Playtech and Ladbrokes Bingo

Ladbrokes Bingo are the fastest growing online bingo room and the company has a long history of player security, great promotions and a variety of online bingo games.
Check them out and you can claim a welcome bonus £20 free when you deposit just £5. It was made public today that major online Bingo Software Company, Virtue fusion has been purchased by Playtech.The company which power Ladbrokes Bingo is believed to have gone for around £36million. Playtech are slowly building their own position with successful Poker and Casino clients and the purchase of Virtue Fusion suggests things are going very well.
For the new owner, Playtech, this deal can only be a good thing. Virtue fusion is considered by many to be the market leader in Bingo software and they were recently recognised for this at the recent iGaming Business awards.

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The leggend

Poker legend, Brunson said; “I’m supposed to play in the Premier League tournament that is being filmed at the M Casino here in Vegas. It is the most widely watched TV show in Europe, with a $100,000 buy-in. That would be great exposure for DoylesRoom but there is no way I’ll be 100% recovered from all that dental surgery so I’ll have to cancel.”

Doyle Brunson, is to take a break from all poker activites following lengthy dental surgery it was announced earlier this week. Brunson spent 6 hours having dental problem corrected and is expected to make a full recovery. ‘Texas Dolly’ is giving himself plenty of time to recover, though, and has withdrawn from the forthcomig PartyPoker Premier League event in Las Vegas.Brunson also noted in his blog that; “There is no use playing unless you are at your best. The competition has gotten so good you need to feel good physically as well as mentally to have a chance to win. My gut feeling is just chill out until the WSOP and try to have a big series.”
The 76 year old poker legend recently returned to the United States after attending the London Affiliates Conference (LAC) in late January. We were lucky enough to catch up with Doyle for a chat at that conference so stay tuned for our exclusive interview with the great man here at Poker News Headlines.

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California dream

WHILE-California is traditionally one of the more liberal states in the nation, there are those who oppose online poker regulations. Some lawmakers believe that Internet gambling could be dangerous and create many more problem gamblers.

THE STATE-of California has been one of the leaders when it comes to casino gambling expansion in the US. The Senate Governmental Organization Committee begins an informal hearing on Tuesday, and many members of land-based casinos will be present. Among those that are scheduled to be heard from are ISP's, tribal leaders, and problem gambling representatives.

CALIFORNIA-lawmakers began talking about regulated online poker in the last quarter of 2009, and the idea is gaining steam in the new legislative season. California is looking for ways to help balance the state budget, and online poker could be a tremendous asset to legislators.

CURRENTLY-online poker is one of the trendiest activities across the world. With the US currently having an unregulated Internet gambling industry, most of the action coming from US players is going to offshore gaming operators.
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The new channel

HEADSUP ENTERTAINMENT-decided to wait until March to launch the new channel so as not to take away the attention of the Winter Olympics from the public.
THE NEW CHANNEL- will be sponsored by leading online poker operators, the first one to jump on the bandwagon being 888 Holdings. This gambling operator will sponsor commercials and content among other things.
LIVE FEEDS-from top Canadian poker tournaments will be seen on the new poker site, while interesting shows on poker’s history – with an emphasis on the Canadian poker industry – will be screened. The idea of the new poker channel is simple – to track poker tournaments as they occur around Canada and report live on these events.
THESE EVENTS-will be complemented by regular shows that will bring a good balance to the channel. These will include clashes between poker greats during the Canadian Open Poker Championships. The new CanadianPokerPlayer.tv is one of the most exciting projects to launch in the North American poker industry in a long time, and is set to bring the history and action of the game to millions of players who will enjoy the local flavor.
SOME OF THE TOP-players in action to be seen on the channel will include Joe Hachem, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak and Huck Seed. “We believe we will see changes in the way sponsors react to their customers and having the ability to reach large scale audiences with on-the-spot promotions,” said The Chief Executive Officer of HeadsUp Entertainment, Kelly Kellner. “I am excited to be able to deliver a medium for innovation of content delivery.”

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LAC London 2010 the industry biggest networking bash

A personal report by Francesco Greco
 The most important convention of the year, now in its ninth edition, has finished Saturday. It's 3AM of Sunday after C-Planet's party at Conventry. I'm drinking a beer with my fellas by 7am we need to be at Gatwick, South terminal. Common situation for igaming people after this LAC 2010.   
Business Raptors Ltd with 4 representatives, including myself, was there at all events. When there is a shaking hands or a dance at a party with
representatives of the fair sex of potential partners: Business Raptors will be there, always there tireless and operational at all levels.

Among the stands many friends and former colleagues. Vincenzo Dente and Domenico Gallotta of Betclick discussing where igaming business is going form an
Italian point of view, Uri Levi, and George and Kyprianos from Redkings, EGO actually, along with my mentor Michael Golembo. They are doing extremely well in Limassol
Cyprus. And then the legendary Pedro Calderon affiliate manager of
Chilipoker, a close friend of my Maltese period. I see the French friends of Gambling-Affiliation always present and highly efficient as ever.
A warm greeting to President Fabrice and CEO Antoine. And John Benjamin of ChanceRoom professional as usual. Briefly Lac in London is not just business but also a way, a spot where the daily contact friends on MSN or Skype, for once materialize and become what they are: friends. In front of a beer we talk business's and life and how the market has changed in recent years.

London Affiliate Conference in London is not just meet old friends but an opportunity to make new friends and drawing new business scenarios. I will make a few names Claire Letouzey, Affiliate Relationship Manager of Roxy Affiliates, Inbal Cohen Affclub.com, Itai Loewenstein, boss of Kamaya Holdings Ltd, Diego Di Giorno of Globet, Jonathan Lee of WnXwn.com, Meital Hillel of Affeurope, Sophia Lai of SEGA and many others. Let me thank you for your patience to read my this very personal report I need to come back on Skype and MSN to harvest what we have plant in these 3 days.