James Mitchell Wins The 2010 Irish Poker Open! (€600,000)

James Mitchell  got a fair slice of luck on the final table today, but managed to complete an exhilarating victory to take the trophy back home to England, following in the footsteps of Neil Channing back in 2008. Much consolation must go to Paul Carr though, who put up a brave performance today and was incredibly unlucky to not win today after playing some exceptionally aggressive poker heads up.

 

Congratulations to all our other finalists including Rob Sherwood who manage to also take home an extra €100,000 for winning the PaddyPower Sole Survivor contest. This gave an enjoyable twist to the tournament and certainly increased the entertainment for those watching.

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Today: Winner Poker $1k Cash Freeroll

Qualification for today's $1,000 Cash Freeroll at Winner Poker is about to close. If you haven't heard yet, you can qualify for only one player point! The freeroll is set for April 6 at 19:35 GMT. Interested players will only need to sign up for a Winner Poker account through PokerNews, make a minimum deposit and earn one player point to use as 'buy-in' to the tournament. Just look for PokerNews $1k Freeroll under the Scheduled tab of the Winner Poker lobby. While you are there, you will notice we've got other exclusive promotions at Winner Poker. More details at PokerNews Freerolls.
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PartyPoker's Gladiator Promotion

Step into the arena for 30 days of exciting poker action from 3rd March to 1st April. Hit the minimum daily target of 10 points for just five days and you’ll claim a much-deserved entry into a $10,000 freeroll. The more days you earn points on, the bigger your prize will be so don’t rest on your laurels: there’s up to $7,500 in cash to be won.

Finally, we've added a massive incentive for the most dedicated players. Earn 2,000 points every day for the full 30 days and you’ll win an exclusive $12,500 WSOP® main event package which includes the $10,000 main event buy-in, hotel and hospitality and $1,000 spending money. You don’t even have to earn points on consecutive days to be in with a shot at our colossal prizes: we’ll just count up the number of days where you made the targets during the promotion.

 

You don’t even have to earn points on consecutive days to be in with a shot at our colossal prizes: we’ll just count up the number of days where you made the targets during the promotion. For example, if you earn 10 points every day for 10 days, take five days off and then earn 10 points on 10 more days of the promotion, you’ll get the prize for earning 10 points on 20 days. Keep tabs on how many points you’ve picked up so far in The Gladiator by checking your account. Only the bravest players will be rewarded so opt in from 3rd March and rise to the challenge of The Gladiator.

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The Nightly Turbo: Jerry Buss Going Pro

Is Jerry Buss giving up basketball? We'll answer that, tell you about the robbery of a poker game in Austin and more, all in tonight's Nightly Turbo.
PokerStars has announced plans for a cash-game television show called "The Big Game." We'd tell you all about it here, but we've written about it and we're not too keen on repeating ourselves. We've got Sunday Majors results today. It is Monday, after all. Check them out in the Sunday Briefing. PokerNostrum will be covering the 2010 World Series of Poker. We've been doing this for a while now, so you can expect extensive coverage of all the bracelet events.
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Governor of Sicily Raffaele Lombardo wants to respect the commitments for the Casino of Taormina

The Region of Sicily has absolutely not renounced the idea, repeatedly proposed and sought to reopen the Casino in Taormina. We have not forgotten the commitments made by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, said the Governor. In pre-election pact the PDL party which supports Berlusconi run together with with the MPA, the Movement leaded by the Governor of Sicily, Raffaele Lombardo. The reopening of the casino of Taormina, province of Messina, was one of the points agreed. A casino in Taormina means with no doubts a boost to the local tourism industry making the casino the first one in south of Italy.
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New laws in Nevada

New laws in Nevada It has been speculated that the Nevada Gaming Control Board is now creating rules to govern the land-based casino operators once the federal government regulates the online gambling industry and gives the green light to Nevada legislators which would then permit Las Vegas casinos to legally offer gambling over the Internet.
While their are strict guidelines when it comes to advertising the casinos in Las Vegas, the laws are unclear when it comes to online gambling and advertising over the Internet. The NGCB as well as government legislators plan to draft rules and regulations for the online gambling industry. They want to make sure that all of the rules and regulations in Las Vegas and the rest of Nevada are up-to-date. Once online casino gambling is legal within the United States, the land-based casinos will rush to enter the new market.
The NGCB wants to make sure that the same rules and protections are in place for online gambling that protect land casino operators, their employees, and patrons in the state of Nevada. The casino operators in Las Vegas have been able to advertise free casino games because online gambling is legally a grey area in Nevada.
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IT analysts stole £33,000 from London casinos

Two IT contractors have admitted using their insider knowledge to cheat casinos out of thousands of pounds by printing false winning betting slips.

Andrew Owen Ashley, 30, Nimesh Bhagat, 31, both from London, admitted theft between July and September 2007.

They received 12 month suspended prison sentences at Croydon Crown Court.

The scam centred on remote betting terminals at casinos that enable customers to place bets without being at the roulette table.

These men not only used their intimate knowledge of two complex systems to break the law and make these fraudulent claims, they also breached the trust of their employers  

Those who make winning bets are given a printed ticket with details of their credit that can then be cashed.

They reprogrammed the machines to print out winning vouchers for sums of up to £600, whatever the outcome on the wheel.

But they were caught out when a sharp-eyed cashier realised a payout was impossible as only £10 had been wagered at odds of 35-1.

Officials traced a string of suspicious wins back to the two contractors, who were employed as problem analysts.

Ashley, of Catford, south-east London, and Bhagat, of Balham, south-west London, each pleaded guilty to theft under the Theft Act 1968. The pair were also ordered to undertake 200 hours of community service and pay back around £16,000 each.

The convictions are believed to be the first where people have been caught mishandling the computer technology behind Britain's gaming industry.

Det Insp Ann-Marie Waller said: "These men not only used their intimate knowledge of two complex systems to break the law and make these fraudulent claims, they also breached the trust of their employers."
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