The annual evening, as reported at http://www.pokerteam.com/aid-brain-tumor-research.html is to take place in November, 2006 at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fact is that a number of sports, entertaining and poker stars are said to take part in a Tecas Hold’em poker competition called “An Evening with Tim McGraw & Friends: Honoring Those Who Make a Difference”. The evening will include a great number of poker games, where the biggest prize will be a trip to Las Vegas with the further participation in the World Series of Poker.

As it has already become clear the evening will be hosted by Grammy award winning country singer and the Tug McGraw Foundation’s Honorary Chairman Tim McGraw who is sure the evening will be rather inspiring and entertaining for people.

As it is known the event is dedicated to McGraw’s father – Tug McGraw, a pop baseball player, who used to play for Phillies and Mets, and who died of brain cancer in 2004.

The evening will not be limited only to poker. It will include a live stage show, different auctions and awarding people who have given aid to the patients suffering from brain tumor and their families. There you will be able to see such celebrities as Bob Costas, legendary baseball commentator; Jim Thome, Chicago White Sox First Baseman; Dr. Darrel Bigner, a leading brain tumor researcher; Bill Giles, Chairman of the Philadelphia Phillies; Jim McMahon, former Chicago Bear Super Bowl winning quarterback.

The previous year gala event that took place in NY City hosted about 400 guests. This year they expect to host that many people including the world’s best poker players.

Get more details in the event and keep in touch with http://www.PokerTeam.com.

The jackpot was won at the Cannery Casino and Hotel in North Las Vegas and amounted to $ 20, 519, 025. It is said to be the second jackpot at the Cannery within the period of 9 months. Elmer Sherwin was announced to be the winner in September, 2005. The second winner preferred not to divulge her name, but she mentioned that she had played only $ 12 and she had pulled the slot handle four times only before she hit the megabucks jackpot.
The woman informed us that she would like to pay off her mortgage and buy a new car.
A penny video version of Megabucks(R) has a statistically overdue jackpot of more than $14.6 million.There are more than 600 Megabucks(R) dollar slots in 164 casinos throughout Nevada. The progressive system’s MegaJackpot(R) can be won for a $3 bet and is paid in annual installments upon verification. Megabucks(R) was developed by IGT (http://www.IGT.com), a global company specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of computerized gaming machines and systems products.

Scientific games got the five-year contract being $ 4 million worth that gives the right to the Michigan Lottery to run a new progressive jackpot electronically linked bingo game. The new ELBG system will provide players with larger progressive jackpots and it will electronically link, as they say, approximately 600 bingo halls. The new system also means extra security and controlling abilities.

Here is what Lorne Weil, Chairman and CEO of Scientific games said about the contract: “Bingo brings important funding to the state of Michigan. We are looking forward to working with the Michigan Lottery and Charitable Gaming to introduce these game enhancements that will help to increase both revenues and attendance”.

Gary C. Peters, Commissioner of the State of Michigan Bureau of State Lottery claims: “Scientific Games submitted the strongest proposal for this new kind of game and I am eager for them to begin implementing it. I believe the legions of Michigan bingo players are going to love it”.

The Michigan Lottery has been donating money into educational system of Michigan for a long time. E. g. since 1973 it has contributed about $ 12, 9 billion to Michigan’s educational system, and in the past six years the sum reached $ 6 million.

Some words about Scientific Games

Scientific Games Corporation is considered to be a leading lottery supplier of instant tickets, systems and services, and the leading pari-mutuel operators’ supplier of wagering systems and services. Besides, it is a pari-mutuel gaming operator that is licensed to carry out its activities in Connecticut and the Netherlands and is a leading telephone companies’ supplier of prepaid phone cards. Scientific Games’ customers come from the United States and more than 60 other countries. For more details about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at http://www.scientificgames.com.

The company has issued the press release dealing with a series of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 dedicated to future plans and objectives for future operations. The statements are based on management’s estimates of forthcoming results or trends. But there is an opinion that plans and objectives like these may not be achieved in spite of the fact that they are reasonable. The company, as it has been stated, may not achieve the final aim because of some unforeseen developments. They are limited to the following ones:
economic, competitive, demographic, business and other conditions in our local and regional markets;
changes or developments in the laws, regulations or taxes in the gaming and lottery industries;
actions taken or omitted to be taken by third parties, including customers, suppliers, competitors, members and shareholders, as well as legislative, regulatory, judicial and other governmental authorities;
changes in business strategy, capital improvements, development plans, including those due to environmental remediation concerns, or changes in personnel or their compensation, including federal, state and local minimum wage requirements;
the availability and adequacy of our cash flow to satisfy our obligations, including our debt service obligations and our need for additional funds required to support capital improvements, development and acquisitions;
an inability to renew or early termination of our contracts;
an inability to engage in future acquisitions;
the loss of any license or permit, including the failure to obtain an unconditional renewal of a required gaming license on a timely basis; and resolution of any pending or future litigation in a manner adverse to us.

The forward-looking statements issued by the company speak only of the date they are made. The company will not update any of them regardless of a result of new information, future event, etc.

There is an evident sign that Mount Airy Resort and Casino is making huge progress. It has become clear after the approval of its first phase of a $ 360 plan aimed at redevelopment of its site by the Paradise Township Board of Supervisors. The plan is said to deal with the construction of a 200-room luxury resort hotel housing 3,000 slot machines, 4 restaurants, 2 entertainment lounges, a golf course, an indoor swimming pool, spa, retail shops and covered parking space.

“This action keeps us moving ahead as we seek to secure a gaming license for the region,” said Louis A. DeNaples, the northeastern Pennsylvania businessman who owns Mount Airy. “We will continue to work with Paradise Township to ensure Mount Airy Resort & Casino meets the needs of the community and complements – not competes with – existing businesses and attractions in the Poconos”.

The whole project consists of two phases. The cost of phase one is expected to run as high as $ 300 million. Phase two will add to this sum. As a result the hotel in total will house 5,000 slot machines, extra 200 hotel room, conference, entertainment and parking facilities. Moreover, approximately 550 acres of green space will be provided.

As soon as the first phase is over, Mount Airy will be opened. The event is believed to take place in 2007. Besides the exclusive room service, entertainment, various facilities, the resort will be run by an exclusive team of gaming industry executives with Paul Henderson at the head.

The project belongs to Two Way TV and MiXTV Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zone4Play, Inc (“Zone4Play” or the “Company”) (OTCBB: ZFPI.OB), and Poker Zone Television. The Play-along TV poker show will be run under the Winner Channel found at http://www.winnerchannel.com. They will broadcast the two-hour program on Sky’ Poker Zone TV channel daily.

During the broadcast of the show Texas Hold’em is played live, and at the same time viewers are able to predict who will win at the start of every round. To make the process of predictions easier viewers may get to see the mathematical strength of each player’s hand. Moreover, the game is supposed to be commented by Poker Zone TV’s pundits. Interaction is carried out with the help of IVR, so home players are able to bet on the result of each game for real money.

Managing director of Poker Zone TV Jim Sibcy admits: “Face Up Hold’Em adds a new dimension to poker programming – it’s educational for players, and it offers everyone at home the chance of playing along for real money. We think this is a great addition to our channel”.

Two Way TV’s chief executive officer Jean de Fougerolles adds: “The TV show is a great piece of entertainment for all types of poker players. By showing the strength of each hand as the game is played, even seasoned players will learn a thing or two… You just don’t get this in regular poker shows”.

Cario, Founder and CEO of MIXTV Ltd., is sure that their unique poker game will be popular with Poker Zone TV viewers as “innovation, usability and entertainment are the essential ingredients of any successful betting TV show”.
Two Way TV and Zone4Play offer as part of The Winner Channel complete gaming network, betting products on mobile phones and the internet. This new deal came after the last week’s news that Endemol UK had granted the rights to create and run a betting format on the Winner Channel based on Channel 4’s game show Deal or No Deal. In May an exclusive partnership was announced with Teletext by the Winner Channel. Other affiliates of The Winner Channel are Flextech TV, Channel 4 and Mad4Games.

The conference took place on June, 2006 in Vienna, Austria. Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange)is reported to have taken part in it. As it had been arranged, Peter Hoetzinger, Co CEO and President, gave a company presentation and has some personal meetings with some institutional investors.

If you are interested in the details, you may visit the company’s web site. Go to http://www.centurycasinos.com/presentations.

Being the largest independent telephone and internet betting business in the UK, Bet Direct (http://www.BetDirect.net), as it has been announced, has become the acquisition of UK Casino and Poker Operator 32Red Plc. The cost of the acquiring is said to have reached 11 million plus account liabilities.

The acquiring of the firm has a lot of advantages, including strong database of customers, perfect infrastructure, software and content feeds, and what else.

Here is what Ed Ware, CEO of 32Red Plc claims: “The acquisition of Bet Direct fits the strategic objectives of 32Red extremely well providing a much enlarged customer database and the ability to offer the full portfolio of betting and gaming products through a variety of distribution channels. Our combined UK focus has enabled both management teams to identify areas of marketing cross-over, area for review and customer recruitment and retention opportunities…We welcome the staff and management of Bet Direct to the Group and look forward to an exciting period of growth and development”.

The development of 32Red Plc sounds to be rather promising. This fact comes out as a result of a few analyzed details concerning their float in September 2005 on to the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM) as well as the announcement in April of this year of 32Red.com being the official club sponsors of Aston Villa Football Club for the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons.

Some more details about 32Red Plc: it is a successful, licensed (what is very important) company which is based and regulated in Gibraltar. Watchdog and Player Advocate site Casinomeister has awarded 32Red Plc as the Best Casino. The list of players is really wide. Its fans come from all over the world, but the major part of them is representatives of the UK what is proved by the fact that 83% of players at 32Red Online Casino and 32Red poker come from the UK and Ireland.

The free tournament will take place on June 18, 2006 at PokerStars. it is said to be a no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament starting at 4 pm EST (1 pm PST).

The remarkable thing is that absolutely any Internet blogger, even without poker experience, can register (entry is free) and compete in the tournament. Nine participants will win seats into the World Series of Poker, 2006. Thousands of dollars will be given to Internet bloggers as free prizes, and this sum is really incredible. E. g. the first place winner will get a $ 10,000 entry into the championship event, fully paid hotel accommodations and $ 1, 000 in spending money. The winners of the second through the ninth places will get an entry into a $ 1, 500 buy-in event according to their choice at this year’s WSOP. The holders of the tenth through the 54th places will also be given money, and the sum is said to b equal to more than $ 13, 000.

PokerStars is known to be the first online site to have noticed the greatest role of bloggers and their contribution to the Internet. The company is believed to be the first one to have launched a full time blog for its players. For more information see http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/.

The last year’s WBCOOP proved to be a nice idea, as the number of entries amounted to 1,500. Notice that people representing different interests and professions such as science, technology, politics, gaming, media, business and many others took place in it. A 25-year-old consultant working for a major IT services company became a winner.

To become a participant of the event you should have a regularly updated blog that is minimum two months old. To get more information about the WBCOOP, please, go to PokerStars.

Do you want to find out more details about PokerStars.com? See www.pokerstars.com.

As a lot of players have already admitted, if you want to make some extra money, it’s possible to do it, but not with every poker room. Usually such poker rooms are played at which are known to have a monetary advantage. Thanks to the fish factor, instant loyalty $100 bonus as well as casino players dumping money into the poker site, Pacific Poker, according to the poll, has been recognized as the best place to make extra money online. Pacific Poker players gives new players upfront cash bonus once players deposit. The money is certainly taken to the poker tables and lost very quickly as it used to be free money. At the same time pros make approximately $50 an hour playing the low limit tables thanks to the phenomenon described.

So, as they admit, pros playing poker on such sites as Pacific Poker can make much extra money. The same thing concerns Pacific Poker casino which is called Casino on Net. Casino players are said to be bad poker players. It turns out to be another good reason to play at Pacific Poker as the players’ revenues really tend to be high.

Having reached a contract agreement with Falls Management Company, bargaining team members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union managed to avert the strike undertaken by 350 members of security staff at Casino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview on June 2. The major points upon which the agreement was concluded are improved job security language, schedules for part-time employees, wage increases, improvements to pensions and vacations.

The agreement is said to be a three-year deal that expires on March 31, 2009. The members were supposed to vote on the agreement discussed on June, 2006.

Here is what Jodi Hutton, President of OPSEU Local 278, says: “Our bargaining team put in a tremendous effort to reach this deal… Our goal from the beginning of talks was to improve the working lives of our members, which also improves the safety of patrons coming into these casinos…The bargaining team is unanimously recommending that the members vote in favour of the agreement”. Hutton adds: “We are proud to be able to continue to serve residents and visitors in this community”.