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We’re pleased to announce the recent launch of 2 new gambling websites. First off is Holdem Poker Chat which is an online poker news and discussion forum. Holdem Poker chat or HPC has already held a few poker tournaments and more are scheduled for the fall of 2007.

If you’re looking to keep up to date on all gambling related news, then World Gambling News is the place to start. WGN offers full gambling news coverage of everything from sports odds to gambling financials.

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Two new slot games were released yesterday: Jellyfish Jaunt and Game On!

The latest new 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot takes you to mysterious undersea locales where opportunities abound to discover large treasures and a raft of other rewards, all available now on Jellyfish Jaunt.

Against a backdrop of strange lantern fish and other undersea life forms, deep diving submarines act as Scatter building blocks for winning combinations, at the same time triggering Free Spin rewards with triple multiplication possibilities. Three or more submarines will deliver 15 Free Spins, and you can not only win rewards within those spins but trigger further free spins, too.

The action is fast and dynamic, making for an enthralling gaming experience with an unusual ambience. Jellyfish Jaunt is online now at River Belle Online Casino, Jackpot City Online Casino, Lucky Nugget Online Casino and The Gaming Club.

UK companies, UC group and Baker Tilly Accountants, have announced the introduction of the “Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative”, in support of recent moves to regulate Internet gambling in the US.

The initiative is set to stand in opposition to the blanket prohibitive legislation in the US in the form of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. In addition, a re-opening of the US market would see the return of significant profits to both companies.

UC Group has fought the UIGEA since its inception, and can offer technology to detect compulsive gambling as well as money laundering and underage gambling. This will support Barney Frank’s proposed bill for a legal and regulated online gambling industry.

“The Initiative is both to educate parts of the public as well as to garner grassroots support from other companies, organizations and individuals for the (Barney Frank’s) legislation,” said spokesman Jeff Sandman of Hyde Park Communications.

According to Jeffrey Oldham of Direct Impact, specialists in grassroots mobilisation, the initiative is a novel use of grassroots tactics.

An updated registration system has been introduced to the Second Life game by creators, Linden Lab. Federal interest in online gambling at Second Life casinos is making Linden Lab cautious, but the move is also related to child protection issues.

In a press release, the company stated, “It has been a basic tenet of Second Life that all Residents are legally responsible for their own activities and for complying with the laws of the local jurisdiction in which they reside.”

Two classes of user will now be created: ‘verified’ status indicates a registrant has submitted valid identification and payment to the company, “unverified” means they have not. Users can then confirm aspects of each other’s identities, such as age and jurisdiction.

“Hopefully, these features will help Residents as they conform to their own local laws.”

Second Life businesses can then screen casino customers to avoid engaging customers whose age or local legislation prohibits online gambling. The option of identity confirmation also puts the responsibility for any illegal activity back with the provider and not Linden Labs themselves.

Teen/adult segregation will also be more thorough – adults found in teen areas face total exclusion, and teens in adult areas will be ‘deported’ back to the teen grids.

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.

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.

Research has suggested that the gambling sector could boost advertising revenues by up to £250 million after new rules allowing betting shops, casinos and gambling websites to advertise on television. Global Betting and Gaming Consultants said that companies would spend 5 per cent of their estimated £5bn turnover on advertising.

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.

The Las Vegas Strip’s first mass-market casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.’s $4.4 billion megaresort.

The casino opened July 2, 1958, billing itself as the world’s largest resort hotel with 1,032 rooms. It was credited with being Las Vegas’ first mass-market casino, thanks to cheap rates and loss-leading food and drinks.

Hundreds of people partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd’s four grandsons pushed a plunger to detonate the former Stardust casino. The blast generated a massive dust cloud that chased the on lookers into cars, buses and nearby casinos.The implosion turned a 32-story tower, gutted to its barest concrete and steel over the past three months, into the tallest building ever knocked down on the Strip.

428 pounds of explosives where used to destroy the casino’s two towers. Twenty water cannons sprayed the dust cloud, which blanketed the area in gray ash, and the main drag of the 24-hour gambling area was temporarily shut down.

The clean up of the site was expected to take up to two months.

The Stardust became as famous for its stellar, 188-foot sign and marquee as its mob connections. The Strip institution was the inspiration for the 1995 movie “Casino,” in which Robert De Niro played a character inspired by Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, who ran the casino-hotel in the mid-1970s.

But as regulators cracked down on skimming in later years, Boyd was brought in as an operator in 1983 and bought the Stardust in 1985 when the owners lost their gambling license.

The new mega casino is set to open in late 2010 with more than 5,000 hotel rooms, a production theater, concert venue, shopping mall and more than 1 million square feet of meeting space.

Party Gaming stocks sored as rumors went around claiming that US SEC Chairman Barney Frank was going to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. However, today, Frank’s press secretary denied the rumors.

“As you know, he is opposed to restrictions on online gambling,” said Frank’s press secretary, Steve Adamske. “But there is nothing currently underway to repeal the restrictions on Internet gambling in the United States. There are a lot of reports coming out of Europe and I have no idea where they are coming from. There hasn’t been anyone on our staff talking about that, including the Chairman.”

Last March, Frank said: ‘Adults are entitled to do with their money what they want to do.’

We’ll keep you posted on any developments.