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Another Kahnawake-regulated poker site is in hot water – and this time it's a big one. Full Tilt Poker has been named in a lawsuit that alleges it cheats its players using pokerbot software. For the uninitiated, a poker bot is a piece of software designed to play poker at an online poker site. In terms of its playing style, it is indistinguishable from a human player, and they are employed...

Every year in the United Kingdom, there's a national drive for breast cancer, to build awareness around the issue, and to raise funds for charities involved in research and support around the issue. This year the campaign is due to kick of on the 18th of October, but one online bingo site is getting stuck in a bit early. Foxy Bingo has a long history of raising money for charity, but...

It was an event that some industry commentators were suspecting would never come to pass: the durrrr challenge actually crossed the halfway mark. This means 25,000 hands of Omaha have been played between Tom Dwan and his challenger Patrik Antonius. It has taken only 231 days (eight months) to reach this point – the equivalent of about 108 hands a day. Except, of course, they don't play every day. On to...

Sweden is a tricky country to live in if you enjoy a game of online bingo. It's not that you can't play – you absolutely can – but the government of Sweden has a monopoly on all forms of gambling and licenses one company only – its very own Svenka Spel. So if you want to play online bingo in Sweden, that's technically where you have to play. However, the Internet...

We recently reported on the launch of 2 new slots by Playtech that leverage superhero properties licensed from Marvel Media. This is traditionally Cryptologic's stomping ground, and as if to prove that they're not to be outdone at their own game, they've released two shiny new superhero slots of their own. The brand new titles are the product of Cryptologic's content licensing deal with DC comics, a major Marvel competitor, and...

APT (Asian Poker Tour) Macau Main Event winner drien 'zlatan35' Allain is the latest up and coming star to join poker's coolest collective Team PKR Pro. Following his success at this year's Asian Poker Tour in Macau, which saw him take down the Main Event for $391,556 - an event he qualified for on PKR for just $5 - Allain has officially put pen to paper to become a fully fledged...

Not too long ago, a new casino was born to the Club World Group. This new addition is Aladdin’s Gold Casino. The Genie had granted Aladdin’s Gold with the same suite of games powered by RTG, the most awesome customer service, and some of the best promotions around! Aladdin felt that his customer’s would always come first so he didn’t worry too much about the look of...

Virtue Fusion, the successful online bingo platform software developer, recently announced a new licensing deal with Endemol, the TV giant, to build new games based on Endemol's properties. These new games will be available to play at any online bingo site that uses Virtue Fusion's platform to run their business. The first of the new titles is a brand new bingo game based on the hit TV show Deal or No...

We recently reported that Playtech had struck a deal with Marvel, the comic book creator, to build new online video slots based on characters from the Marvel Superheroes universe. This is territory that has traditionally been exploited exclusively by Cryptologic, and has been the cornerstone of their business. And now the first of Playtech's new Marvel slots are ready to ship, and will be available at most Playtech-based online casinos by...

In a complete surprise to the railbirds and Negreanu fans everywhere, Daniel Negreanu was eliminated by Barry Shulman for the World Series of Poker Europe gold bracelet. Shulman walks away from the prestigious tournament with the coveted bracelet and almost £800,000 in prize money (roughly $1.26 million). If you think the name Shulman sounds familiar, it should: this is Barry Shulman's second WSOPE bracelet, and he is father to Jeff Shulman,...