2010 May 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Card Player TV brings you up to date on everything going on in the world of online poker, including updates on the Card Player Online Player of the Year race, updates from the FTOPS and SCOOP , and an interview with Full Tilt Million winner Jeremy ‘EndlessJ’ Menard.

An Ipsos-Reid survey found that 92 per cent of Ontario adults could recognize risky gambling behaviour in others.

Heads-up poker is the ultimate test of your observational skills, poker acumen, and intestinal fortitude.

Players around the Internet have been discussing the advent of Thunderstruck II – the latest version of a popular feature-rich slot first launched back in 2003 – ever since developer Microgaming showed off some marketing teasers at the ICEi show in January this year.
The wait is over this week, with the new game launching on […]

Hungarian media were speculating this week that the newly elected Fidesz Party’s conservative roots could bring about a tougher approach to Internet gambling.
The party was recently returned to power for the first time in eight years, and is on record as considering an approach to online gambling control that may mimic the ISP-blocking and financial […]

Internet gambling operator Unibet plc has posted a positive set of results for the first quarter 2010, reporting that revenues reached GBP 41.8 million, a 16 percent rise on the same quarter in 2009.
Sports betting revenues were Unibet’s strong suit, rising 23 percent on Q1/2009 to GBP 17.6 million.
Chief executive Petter Nylander described the pre-eminence […]

Investors in the online gambling software provider Playtech will be encouraged by the release of a sterling set of first quarter 2010 results from the company this week.
Key Performance Indicators show a strong Q1 performance that appears to be extending into the second quarter.
Financial highlights highlights included:
* Gross Q1 2010 income totalled Euros 43.4 million, […]

The BolaVerde Media Group reports that thirty-six different parties spent a combined estimated $5.16 million lobbying the Internet gambling legalization issue in Washington, D.C. during the first quarter of 2010.
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, which has online interests through its Interactive division (see previous InfoPowa reports) led the way, spending $1.22 million in the first quarter of […]

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