Australian Rednecks Jailed in Casino Attack on Indigenous

Australian casinos remain in the news, unfortunately sometimes for the wrong reasons.

Media Man and Gambling911 take racism and violence seriously, as loyal readers would be well aware.

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GOP and a Democrat: Resist Overturning UIGEA

A letter is circulating around Washington urging constraint when it comes to repealing the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which essentially outlaws most forms of online gambling

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Ken Weitzner Home Now on Real Estate Market

The home owned by online gambling portal founder Ken Weitzner and his wife Jackie is now for sale, Gambling911.com can reveal.  The couple died in what was initially ruled a double suicide though

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Paddy Power Sin Bin: First Confessional Box Sponsorship

Yes it's true.  Ireland's leading bookmaker has entered into the very first confessional box sponsorship in a Catholic church in England. 

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Australia’s Burswood Casino Back to Business After Attack

Things are returning to normal at Western Australia's Burswood Casino, and for one of the security team, after a court heard of their security staff ("bouncer") put the hurt on a patron.

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A Good Day In Court for Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker enjoyed a welcome bit of good news on Monday.

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WSEX Payouts Good Only in Sears?

Gambling911.com has been reporting extensively on World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com) and its inability to pay these days.  The once proud Antiguan-based online sportsbook has had its reputation drag

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Miami Herald: Online Gambling a Win-Win?

The Miami Herald on Sunday reported on the multi-billion dollar online gambling sector, asking if it is a "win-win". 

Democrats seem to think so, Republicans not so much.

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Las Vegas Review Journal Editor, Poker Pro Run Over By Train

The Las Vegas Review Journal has been in the news a lot this past week.  First we learn that the newspaper is suing a handful of ventures for reprinting articles, including our friends over at

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Australian Gambling Device or Just Technology?

As our beloved internet and technology becomes more advanced, increasing questions are being asked about such matters in Australia such as when is a gambling device not a gambling device, but just

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Aussie Gambling Con Fails To Lay Golden Eggs In Hot Water

Australia and its colourful, often daring, gaming and casino entrepreneurs and their schemes, have been in the news a lot lately, and its been far from all good.

Yesterday Media Man and Gambling911 brought you the explosive Melbourne Storm sports betting scandal, and days prior, Gold Coast whiz kid, "payment processor" (and alleged money launderer), Daniel Tzvetkoff.  Well customers, today we bring you not 'Con The Aussie Fruiter' but Constantine 'The Con' Barris, whose lotto scheme failed to lay golden eggs for his investors, and has landed him in boiling hot water.

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Jay Cohen The Jimmy Swaggart of Online Gambling?

The slow payments at once highly regarded World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com) continued this week.  Players requesting information from the troubled wagering establishment out of Antigua were for the

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Online Gambling Sites Fools Not to Offer Kentucky Derby Betting

As big an event as the Kentucky Derby is, I'm amazed by how some online gambling sites still don't offer betting on the Derby or limited offerings such as "matchups only".

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iGaming Super Show Speakers Announced

The iGaming Super Show is scheduled in Prague for May 23 - May 28.  It is the event everyone who is serious about online gambling will be attending (

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Playtech Casinos Get Blacklisted – Red Hot Revenue

Gambling911.com recently reported on how a group of online casinos utilizing the publicly traded Playtech Casino soft

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Weitzner’s Will Will Answer Questions

Speculation has been rampant throughout the gambling world as to why Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner killed himself.

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Cake Poker Establishes Base In Malta

The Cake Network is pleased to announce that its recently established company in Malta was issued a Letter of Intent by the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority in relation to its application for a

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Daniel Tzvetkoff Surrenders His Passport

As a condition of indicted online gambling payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff's bail, the Australian had to surrender his passport and submit to electronic monitoring.  The 27-year-old, who many i

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iGaming Super Show Prague Heating Up

Everyone from the online gambling sector looks to be heading to the May 25-30 iGaming Super Show in Prague.

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Harry Reid Getting Into The Online Poker Act

Is beleaguered Senate leader Harry Reid about to propose his own online poker legislation?

That's the word around parts of the industry this week.

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Daniel Tzvetkoff Granted Bail

Despite being a potential flight risk and that he is facing up to 75 years in prison, disgraced online gambling payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff was granted bail on Wednesday in Vegas.

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Future of EOG.com In Flux

The future of a popular online gambling portal remains uncertain following the death of its founder, Kenneth Weitzner, also known as "The Shrink".  He and his wife were found dead in the

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Grand Prive Rogue Online Casino Leaves Microgaming

Accused of stiffing all of its affiliate partners, the Grand Prive online casino group has apparently left the Microgaming software platform and set up its own software, called Betonsoft, Gambling9

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Gambling Wages Affiliate Program Reaches Out to Angry Customers

With all the hoopla of late related to online casino affiliate programs stiffing loyal affiliates (and presumably players as well) and ignoring them, it's good to find a stiffing online ca

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Kentucky “New” Lawsuit for Recovering of Gambling Losses

The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMega.org) appeared in a Frankfort, Kentucky court in a hearing on the Commonwealth's motion for leave to take discovery related to the

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Costa Rica Government Will Become Bookie for Soccer

AM Costa Rica is reporting that the Costa Rican government is set to enter the bookmaker business, just in time for the 2010 World Cup.

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Hey Daniel Tzvetkoff! Don’t Drop The Soap!

He's rich, handsome, young and in prison.  Some say he's also an "arrogant prick".  We're talking about Daniel Tzvetkoff, accused of stealing millions from online gambling sites across

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Playtech Online Casino Affiliates Mad as Hell

Playtech is one of the biggest online casino software providers in the biz and a publicly traded company that has enjoyed a great deal of success over the years, but in the online casino and gambli

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Daniel Tzvetkoff Lawyer Not Optimistic About Bail

An attorney for indicted Australia payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff tells the Sydney Morning Herald he will likely have a tough time getting his client out on bail when the application is present

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Shrink “Ken Weitzner” Was Mentally Ill

Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner, the controversial website operator who killed himself earlier this month, had been medically treated for a mental illness--clinical depression--and had taken

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