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The Missouri Gaming Commission has announced a settlement with International Game Technology in which the Nevada-based gaming machine manufacturer agreed to pay a fine of $375,000 for not telling regulatory officials about a federal subpoena and other law enforcement actions related to its electronic bingo games in Alabama.   Officials said the information failures deal with the company’s receipt of a federal subpoena in June 2008 requesting documents related to IGT’s business dealing with VictoryLand and the Jefferson County Racing Association. It also cites a January 2009 letter IGT received from Alabama Gov. Bob Read Full Post…

A reputed poker online gambling site, Badbeat.com has lately declared that it newly launched a promotion, called ‘last longer’. This promotion is an addition to coming Sunday’s €750,000 assured prize pool 300 no-limit hold’em freeze-out contest, which is going to happen at PokerTime.eu.

Badbeat.com, which was launched in the year 2005, provides players all-inclusive support and funding along with advanced software tools, a planned expansion channel with highly developed knowledge and learning aides, skill as well as assistance from a team of top-notch support staff and mentors.

Badbeat.com stated that it’s newly launched promotion, known as ‘last longer’, will reward a lucky player with a free seat, worth £500, at any forthcoming UKIPT competition, for each ten subsidized players, who take part in the PokerTime.eu contest.

The popular €750,000 assured prize pool 300 no-limit hold’em freeze-out contest, is ready to start the ball rolling at the PokerTime.eu online site, from afternoon six o’clock, as per London time. Badbeat.com subsidized

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The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has scheduled an oversight hearing on the USA Department of Justices (DOJ) opinion on internet gaming that will reportedly include discussions on “Whats at Stake for Tribes”.The hearing follows an about turn in the DOJs stance on online gambling late last year, when it released an opinion that The Wire Act applies only to online sports betting (see previous report), opening the gates to interest in other forms of online gambling by industry stake holders.The hearing is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

At the end of December, the Department of Justice changed its stance on the Wire Act of 1961 and said that it only applies to sports betting, which means the online gambling and online poker field is wide open.  Now, to understand some of what were seeing on ABC News and other news media  - the DOJs reversal didnt make online gambling legal in the United States. They just made it not already illegal on a Federal level. That means that states can pass online gambling legislation without violating federal law. And many of them are already on their way to doing so, particularly where online poker is concerned. Nevada is already issuing licenses for online poker. N

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