“The All Star Transcontinental Challenge” is a major international poker exhibition to be produced by Vega Promotion Systems Inc. The event will feature 8 of the top professional poker players in the world who’ll compete for over $1,000,000 in gold.

There will be 8 single table mini-tournaments there during which players will accumulate points. The first two tournaments will take place on a yacht off the coast of Monte Carlo. A players’ reception will be held in Venice, Italy. After that players will board Orient Express to go to London, England. A specially designed train cat will host tournaments 3, 4 and 5. Another reception will take place in London. The next two tournaments will take place in the air on board a specially designed private jet on the way to Las Vegas. Another players’ reception will take place in Las Vegas. The finale will be held at a major Las Vegas Casino. The event is said to be open to the public.

“The All Star Transcontinental Challenge” will be filmed and broadcast on national TV in the USA during the first quarter of 2008. The 9-hour show will be re-released in Europe, Asia and South America.

The event is described as the one that has never been done before. People will be able to see the top players playing poker and competing against each other.

The National League of Poker (NLOP™), the leading free poker site for US-compliant poker game-play on the web will debut at the Gaming Life Expo at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The event will take place on the 5th-8th of July during the WSOP main event. It must be noted that this year NLOP is the only online poker site that has been allowed to have presence at the Expo.

NLOP is the online poker site where you can play for free. But at the same time thanks to a game play methodology and points system, you can feel a sense of real money. The game is even more enjoyable, as each month the site “guarantees $25,000 in cash and prizes, including trips, electronics, sponsor specials and more”.

Being launched in 2006, NLOP has already got more than 125,000 registered users. Twelve $1,500 WSOP seats, plus expenses, and a $10,000 WSOP seat to the main event have been awarded by MLOP since March 2007.

Thus David Berinsky, from Pittsburgh, became a $10,000 WSOP seat winner. He considers NLOP to be great, because with the free game a player can better focus on it.

An all expenses-paid seven-night cruise through the Greek Isles can be offered to players wagering at least $250 on Everest Casino Site. To participate in the promotion, enter coupon code AEGEAN07 with the next deposit, and “every $250 wagered over the course of the next month will result in an entry”.

The promotion will take place in July. The winner’s is going to have a great time staying in a luxury suite with a balcony. Eduardo Santos, Everest Casino’s Property Manager, claims that it is the biggest promotion initiated by Everest poker, and participation in the event is very easy for both new players and those who have played at Everest Casino for years.

Norwegian authorities are about to put an end to the way volunteer organizations and charities make money, – operating slot machines if to be exact. The Norwegian state has declared monopoly on all slot machines. As a result, all the slot machines belonging to humanitarian organizations, sporting clubs, and volunteer groups are to be removed until the first of July.

Norway, with the population of 4.6 million, had approximately 18,500 slot machines across the country. And growing addiction served as the cause for such a decision. 1.5% of Norwegian population is considered to be addicted to gambling, while 133,000 are thought to be in the risk zone. It’s become known that “the average gambling addict in Norway spends 5,000 euros (6,700 dollars) a year on gaming”. It’s ridiculous but one of the main sources of income for charities was slot machines, but it contradicts morality.

The slot machines belonging to charities are to be removed before the 1st of July, but at the same time the charities and volunteer groups will share a portion of the revenues generated by the state’s machines.

The biggest party of this year’s WSOP will be co-held by PlayersOnly.com and Bluff Magazine at the Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, the biggest strip club in Vegas, on Thursday, July 5th – the night before the WSOP Final Tournament begins.

They expect such players to be present as David Williams, Robert Williamson, Antonio Esfandari, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Gordon, Gus Hansen, Eric Lindgren and Mike Mizerachi.

If you are a PlayersOnly.com player, you are welcome to attend the party. Registered players can find their invitations at www.playersonly.com/bluff-las-vegas. The principal there is first-come-first-served. Those being not registered can pick up invitations at www.playersonly.com/join.php.

David Harding, William Hill’s current CEO, is leaving the company at the end of 2007.

Harding’s career in William Hill started seven years ago. With his help the company’s share price increased, and it made up over twice its original value.

William Hill’s total value is currently at a massive Ј2.13 Billion. When the news about Harding’s leaving became known, Will Hill’s shares dropped 3.5 pence. Despite it the company is pleased with their financial assessment for 2007. All their ventures are expected to bring earnings.

On the other hand, Harding was a bit controversial, and William Hill perhaps does not want controversy. Who knows, perhaps it is better that “Harding is moving on”.

Hardly any city can compete with London in the diversity of games available there. Bluff Europe, poker magazine, has named the English capital “the top city on the continent for poker action”. London gets the greatest number of big money tournaments.

The city has turned into European Las Vegas.

Moreover, the WSOP is known to come to London this autumn and the capital’s casinos will host the European Poker Tour and the Grosvenor Poker Tour Grand Final.

There are 24 operating casinos and a great number of card rooms. There is something to choose from!

According to the decision of a lower court in Tel Aviv, companies operating gambling websites that are accessible for Israelis are breaking the law. That concerns all the sites, even those run and registered abroad. This decision has been upheld by a District Court.

Englishman Michael Carlton, Chief Executive Officer of the Victor Chandler Casino website, was questioned by the Bat Yam fraud squad. He is under the suspicion of “illegally running gambling operations in Israel along with investigations regarding sports betting involving events in which Israeli teams participated”.

No charges were filed. Though, Carlton was under house arrest. Deposit of $70,000 served as a guarantee and a condition to leave the country.

It must be admitted that Victor Chandler is considered to be one of the most popular gambling companies operating in Israel. More than $16 million in winnings are paid annually to Israelis.

The question is whether gambling via an international site is a crime? Take into the consideration that the company is not Israeli.

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Bingo has always been very popular in Britain. Now, London bingo fans have got an opportunity to try it in an electronic variant. The fully-electronic bingo club has been recently opened in London. Bu the way, it is the first club of its kind in the UK. Traditional paper bingo tickets are replaced with 582 personal hand-held terminals.

Thanks to this innovation. The game is represented in a more contemporary manner. Moreover, players have got a greater choice of what they spend during a bingo night out.

There are more and more new players who like the electronic variant of bingo. They have even taken into consideration the recently introduced smoking ban: 20 more of the portable terminals will also be available to players in the external smoking area.