Online Gambling News for the Weekend of January 5 and 6, 2008

Here is the latest online gambling news for January 5 and 6, 2008.  Watch throughout the weekend as the news in this sector can change dramatically at any given moment. 

MIT Blackjack Team Coming to a Theatre This March: "21" Shows How it was Done

The premiere of "21," the movie about the MIT Blackjack team, opens the South by Southwest Film Conference & Festival in Austin March 7.  It's about a group of students who learned how to beat the casinos playing blackjack. 

Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne star in the Columbia Pictures film that is based on Ben Mezrich's bestseller "Bringing Down the House".  The Robert Luketic-directed "21" opens in theaters March 28.

The team and its successors operated from 1979 through the beginning of the 21st century.

Seattle Seahawks Bettors May Be Ignoring Criminal Prosecution Concerns

If you live in Seattle or anywhere else in Washington State, you cannot - we repeat -you cannot bet the Seahawks online today, or any other day for that matter.

Washington State residents will be closely monitored on Saturday to ensure there is no gambling on their Playoff team, the Seattle Seahawks, who take on the Washington Redskins.  Washington is the first and only state that has made actual betting over the Internet a crime where the bettor can face a stiff prison sentence.

California Storm Could Drive Up Profits For Online Casino, Poker Operators

A fierce storm packing hurricane force winds has walloped the state of California with a one-two punch that promises to leave millions of residents stranded in their homes.  For online casino and poker operators, brisk business is expected from this region all day long.

Hawaiian Tropic Girls Ordered to Wear New England Patriots Outfits to Party

The Lesbo transvestite boobilicous freakfest otherwise known as the Gambling911.com Conference Championship party (being held in Miami Beach on January 20) has organizers already advising the dozen or so Hawaiian Tropic girls scheduled to appear that they must don skimpy New England Patriots outfits, much to the behest of some Gambling911 reporters who will be attending.

Absolute Poker’s Bad Beat Online Poker Jackpot Players Claim Over $6.5 Million in 2007

Absolute Poker’s 2007 Bad Beat Jackpot figures indicate that over $6.5 Million in jackpot winnings were claimed by online poker players.