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LONDON, England — (PRESS RELEASE) — Christmas has come early for one lucky William Hill punter, who now has more than a million reasons to be cheerful after landing the UK’s biggest on-line slot machine win of more than £1.1 million.

The lucky new Millionaire, a 55yr old electrician from Oxfordshire who wishes to remain anonymous, staked just £3 to play the online slot machine game ‘Millionaires Club’ on williamhillcasino.com, and he knew he was in for a payout when the ‘bonus game’ came up - but scooping the jackpot was beyond his wildest dreams. He couldn’t believe his eyes as all the reels fell in to place, making him a Millionaire and giving William Hill another big payout, a just a week after another Hills customer, David Redshaw from Slough, scooped £100,000 from just 5p on williamhillbingo.com.

William Hills spokeswoman Jennie Prest said, “It certainly tis the season to be jolly for our ‘Mr X’, winning such a life-changing amount just before Christmas. It’s our second huge payout in the space of two weeks and Mr X goes down in history being our first Millionaire from the online casino. William Hill is full of Christmas Cheer and we are delighted for both our winners.”

Mr. X commented: “The whole family is ecstatic and it feels like we are living the dream. This is going to be one amazing Christmas. The money gives us security for the rest of lives, although we will definitely be splashing out on some treats as well - extra special Christmas presents and perhaps a holiday. I’ve been playing on williamhillcasino.com for a while and although I have picked up a few nice wins, I never really considered the possibility that the jackpot could be mine - but now it is, it is just amazing.”

 ’Millionaires Club’ is an online game, similar to a traditional slot machine except it has a progressive jackpot that grows and grows with each play, until it is won. The jackpot has now been reset and will build until another customer strikes it lucky for another big payout.

(PRESS RELEASE) — All Jackpots Online Casino, a proud member of the Jackpot Factory Group, announced that a player from North America beat out 1,491 players over the weekend en route to a $50,000 cash prize in the world’s first online $100,000 multi-player slot tournament. In addition to the grand prize, 299 other players split an additional $50,000 in cash prizes.The winner, rookie slots player Mike K., has been a member of All Jackpots Casino for only 12 days and scored 53,775 points in the 30 minute tournament on the famous Lara Croft Tomb Raider video slot game. Mike K. will have a holiday season to remember, especially since he got into the final event for free after placing 2nd in a semi-final event.

David Brickman, Spokesperson for the Jackpot Factory in a joint statement with All Jackpots Casino, said, “We congratulate Mike K.; we’re so excited for him and wish him only the best. In addition, we would like to thank all of our players for making this inaugural tournament such a great success.

“The $100,000 multi-player slot tournament ranks as one of the most exciting events in the online casino industry this year. We’re going to follow this up with more promotions like this in the upcoming year, and will be jumpstarting 2008 with a free $10,000 New Year’s tournament.”

Launched earlier this year, All Jackpots Casino’s multi-player slot tournaments are built within the industry-leading Microgaming software, which can be downloaded for free at www.alljackpots.com. As the name suggests, multi-player slot tournaments allow players to spin against other players on Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Thunderstruck, Avalon, and Loaded video slot games.

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All Jackpots Casino is the premier destination point for the spirited player looking for the ultimate win. Powered by Microgaming and accredited by eCOGRA, All Jackpots Casino features over 350 casino games, as well as 21 progressive jackpots, and is the leader in multi-player slot tournaments. The casino prides itself on fair play, honesty, and fast payouts.

by Radio New Zealand: “Statistics issued on Tuesday show the amount of money New Zealanders spend on gambling has increased.”In total, the amount spent on gambling in the past year increased by 2.2%, to just over $2 billion.

“Racing and sports betting, lotteries spending and non-casino gaming all increased…”

(PRESS RELEASE) — PokerTek, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEK - ), the industry pioneer and worldwide leader in automated poker tables and related software, is pleased to announce the installation of five PokerPro tables at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Palm Springs, CA. This is the ninth 100% PokerPro poker room PokerTek has completed this year.”PokerPro is a great addition to our casino,” said Lou Crescenzo, VP of Operations for Fantasy Springs. “Removing our manual tables to put in PokerPro was an easy decision for us considering the system’s capabilities and benefits to us and our players. The response so far has been great, and we’re just getting started.”

“Fantasy Springs is an ideal venue for PokerPro, and they’ve been a good partner in all respects,” said Chris Halligan, PokerTek CEO. “We seek properties that understand the player benefits and fundamental economics of automated poker, and Fantasy Springs fits that description.”

Owned by the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Fantasy Springs is the fourth California property to install PokerPro tables, and the first 100% PokerPro property in Southern California. Along with poker, this resort casino offers nearly 2000 slot machines and 40 table games, 250 luxury hotel rooms, fabulous dining, world-class entertainment, and an 18 hole, par 72 golf course.

(PRESS RELEASE) – Just in time for the holidays, iAmplifyVegas.com brings you exclusive instruction from two of poker’s biggest stars. Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner joins University of Poker founder Mike Caro in the newest product available through iAmplifyVegas.com: iAmplify Poker University. There is simply no substitute for Doyle Brunson’s legendary instincts and Mike Caro’s technical prowess, and their new courses will amplify any player’s odds.”iAmplifyVegas.com is honored to be creating a course with two legends, Doyle Brunson and Mike Caro. This course will bring a whole new level to those who are serious about elevating their game.” Kipp Marcus, VP of Creative / Content Acquisition said. “Working with scholars like Caro and champions like Brunson prove once and for all that the game of poker is 99 percent skill and 1 percent luck.”

Whether they’re a casual player or aspiring pro, poker fans are always searching for the edge that will take their game (and chip count) to the next level. The newest additions to the star-studded iAmplifyVegas.com lineup, which includes Phil Hellmuth’s Ultimate White to Black Belt Poker Course and FBI Agent Joe Navarro’s Read’em and Reap, provide the poker-minded holiday shopper with useful and entertaining products that can’t be found anywhere else and are easily downloaded to computers and iPods.

“We go straight to the pros because there is no substitute for their talent, and these new partnerships further establish iAmplifyVegas.com as the go-to place for expert poker insights,” said Marcus said.

iAmplify Poker University includes 40 lessons divided into 4 levels; with 6.5 hours of expert poker instruction. Whether you want to blow away your Friday night table or head to the next World Series of Poker, iAmplify Poker University is a must have to raise your game to the next level!

From Brunson, the undisputed godfather of poker, and master strategist Mike “the Mad Genius” Caro, this unprecedented four-level master video course has card analysis, in-the-trenches tips, and hands-on strategy, that guide you through 7-Card Stud, Limit Hold ‘Em, and, of course, the ultimate strategy for winning at No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em. By showing you not only where good players succeed, but also where they fumble, these lessons guide you through a lifetime of winning at poker.

The position of iAmplifyVegas.com as a major source of downloadable poker content has also led to syndication deals with major Web sites and content companies in the space. iAmplifyVegas is also the strategy tips guide for the new World Series of Poker 2008 video game from Activision.

(PRESS RELEASE) — Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $10,000,000 in monthly online poker tournaments.

The guaranteed prize pools at Titan Poker are rising on a weekly basis, based on the rapidly growing number of players that regularly play poker at the popular online poker room.

Titan Poker staged a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on December 9, as part of its European Championship of Online Poker 2007 (ECOOP) tournament series. The highly successful ECOOP tournaments proved to be this year’s biggest online poker event with more than $2,500,000 in Guaranteed Prizes in ten consecutive days of poker tournaments.

Every Sunday night Titan Poker stages a huge guaranteed prize tournament with $200,000 in cash prizes. Huge cash prizes are also awarded at tournaments that take place on Fridays and Saturdays, and daily tournaments award prizes suitable to poker players with different gaming preferences and budgets.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker players have played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, international tournaments of the World Poker Tour, and at various European Poker Tour events.

(PRESS RELEASE) — Online poker players have one more reason to break out the champagne this New Year’s Eve, thanks to Absolute Poker. The online poker room today released its 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot figures and the numbers are undeniably impressive.”2007 was an extremely profitable year for our Bad Beat Jackpot players,” stated David Clainer, Senior Vice President for Absolute Poker. “In just six months, we introduced the Bad Beat Jackpot game to US players, handed out over $6.5 million in Bad Beat Jackpot winnings, and broke an industry record.”

2007 was an extremely profitable year for our Bad Beat Jackpot players Absolute Poker introduced Bad Beat Jackpot to its lineup of online poker games on June 22nd, 2007. Since then, Absolute Poker has become one of the most popular destinations for players looking to grab a piece of the multi-million dollar Bad Beat Jackpot pie. A glance at the 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot data released today reveals the following numbers:

* 39 - The number of jackpots that have been hit since Absolute Poker launched Bad Beat Jackpot on June 22nd.

* $8,555,664 - The total value of all jackpots hit

* $6,581,280 - The total value of jackpot money won by players

* $821,670.69 - The August 29th Bad Beat Jackpot that shattered all industry records, including the largest Bad Beat Jackpot record of $739,621 previously held by Party Poker.

Bad Beat Jackpot is just like regular Texas Hold’em but with a slight twist. When seated at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, if a player loses a Texas Hold’em hand holding four 8s or anything better, they’ll win a large piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. The jackpot keeps growing until someone hits a qualifying bad beat, at which time a large percentage of it is distributed amongst the bad beat victim and the participants in the online poker hand. The next player to lose a hand holding four 8s or anything better will win a large piece of the new jackpot. The participants in the bad beat hand will also share in the jackpot.

UK Times: “A Finnish billionaire who inherited a fortune from the arms trade and has extensive gambling interests in Las Vegas has emerged as one of David Cameron’s major financial backers.”Poju Zabludowicz, who lives in London, has donated £70,000 to the Conservative party over the past three years.

“…Zabludowicz, 55, heads the Tamares Group, which has its headquarters in Liechtenstein and has an international property portfolio, which includes a number of hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. Zabludowicz is calculated by The Sunday Times Rich List to be worth more than £2 billion…”

(PRESS RELEASE) — Lightning Poker, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lightning Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTGM) today announced that on December 11, 2007 the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company U.S. Patent 7,306,516 entitled “Electronic Game Table” for automated poker tables having a center screen continuously displaying multiple community cards and betting information for each player to all the players. “We are very pleased to see another of our patents issued from our portfolio of pending applications,” said Brian Haveson, Lightning Gaming’s CEO. “This patent protects a critical feature of our automated poker tables, the center monitor, which is a key component to the player experience.”Lightning Poker’s automated poker table features 10 player station touch screens and a center screen that displays the action of a live game, all wrapped in the type of sophisticated and substantial package expected in a high end casino product. Lightning Poker’s industry-leading 3D graphics and animation including card curls, chip flips, chip slides and sound effects have won wide acclaim. The Lightning Poker automated poker table plays Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha High, Omaha High/Low and supports Casino Jackpots. Dozens of tables are installed and in constant play around the world. “Only two companies, Lightning Poker and PokerTek (Nasdaq: PTEK), have licensed tables available for distribution in North America.” Said Ryan McLane in Casino City Times.

 by Thomson Financial: “Online betting companies including BWIN Interactive Entertainment AG and Fluxx AG are gearing up to file a legal complaint against Germany’s state monopoly on lotteries and most forms of betting, law firm Hambach & Hambach head Wulf Hambach told Die Welt newspaper.”Hambach said he represents about 20 of the world’s biggest betting companies, according to the newspaper. Germany’s states earlier this month ratified an accord solidifying their monopoly on lotteries, online gambling and most forms of sports betting in Germany. The accord will effectively ban private betting companies from operating in the country from tomorrow…”