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About Mark Newman

Mark Newman - was born in 1971 in Pictou, a town located on the beautiful Northumberland Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1998 he graduated from Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Wolfville) with the Master’s degree in social studies. Mark simply adores his wife and sons. Considers poker to be one of the most exquisite kinds of art and rarely misses his chance of practicing.

Will Hill Solidifies its Position in the Market

Will Hill has recently announced its new telephone betting operation that is to operate for the Will Hill brand out of Gibraltar. The new service will operate through Vertex – call centers and other operations that previously operated through WHCL have been moved over. With the best interests in heart for its employees, William Hill offered them other positions within the company.

China Sets New Blocks

Chinese government has always believed that censorship and filtering are absolutely acceptable. The recent restrictions in place turned out to be not as severe as the planned filtering ban of last year, however, they are supposed to weed out all illegal online casino gambling activity.

Any internet business offering games within the Chinese market should not violate the social morals and laws of the country. In addition to that, a new ID program is in place and all internet gaming companies should implement a real name identification program that verifies the age and places restrictions on the amount of online game play each person can engage in.

Branded Games on the New Site

The Bolly Bingo site has been recently added to the Jackpot Joy Network, a prominent gambling network in the UK. The new site brings some authentic fun to Indian gamblers and besides that a new twist on the bingo games.

The Bolly Bingo site is already operating in the market, and its players can play all of their favorite games like the Monopoly jackpot game, The Price is Right and others. The game offers real time changes which can be enjoyed b y any gambler.

CostaBingo.com Launches a Promotion

CostaBingo.com has a launched a new promotion where every regular player will be awarded with a guaranteed daily free prize just for logging in. Prizes could be points, bonus points and real cash, but available to the players who have made a deposit over the previous seven days.

As for the new members at CostaBingo.com, they can get a free welcome bonus of 250%. SO, the more you deposit, the more free cash you will get on top.

For those who don’t have a feeling of playing big, there are always penny rooms with a chance to win big prizes or free bingo fun but still with a chance to win real cash.

Technology Gets More Accurate

It is not a secret that Google has been banning internet gambling ads for years. Recently, the company has changed their policies, and in accordance with them, now, online gambling advertising is allowed on an exclusive, limited only to verified 18 and up users section of YouTube.

Naturally, there are lots of critics of that entrance into the online gambling advertising industry, but Google do their best to assure everyone that the age verification software is good enough not to allow underage viewers and makes advertising strategy for internet gambling companies more targeted.

What are the Chances for Internet Gambling in Poland?

Bronislaw Komarowski, the newly elected Polish president, is believed to have a liberal viewpoint regarding online casinos and is thought to be looking for ways to legalize and regulate the online casino industry within Poland to generate more revenues for the state budget.

The former president, Lech Kaczynski, who died in a tragic plane crash earlier this year, attempted to block, ban and filter internet gambling and questionable sites. No wonder, his twin brother, Jaroslaw, who took part in the race for the presidency against Komorowski, was feared to follow his brother’s steps in the way of handling online casino gambling situation.

Pro-online casino gambling supporters hope that Komorowski will change internet policies in Poland and that will definitely help the country fully enter the European Union.

Online Casinos Against Media

Gambling industry cannot get rid of bad reputation. The reason for that is high level of illicit and illegal activity accompanying the industry all over the world.

One of the main concerns for the industry now is money laundering. Of course, daily large amounts of money that go through gambling sites every single day is a weak point. Online casinos work hard to stop and prevent any suspicious behavior, however it seems to be not enough. The recent arrest of Anna Chapman, a potential Russian spy who was using an online casino gambling site to cover her communications with Russia adds to a huge wave of criticism and doubt.

The case has received much attention in the media which seems to be unfair, however, sensationalism seems to be always winning over direct honesty in the society.

Richard Ashby Raises Profile

The WSOP is well underway this week. There are several bracelet winners already. Thus, Richard Ashby who has been doing pretty well is a bracelet winner for the first time in his life. His winning is over $140,000. So far, Ashby is the third British poker player to have taken a bracelet home.

Over the past year Ashby has been doing incredibly well. He managed to raise his profile among the pros and was upping the land tournament circle in the months preceding this years’ WSOP. Ashby represents Full Tilt online casino poker and is doing much better than anyone could expect.

Big Little Tournament Series Starting

Now, for only $2.20 FullTiltPoker’s players can take part in the promotion and have a chance to buy-in to a no-limit hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000.

The Big Little Tournament series begins on July 18 and will take part every other Sunday until October 24. Its winner will get a cash prize of $10,000. The $2.20 buy-in to the tournament can become even less expensive, if you try to win a seat by playing a satellite for only ten cents or ten player points.

Every game is scheduled to start at 12:30pm New York time. 8 games and $800,000 will be paid out in this promotion by FullTiltPoker.com.

Another Summer Tournament Slots Fans

English Harbour group online casinos are about to start Summer Slots II. The second leg with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000 will run from July 1st till July 31st, and 500 players will share this prize pool. The first prize winner will get $60,000, the second prize winner will get $25,000, while the third prize winner will take home $10,000.

To take part in the Summer Slots II, players will have to pay a $10 entry fee, however, players who have taken part in Summer Slots I and have purchased 5 or more re-buys in the first leg, will have their entry for free.

Summer Slots II is also a re-buy tournament ($10 per re-buy) with a maximum 500 re-buys per player.

Summer Slots II will be played on online slots game Shaaark – a fast paced game with a free spins round feature that awards 10 free spins at doubled payouts.

Summer Slots II will be held at all online casinos of the English Harbor group.