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Sunday tournament numbers starting to stabilize

Sunday tournament numbers have seemingly stabilized one month after the NETeller arrests and the NFL playoffs took a large toll on player participation. PokerStars and Full Tilt (running their Full Tilt Online Poker Series - FTOPS) easily met their guarantees Sunday with no televised-football and new e-wallets allowing American players to stay in the game...read more

Pokerbandits.ca shut down a hoax

It appears that the Internet rumors that pokerbandits.ca was shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and the Canadian government were just that: Internet rumors. Officials from all three authorities had not heard of the Web site and denied any part in the removal of content from the site. Pokerbandits.ca, which until recently offered advice on how Americans could get around Internet gambling restrictions, announced this morning that it had been shut down. "This site has been shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice in conjunction with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada," read bold black text over a brick red background. "Normally we don't comment on ongoing cases," said Justice Department spokeswoman Jaclyn Lesch...read more

Tonygpoker.com no longer accepting U.S. play

Tonygpoker.com is no longer accepting real-money play from U.S. customers because none of their e-wallet services will process U.S. transactions, according statement on its Web site Monday. "It's a very, very sad day for Tony G," Tony Guoga wrote in his blog...read more

Problem gambling panel hopes to gain renewal of funding

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- After allocating almost $2.5 million for programs dealing with the research, prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling in Nevada, a state advisory panel hopes to do it all over again. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services is asking the Nevada Legislature to restock an account that for the first time allocated state money to look at problem gambling issues. Steve George, a department spokesman, said Gov...read more

Nevada economy: Casinos post record win

NEVADA -- Nevada casinos roared to an all-time record gaming win of $12.6 billion in 2006, fueled by free-spending gamblers frequenting the Strip's glitzy gambling halls. The revenues, reported Friday by the Gaming Control Board, marked an overall increase of 8.3 percent compared with the $11.6 billion won by casinos in 2005. Strip casinos were the state's barometer...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - February 9, 2007

Was the Gambling 911 Super Bowl Party as crazy as the pictures suggest? No. Not even close. It was MUCH crazier. I mean, I have never been to a party like that in my ENTIRE LIFE! Models in bikinis, naked girls making out on ant tables, threesomes, foursomes, swingers, strip poker, naked pool games, hot tubs, saunas, and beautiful women making out with each other all night long in every single room! You name it, I saw it...read more

ePassporte a viable, but slow e-wallet option

Signing up for a new ePassporte account and gaining access to deposited funds takes approximately three weeks, according to a Casino City test. A Casino City reporter began the sign-up process on January 17, the day NETeller officially stopped accepting U.S...read more

NETeller explains U.S. withdrawal delay

NETeller is unable to pay U.S. customer withdrawals because American banks have refused to do business with one or more of the e-wallet's U.S. based automatic clearinghouses, according to a NETeller press release issued Thursday morning. The NETeller release also said that the U.S...read more

Different times, new contract talks

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The corporate landscape has changed dramatically in the five years since representatives of Culinary Workers Local 226 and Las Vegas' hotel-casino industry sat down to reach collective bargaining agreements in 2002. With contracts covering some 50,000 Strip and downtown hotel and restaurant service employees, such as bartenders, cocktail servers, waiters, housekeepers and maids, set to expire June 1, the Culinary wants to know how the ownership changes and proposed private equity buyouts over the past few years will affect negotiations. "I think the (gaming) industry is going through a monumental change, and we're not quite sure what that means," Culinary Secretary-Treasurer D...read more

Lengthy wait-times for new ePassporte customers

ePassporte, one of the few remaining e-wallets choices for U.S. online gamblers, is experiencing longer-than-usual waits times due to the volume of new customer sign-ups. New customers can expect to wait more than three weeks for their new accounts to be active...read more