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European Championship of Online Poker V - ECOOP V

The European Championship of Online Poker V or ECOOP V as it's better known is scheduled to run from November 23rd  to December 6th 2009 and has over $4.5 million it the tournament prize pot. 

PaddyPowerPoker announced that the European Championship of Online Poker V will feature fourteen different poker tournaments and prize money of $4.55 million.

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Hopa Scratches €100,000 Win

Lydie A., from France, won just scratched and won an amazing €100,000 at Hopa, the leading online scratchcard site, playing the Super Slot 7 game!  The huge €100,000 win is the first big one for this relatively new scratchcard site, launched in March 2009. (more gambling news)

Grand Slam of Slots Drawing Near

The countdown has begun for the biggest slots tournament in history – Microgaming’s Grand Slam of Slots Tournament. Many participating online casinos are offering players a real chance to win a ticket into this amazing event.

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New Efforts to Change US Gambling Laws

As the Obama government seeks ways to fund its controversial new health reforms, one US Senator has reminded the administration where to find the necessary cash without looking too far. (more gambling news)

Win Beer for a Year!

Playtech Casinos Offering Beer for a Year!
Several Playtech licensees in the Euro Partners group are offering players to enjoy the world’s largest beer festival, the Oktoberfest, online by playing at their favorite casinos and winning beer for a whole year in the process! (more gambling news)

Canada Lottery Group

Canada Lottery Group Earns Top Industry Certificate.
The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation has been awarded the highest level on the social responsibility scale by the World Lottery Association. (more gambling news)

Cryptologic to Supply Games to Betsafe

Betsafe, which provides online players with top sportsbetting products, said that they would soon be offering a new range of casino games, thanks to an agreement signed with software giant, Cryptologic. (more gambling news)

ASA Says No to Betfair Ad

Betfair Poker was forced to pull an ad from the UK media after the Advertising Standards Authority said that the campaign had the potential to attract younger players. (more gambling news)

New European Poker Brand to Launch

EurosportBET, subsidiary of the French TV channel TF1 announced that it has partnered with Ongame Network to launch quality poker services alongside its sports betting brand. (more gambling news)

Bwin Enters Italian Gaming Market

Bwin Finalizes Expansion into Italian Gaming Market.
A deal was finally signed this week between the Austrian bwin and the Italian-based gaming group, Gioco Digitale, essentially giving bwin about 25% of the country’s poker market. (more gambling news)

Poker Social Network Opens

We mentioned Poker Nations a few weeks ago here - Poker Nations social network when it was in its Beta phase and open to industry members only, well now the site has officially opened to poker players as well and looks like it’s going to be a winner with its unique range of Web 2.0 functions making it the poker social network of choice!  So why all the excitement?  Well, let us take a little look at the features of the new site and what it can offer poker players and general gamblers.

The Poker Nations site serves a range of Web 2.0 type functions that members can use and the levels of involvement are second to none, whether you like forums, poker blogs or just making friends this site throws up something for everyone.

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Gambling News - September 09

It's all go here this week so we're lumping all the snippets together to give you a quick overview.  This weeks gambling news features on Net Ent, VIP Casino, a new Gtech online casino and finally "Banning Online Gambling Not the Answer." (more gambling news)

Welcome to The Dark Side

CasinoEuro is playing host to a 2 month long slots tournament which includes seven of the scariest but most popular video slots. The games included in this unique slots tournament are Voodoo Vibes, Devils Delight, BloodSuckers, Tales of Krakow , Speelcast, Mystery at the Mansion, and Crusaders of Fortune – fantastic in the run up to (although a bit off yet) Halloween. (more gambling news)

Huge Slot Win Makes Dreams Come True

A UK player, Mr LA, will start married life out on an excellent foot after winning a life changing sum of money on his favourite slot game, Millionaires Club. (more gambling news)

Ultimate Poker Mac Friendly

Ultimate Poker, the industry leading online poker site, announced that it has rolled out a Mac friendly version of its great poker software for Apple users. (more gambling news)

Caribbean Super Lotto Launched

Eight nations in the Caribbean region have come together to launch a multinational, multi jurisdiction lottery product off the GTech platform. (more gambling news)

European Handball Gets German Sponsorship

Sportsbetting group, Bet at Home, signed a sponsorship deal with the European Handball Federation for two years. The German based group will have its name appear at all major EHF competitions and events, such as the EHF Cup throughout the year. (more gambling news)