• Online Casino Pays Out Record $603,211 In Single Jackpot Win

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- David P. from Kansas USA changed his life by winning an incredible $603,211 playing a progressive jackpot slot machine at Internet casino Golden Palace. David was playing Gold Rally, a wild-west themed slot machine that is one of several Progressive Games included in the Playtech software package provided by GoldenPalace.com. This whopping jackpot -- which David won by wagering the $16 maximum bet -- is the biggest single win ever recorded in the seven-year history of the online casino. "Although we've paid out millions of dollars over the years, this is the biggest single amount we've ever paid out to any one individual," said Golden Palace CEO Richard Rowe. "In fact it's been quite a month for jackpot winners. Just a few weeks ago, Kyle A. from New York hit it big with a $320,000 jackpot playing 'Let Them Ride' Poker. That's almost one million dollars in jackpots paid out in a single month to only two players! 2004 is shaping up to be a record year for jackpot winners." "This is unbelievable," said David regarding his huge win. "When I saw my win on the screen I didn't think it was real. I figured it was too good to be true and there must be some mistake. Now that it's finally sunk in, I'm deciding what to do with the money. I'll be paying off my mortgage and all my debts. I feel elated ... like a big burden lifted. Makes you feel good, it really does." Golden Palace has been making headlines for years with their unconventional advertising campaigns, most recently with the infamous streak of Super Bowl XXXVIII and the 2004 World Skating Championships.

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• The Gaming Club, New Sponsor Of The World Porker Championship

London, 14th April 2004 - The Gaming Club, part of Belle Rock Gaming and one of the world's leading online casino and poker rooms owned by Carmen Media, announces its sponsorship of The World Poker Championship in a two year deal. The deal is the largest poker sponsorship deal ever made in Europe and is worth in excess of one million Euros. Starting with the 2004 tournament, the event will take place in Dublin, Eire, over 23rd - 27th June and will be broadcast as a ten part television series on Sky Sports later in the year. To be called The Gaming Club World Poker Championship, the tournament will see the cream of the world's poker professionals, including 9 times World Series Champion Phil Hellmuth, 2004 British Open champion Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, The Hendon Mob and Europe's leading female poker player Lucy Rokach pitting their skills against a hungry new breed of challengers from all over the world. The Gaming Club World Poker Championship has a biggest ever first prize in land-based Pot Limit Hold'em - seen by many as the most skilful variation of poker - of 250,000 and a massive total prize fund of over 730,000, based on a maximum of 128 players. The tournament format and payout structure has been devised by international poker legend and two-time World Series Champion Mel Judah, who is tournament director. 128 players will be split into a series of two-table heats consisting of eight players per table, with the eventual winner of each 16-man heat going through to the final. The eight runners up will then contest a semi final to join the winners at a nine-man final table for the chance to bag the 250,000 top prize. Every player who reaches the semi final will be in the money under the pay out structure, meaning one in eight entrants will walk away richer! Carmen Media CEO and Chairman, Tim Johnson commented: "Our customers are playing more and more poker online, and so sponsorship of the World Poker Championship by the Gaming Club gives us the opportunity to offer them something really special. The prizes and the competition will be world beating, and those who can't make it to Dublin - either as players of spectators - will be able to share in the excitement by watching it on the Sky Sports television coverage". Get $15 FREE NO PURCHASE REQUIRED at The Gaming Club Poker Room!

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• The Gang That Beat Las Vegas - Part II

The Computer Group had burgeoned into the first truly national network of sports bettors, able to buy up the best point spreads from coast to coast. At the height of its powers, the Computer Group of 1983-85 wielded more influence over the millions of Americans who bet on sports than any superstar athlete or Super Bowl franchise. Yes, it was even more important than the split-fingered fastball. In its sleekest moments, the Computer Group had as grand an effect upon its constituency in the 1980's as OPEC had upon American consumers in the '70's. As its influence grew, the Computer Group became something of an underground social club, extending its unofficial membership to at least one smalltime hoodlum, as well as sharing information with the likes of Irwin Molasky, the powerful real estate developer and Las Vegas civic leader. Profits were staggering. The group never had a losing season betting on college football or college basketball. According to figures compiled recently by Michael Kent, the Computer Group in 1983-84 earned almost $5 million from wagers on college and, occasionally, NFL games. Yet Michael Kent suspects that his records are incomplete. They do not account for personal bets made by Dr. Mindlin, or Billy Walters, or by the dozens of other associates who had access to the Computer Group's information. By the time everyone had exhausted Kent's forecasts in the 1983-94 sports year, they might easily have earned $10 million, perhaps $15 million. Perhaps more. "When you worked it down all the way to the bottom," says Billy Walters, "it might have been 1,000 people using our information." [...]

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• Player Safety Initiative Gathers Momentum

Following the announcement of the first 23 ultra-safe eCOGRA seal casinos only weeks ago, the player protection organisation has published a list of a further 16 successful candidates. The board of directors of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) approved the new seal-holders after extensive independent testing and inspections by professional teams from international audit group PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure that they met the stringent requirements of the organisation regarding operational efficiency, fair gaming and player protection. [...]

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