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The first day of the World Series of Poker has gone, and over 8,500 players have already registered at this great event, and some say the number can reach 10,000 at the end of today. And Everest Poker is right in the thick of the action, with 6 players represented.

Inaki is one of them and he had a great first day. He collected 40,000 chips at the end of the day, well above average. After some sleep, he’s looking forward to today’s tournament. Good luck! Play at Everest Poker or visit the italian guide of online poker.

Times Online - Prosecutors of the american online bookmaker Betonsports, recently said that the company once shared the same address of Safe Deposit Sports (SDS), a company linked to the Bonanno gang, one of New York’s five Mafia families.

SDS shared the technical address, and the company was based in Costa Rica, the same country where the fugitive founder of Betonsports, Gary Kaplan, escaped.

A big share of the money collected by SDS went through Costa Rica, home to a large number of online betting groups. The boss Anthony Urso, also known as Tony Green, before to get arrested in September last year, used to receive a monthly “tribute” from the gambling ring for protection.

Betonsports is quoted at the Stock Exchange in London, but its base is in Costa Rica. The chief executive of the British division, David Carruthers, was arrested by the FBI two weeks ago on his way from Costa Rica. Kaplan faces is still wanted by the FBI. Carruthers was sacked by Betonsports last week.

A Betonsports spokesman said current management had no knowledge of SDS. “There is no relationship between Betonsports and this company in our current situation or since going public.”

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PartyGaming Plc announces positive results and good performances of their brands. Its capital rose to $319.3 million from $214.8 million a year and this second quarter sales increased of 49%. Half of the new players that signed up at their poker room live outside the USA.

Still 70% of revenues are generated by US players, but considering the actual situation PartyGaming is planning to expand their business mostly to the Asian market. Finance Director Martin Weigold told to journalist that the “portion of sales coming from outside the U.S. may rise to around 50 percent in two to three years“.

The company recently introduced blackjack and launched PartyCasino, and just added a bingo room this month. PartyPoker now offers its software in French and German, and It’s planning other additions such as sports betting.

Betonsports have sacked the company’s chief executive David Carruthers, who has been arrested by US federal authorities facing racketeering charges. The company say that because of his continued detention, “he clearly remains unable to perform his duties“. David Carruthers has been arrested along with 12 other people, including Betonsports founder Gary Kaplan, involved on wire fraud, repeated mail fraud and money laundering.

Betonsports had not been any contact with Mr Carruthers since his arrest last week.
Also implicated in the racketeering scandal are three other companies, DME Global Marketing and Fulfillment, Direct Mail Expertise, and Mobile Promotions, based in Florida.

Betonsports suspended its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) the day after the arrests and have lost 18 per cent of its capital since that period.

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Washington State - If you have an itch for online poker, the State of Washington has a new incentive for you to save your money. A new law states, as of Wednesday, it is illegal to gamble on the Internet. But what many people may not know is online gambling has always been illegal.

Poker is played by over 70 million Americans and a majority of them play online.

Leach’s bill would make it illegal for credit card companies to allow their customers to fund their accounts at online gaming sites which covers poker, sports books, horse racing, and casino sites. Goodlatte’s bill would take legislation a step further and force credit card companies and other financial institutions to report any of these transactions to the government.

The more disturbing part of Goodlatte’s bill is that they would also force your internet service provider (ISP) to deny their customers access to off-shore gaming sites.

Legalizing online poker would generate tax revenue and allow online gaming sites to set up a base of operations in America, thereby creating jobs.  Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) recently told Bloomberg News, “It doesn’t look like you can ban it. If it is being done offshore, why not bring it to the U.S., where it can be regulated?”

Some people are all for it.

“It stops all the little kids, eight year olds from getting their parent’s credit cards and setting up accounts,”.

But to others the law doesn’t make sense.

“I think it’s stupid. There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to gamble online if you can gamble at a casino that’s right here in the State of Washington”

You make your own opinion.

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