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The time has come for the online poker event of the year!

Beginning at 12pm EST on April 26th, 2008, Holdem Poker Chat will be launching a ground-breaking 24 hour Poker Marathon!

What does this mean? 24 hours…24 poker tournaments!

Yes, you read that correctly. In the span of 24 hours, we will be hosting 24 poker tournaments!
This will consist of both freerolls and money-added buyins. Tournaments will occur every hour, on the hour.

The tournaments will begin and end on the #1 online poker site, PokerStars, beginning with a $250 freeroll and ending with a $10 buyin, with $100 added to the prize pool. Along the way, we will stop at FullTilt, Carbon Poker, Cake Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Poker Nordica! All and all, it will be a wonderful journey, with over $2500 added to the prize pools!

And… There will also be a tournament Leaderboard with over $1000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

So, get your comfortable chair ready, bring the fridge to the computer (or the computer to the fridge), make sure to be stocked up on pizza and chips.

Visit HoldemPokerChat for more details.

Microgaming, the world’s most prominent provider of online casino and poker software, has announced that popular online poker site Doyle’s Room (www.doylesroom.com) has joined its growing poker network.
The move is set to catapult Doyle’s Room, which has continued to grow in popularity since its 2004 launch, into the expanding European market.
The Microgaming Poker Network will give Doyle’s Room access to one of the most action-packed tournament schedules on the Internet, offering players the chance to enter a host of satellites to some of the world’s biggest offline tournaments. In the last week of February alone $400k worth of buy-ins were won on the network.
A spokesperson for Doyle’s Room said, ‘We are delighted to be joining the Microgaming network. We reviewed many software providers in our search for a better gaming experience for our players and Microgaming met all of our requirements in terms of liquidity, tournaments and player features. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with them.’

HITMAN is a video game which revolves around a man known as Agent 47 (usually simply referred to as 47), an assassin for hire, whose skills place him in high demand for jobs. Since it’s inception HITMAN has acquired a massive following of video game fans from around the world.

Next week slot players can meet HITMAN themselves as he brings his variety of assassination services and contract winnings to Microgaming in the form of a 5 reel, 15 payline video slot. Micro Gaming Casino software is the industry leader in innovative online gaming and is part of a network of 12 online casinos that have built a lasting reputation over years of outstanding services for players around the world.

All the great graphics, thrilling themes and sinister plots of the Video Game are transformed into a multilevel game with more features than you could shake…a gun at!

The last time Microgaming released a game of this calibre was when the still popular Tomb Raider™ game was released two years ago. This time, the quality of the game will surpass even Tomb Raider™ as the player is carried through the excitement of the HITMAN story whilst reaping the rewards of a truly multifaceted and exciting game. The graphics on HITMAN video slot represent the best of any new casino slots online available to date, from the assassin himself, to the targets and weapons, this truly is a technologically advanced video slot in terms of not only ascetics, but also features including Wilds, a new and thrilling 3 reel Expanding Wild feature, Scatters, Free Spins and Bonuses. As far as online casino news goes, it doesn’t get much more exciting than the release of a slot of this quality, HITMAN will most certainly bring an element of sophistication and stimulation to any casino player.

New players to Microgaming are invited to take advantage of their generous welcome bonus of 1 hour and $500 to make as much money as they can. This gives players an opportunity to not only sample the 200 plus games on offer, but also tally up a decent bank roll to take to the table for when the exciting HITMAN game is released.

HITMAN will also be made available to players all across the world with the introduction of the new language software at Microgaming. Players can now choose from English, Italian, French, German and Japanese to enjoy online video slots.

Players interested in viewing the impressive new casino slots should download and register at Microgaming to receive notification upon release of the new slots, including HITMAN which is due to be released at the end of March.

For more information on Microgaming or to register an account, go to http://www.chipsandslots.com/microgaming-casinos/

Wednesday, 21 March 2007 – The NETELLER Plc Group (LSE: NLR), the leading global independent online money transfer business, today announced that it has signed agreements with each of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (“USAO”) and Navigant Consulting, Inc. (“Navigant”).

On 8 February 2007, the Group announced that it was in discussions with the USAO to manage an orderly return of funds to US customers and that it was contemplated that a forensic accounting firm would be engaged, at the Group’s expense, to assist in this process and to examine the Group’s financial position.

The Group is pleased to announce that on 20 March 2007, it signed agreements with the USAO and Navigant which, among other things, outline terms and a timeline under which NETELLER will work toward the orderly distribution of funds to its US customers. Per the agreements, the Group anticipates that within the next 75 days it will announce a plan by which the funds will be distributed to US customers. Navigant will also provide a report to the USAO on the Group’s current financial condition.

“We continue to be committed to returning funds to our US customers and working with the US Attorney’s Office,” said Ron Martin, Group President and CEO. “Progress, while not always visible to the outside observer, has been steady and these agreements mark a milestone in the process.”

NETELLER is continuing to cooperate with the USAO’s investigation, under the advice of its legal advisers and in accordance with court orders in the Isle of Man.

Further updates with relation to the US situation will be made as soon as there are any material developments. In the meantime, US customers should visit updates.neteller.com for more information, including newly updated FAQs that provide additional clarity, where the Group is able, around certain issues currently being raised in a number of public forums. Additionally US Customers can contact NETELLER Customer Service on the web or by phone at 1-888-258-5859.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission has ruled that a woman who was wrongly awarded a $1 million jackpot on a slot machine win should receive the winnings. The IP casino had argued that she was only owed the top winning amount of $8,000, and that a technician had mistakenly programmed the slot machine to be a stand-alone progressive.

The scheduled hearing of NETeller’s two former board members, Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre, has been rescheduled for 16 April according to an announcement by the United States Attorney Office in New York. Both the prosecutor and the defendants agreed on the delay, but no further information as to why was released.

In a major hypocritical move, less than 50 days into his tenure as governor, Eliot Spitzer put pen to paper, formally issuing his concurrence to the Secretarial “two-part” determination originally issued by the Department of the Interior in April, 2000. Governor Spitzer also signed an amendment to the tribe’s existing gaming compact which specifically grants the necessary approval for the Sullivan County casino.

The is the Same Eliot Spitzer that vowed to prosecute any individual caught gambling online in the state of New York when he was the state attorney. This is just further proof that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act was passed to knock out foreign competition and allow US based brick and mortar casinos to set up their own online gaming sites. And that politicians will change their view when its in the best interest of their state.

Also under the agreement between Spitzer and the Mohawks, the state will get 20 percent of the revenues from video slot machines for the first two years of the casino’s operation, 23 percent for the next two years and 25 percent a year thereafter. Cha Ching.

The casino is projected to cost $600 million to build. It would be built next to the Monticello Raceway and carry the Monticello name. It is seen as a competitor to Atlantic City and Connecticut for gamblers in the New York City area.

River Nile Casino is launching a new Free Play offer which will give players $/€/£ 1,000 free to play with for 1 hour! There is no entry fee; all players need to open a real account and start playing.

Another bonus is that they will get to keep their winnings up to $200!

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English Harbor is continuing their monthly slots freerolls into February. There is $25,000 up for grabs on some of the hottest games.

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Due to popular demand, Mansion Poker has extended it’s daily $100,000 guaranteed tournaments into February. Mansion players have seen overlays as high as $65,000 in these daily tournaments. Satellites are running daily for these. Visit Mansion Poker and get in on the action.