Posted by Jessie on 01 Nov, 2008
One of the UK’s top televised poker events is set to return for a new series, I can’t wait.
The first two PartyPoker.com Premier Leagues had a legion of fans glued to their television screens and promoter Matchroom Sport has announced a third series will be filmed in London during late November.
Reigning champion Andy Black is currently the only confirmed participant for the event, but organisers are confident an improved prize pool will tempt 11 of the world’s top players to take him on.
The sponsor has increased its contribution to the prize money and the buy-in for the event has risen to $75,000, giving a total fund of $1.25 million.
Matchroom Sport’s Eddie Hearn claimed: “There isn’t a poker player on the planet that doesn’t want to be part of this event.” Poker shows currently running on British television include the Sky Poker Five-00 and the European Masters. I am very thankful for my satelite dish.
Posted by Jessie on 01 Oct, 2008
Two more men have been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a casino, police have confirmed. A 62-year-old man suffered head injures outside the Gala Maybury Casino on Edinburgh’s Maybury Road in the June incident.
Lothian and Borders Police said two men, both aged 34, had been arrested and charged with attempted murder. It is expected that the pair, from Dundee and Broughty Ferry, will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court next week.
Jamie Robertson, 24, of Paisley, appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in connection with an attack on Tony DeMarco, 62, on 18 September. He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
On Friday 27 June, Frank McGlone, 38, and James Corbett, 20, both from Paisley, made a brief appearance in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court also charged with the attempted murder of Mr DeMarco. I hope these guys rot in jail for 20 years.
Posted by Jessie on 02 Sep, 2008
There is no doubting that online casinos are legal in the UK, but that doesn’t mean that all companies are interested in gaining a license to operate a gambling site. This means that some internet gambling companies, even those with no direct interest in the U.S. gambling industry are looking for ways to circumvent the bans on unlicensed online casino gambling. A new company, Shropshire, has announced a new form of gambling – except that it isn’t gambling. The SonicWarp.com site is a newly designed site that allows members to win prizes via a monthly drawing as well as participate in other fun acitivities through the site.
The new site is intended for those gamblers who are not interested in losing money through the online casinos but still looking for innovative ways to participate in forms of internet gaming. There is copious information about the process of signing up on the actual site, but basically, gamers are asked to keep their GBP100 refundable deposit in their accounts through the site, and every month, if their deposit is still in place, they are entered into the monthly drawing. The monthly drawing is a virtual “treasure chest” that gains funds all throughout the month according to Shropshire.
The way around the legal issues is the fact that unlike online casinos, the gamers are able to retrieve their GBP100 deposit and can – but at that point they are no longer entered into the monthly drawing. There is a viral element to the marketing of the site where the gamers are encouraged to spread the word to other online gamers and receive more tokens and entries into the drawing. It is nice to look at some of these more interesting situations and see how they develop.
Posted by Jessie on 03 May, 2008
Deputy Finance Minister Jacek Kapica said recently that the government plans to legalize online gambling by the end of 2008 in order to infuse the economy with some needed tax revenue. The previous conservative Law and Justice government ruled against legalizing online betting a year ago after Ministry of Finance analysts argued that the cost to the state would be too great.
The analysts claimed that any budget revenues from online gambling would be much lower than expected, whereas the cost of regulating the industry would be too high. However, according to Merrill Lynch estimates, gross online gambling revenues could reach $48 (z?.106) billion by 2010, making it an extremely lucrative business.
“We cannot control this process anyway and it is better that the budget at least derives some revenue from it,” Kapica told reporters. Polish press has suggested that Poland’s change of heart was influenced by last year’s European Court of Justice ruling which said that Italy may not use criminal law to ban foreign online gambling companies from attracting Italian players. I know gambling can have an ugly downside for additcted gamblers but as free people you should be allowed to choose what type of entertainment you want to participate in.