2010 June 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A South Bay restaurant worker was behind bars Wednesday for allegedly stabbing his cousin to death over a family argument that came to a head during a poker game at the house the two men shared.

It took only about ten minutes of airtime to reveal that the PokerStars Big Game hit a home run with its format.

Police say a man who fatally shot a suspected robber after another person was killed during a Dallas-area poker game is not expected to be charged.

Joran van der Sloot admitted to the killing of Stephany Flores and said it happened during an online poker game.

Virgin’s engaging founder and entrepreneur in chief, Sir Richard Branson, is renowned for identifying new and commercially exploitable trends, and his recent venture into video gaming is a good illustration of his talents.
Virgin’s partnership and rebranding of Canadian-based World Gaming last week is described by Branson as having the potential to form an online competitive […]

June 17th will see the launch of a new concept in video gaming when OnLive launches its new cloud gaming service, an event that could present fresh business models in online gambling.
The Palo Alto-based startup will be charging $4.95 a month to subscribers in the hope of quickly building a membership base, and thanks to […]

A lottery fraud case that occurred 5 years ago came to a conclusion in a Toronto court this week when Hafiz Malik (62) was sent to jail for a year by Judge Rebecca Shamai.
The case involved a $5.7 million jackpot (see previous InfoPowa reports) the rightful proceeds of a lottery ticket purchased in June 2004 […]

Litigation initiated in New South Wales, Australia by Sportsbet yielded a positive result this week when a federal court ruled that the way in which horse racing authorities collect fees is discriminatory against major bookmakers.
Justice Perram ruled that attempts to exempt the TAB and local NSW bookies from the fee were protectionist.
As a result, he […]

The Gemini Players Club poker operation seems to have given up on Berea and is eyeing Canton for a new location.