

“With its new offering, bwin is demonstrating its lead, pushing the limits of what is technologically feasible. (Read the full post about ‘Latest Gaming News – Bwin Launches New Live Betting Interface’…)

With Manchester United setting a new record of eleven Premier League games in a row without conceding a goal, a bookmaker is asking who will be the first to breach the toughest defence in the division.

Man United’s next opponents, Everton on Saturday, have the first bite of the cherry and are Evens to be the first team to bag a goal in over 1032 minutes against the Premiership champions.

Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: “At the moment it’s hard to see anyone putting one past United’s Nemanja Vidic inspired defence but football is football and so often goals come when you least expect it.”

The Toffees are followed in the fixture list by a visit to West Ham’s Upton Park. (Read the full post about ‘Manchester United Betting – Who Will Score Against the Fergie Boys ?’…)

Each and every day we hear of industries in the US which are having to instigate pay freezes to try and retain as much cash as possible to see them through the troubled times. The casino industry is no different to the general economy of the US and as such we have seen a number of pay freezes announced across the sector as well as a significant loss of employment positions. There are concerns that this could eventually impact upon the quality and quantity of skilled dealers in the poker industry.

The poker industry has sometimes been seen as being in the higher echelons of the gambling industry and as such quality dealers have attracted significant wage agreements. (Read the full post about ‘Will the pay freeze in the casino sector have an impact?’…)

As we commented recently, the playboy poker site is set to close imminently amid suggestions that demand was not as high as expected and carrying costs have impacted upon the profitability of the business. This has prompted many to question whether poker and glamour are actually as closely connected as many had first thought or whether those who play online poker and off-line poker are just interested in the game?

There is no doubt that poker TV programmes seem to be able to mix glamour and poker in an atmosphere which is both comfortable and not distracting for the players. (Read the full post about ‘Do poker and glamour really mix?’…)

Prior to the Aussie millions poker tournament at the Melbourne Crown Casino there had been calls for Australian poker players to up their game and show that Australia really means business. Thankfully for the Australian poker community this call was answered and Stewart Scott took the main event title having taken on and beaten 680 rivals!

The event read like a who’s who of the poker world as well as attracting sporting greats such as Shane Warne and tennis sensation Mark Philippoussis. The event has attracted substantial media coverage and aside from the World Series of poker is seen by many as the leading poker tournament in the world. (Read the full post about ‘Aussie star takes home the Aussie millions title’…)

Some call him "Enemy Number One" to the online gambling sector.  In fact, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl probably considers that a compliment.  Kyl, who helped push through legislation that essentially prohibits most forms of online gambling back in October 2006, announced on Thursday he would not be supporting Timothy Geithner for Treasury secretary because he was disappointed with his explanations of why he had failed to pay certain taxes.

"I don’t believe that the requisite candor exists for me to indicate my support for him with an affirmative vote," Kyl said before a Senate Finance Committee vote on Geithner’s nomination.

"I’m just very disappointed that I don’t think yesterday, before this committee, or in the responses to my questions, he displayed the kind of candor that I expect," Kyl said.

Geithner, 47, also faced tough questions about his role last year in devising federal bailouts for Wall Street’s biggest firms and his failure to pay all of his taxes on time between 2001 and 2004.

Geithner, who settled his outstanding taxes only after he was nominated to the Treasury post, said he signed his tax forms without reading them carefully. &q

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