Newsletter July 2009
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Poker Ads banned
June 10th
Watchdog the ASA censures Swank Poker’s magazine ad campaign for promoting “ hot action “ to online gamblers.
www.swankpoker.co.uk
“ Will you hold this pair for me” has been banned by the ad watchdog for linking betting to sexual success.
www.guardian.co.uk
www.forumservertwoplustwo.com
June 11th
Inventor Geof Hall
www.cusomisedcasinogames.com
Blackjack Switch
Blackjack switch, the blackjack variant in which players are dealt two hands and can then swap the two top cards between the hands has been given approval for trials in Britain by the UK Gaming Commission.
Trials at:- The Mint, The Colony, and the Palm Beach in London.
The Rubicon in Wolverhampton, the Castle in Dudley West Midlands and Aspers at the Gate in Newcastle upon Tyne
In the US there are over 50 installations including Wynn Resorts and Encore.
www.WynnLasVegas.com
www.EncoreLasVegas.com
www.casinointernational-online.com
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to hire 1200
Good news for casino workers in Las Vegas.
The $750 Million dollar expansion project which began in 2007 will need the extra staff by the end of 2009.
www.HardRockHotel.com
Russian Casinos
All 109 of St.Petersburg’s casinos are to be closed by the 1st of July 2009 when a ban on gambling comes into effect, leaving over 10,000 employees out of work.
www.sptimesrussia.com
40th W.S.P. Breaks all Records
At the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas all records were broken at the beginning of June.
The $ 40.000 buy-in no limit Hold’em tournament set the record for the largest prize pool in a none Main event field.
201 players paid $ 40,000 each to create a prize pool of $7.7 million dollars.
www.riolasvegas.com
Ante up for Africa
Movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett and Mekhi Phifer have joined the growing list of celebrities to play in the Ante up for Africa charity tournament on July 2nd W.S.P.
The public are welcome to play against the stars or watch the tournament.
www.metacafe.com
Poker professionals Howard Leader, Andy Bloch, Tiffany Michelle, Eric Seidel and Phil Hellmuth are all expected to be at this event at the Rio.
www.casinocitytimes.com
Poker Tip
I have noticed an increasing amount of new poker players looking for live card action.
This is great for all card game enthusiasts.
I cannot emphasis enough, the importance of not playing in private card games with unknown opponents.
Go to a licensed Casino, where the cameras and microphones tape all the action and protect the players.
Terry P.
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