• Playtech Sets New Record For Online Jackpot Payout - $1,853,850!

NICOSIA, Cyprus, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Winajackpot.com member Cari M. from Tennessee entered the history books, 30 April 2005, when she scooped the highest jackpot ever paid online - an astounding $1,853,850 playing Gold Rally 8-line Slots at SCasino.com - part of the CasinoLasVegas Group, a member of the Winajackpot network of Playtech-powered casinos. Cari's historic windfall, the highest amount won on any jackpot network on the Internet, comes hot on the heels of the previous record-breaking jackpot of $1,031,270 paid out in January to Alex O. of Santiago, Chile. It also marks the sixth successive biggest amount won by a Winajackpot.com member playing Gold Rally, a hugely popular progressive 8-line Wild West themed slot game featuring two interactive bonus stages. Cari, who only began playing online in January 2005, has won more in a single jackpot than many could dream to win in their lives. By wagering the $16 maximum bet, Cari's return on investment was an unbelievable 115,866:1. Other fortune-making games available on the Winajackpot network include Diamond Valley, Cinerama and Wall Street Fever. "This is a truly astonishing event," said Michelle Roberts of Winajackpot. "Not only does Cari's win trump all previous jackpots on Winajackpot and any other network, it only took a mere ten weeks for the Gold Rally jackpot to accumulate to nearly two million dollars since the last wipeout win. This is clearly a hit game." Roberts was keen to point out that in addition to high profile winnings such as this one, Winajackpot.com regularly pays out hundreds of thousands of dollars to dozens of other lucky winners playing a range of progressive games on the network each month. "The significance of this win," she added "is the added incentive it provides other jackpot hopefuls of more history-making multi-million dollar payouts. Cari must be beside herself with joy at the moment. I know all of us here at Winajackpot are truly delighted for her." Steve Jones, spokesman for the CasinoLasVegas Group, commented: "We are understandably excited and proud to be paying out this record Gold Rally jackpot at one of our casinos," said Jones. "It's not every day that a once-in-a-lifetime event like this occurs and we are absolutely delighted for the winner." All the staff at Winajackpot.com and the CasinoLasVegas Group would like to congratulate Cari on her record-breaking win and wish her the best for the future. A full interview with Cari M. will be soon available on the Winajackpot.com website under "Winners Tale." More on CasinoLasVegas Group SCasino.com is one of the first online casinos established by the CasinoLasVegas Group, and has been operating online since 2002. Other respected gaming sites operated by CasinoLasVegas include Casino King (casinoking.com), Magic Box Casino (magicboxcasino.com), Casino Las Vegas (casinolasvegas.com) Miss Bingo (missbingo.com) and Fair Poker (fairpoker.com).

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• William Hill Buys Stanley Leisure For £504 Million

The deal means that William Hill have dropped plans to return £453 million to shareholders, at the expense of the value of its shares which are currently reported to be down 1.5 percent at 517 pence. Shares in Stanley Leisure, Britain's biggest casino operator, were up 1.9 percent at 532 pence. 'We can return at least 300 million pounds to shareholders and still have an ungeared balance sheet,' said Stanley Finance Director Colin Child, 'We hope to update shareholders shortly after this deal completes in mid-June.' The deal will effect 624 betting offices in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Jersey. According to Stanley Chief Executive Bob Wiper, several other companies expressed an interest in Stanley Leisure's betting shops, but were blocked by an exclusivity agreement with William Hill. 'We've put together a very strong deal here,” said Harding, “I think it would be a hell of a big move for anyone to trump it and a hell of a big move for Stanley to walk away from it.'

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• Tribeca Tables & Gambling Federation Sign Online Poker Deal

London, May 17th: Tribeca Tables Europe, Ltd, one of the market leaders of comprehensive ePoker solutions announced today a major online poker deal with global online casino leader, Gambling Federation. Gambling Federation’s CEO Flaviano Fogli said, “We are extremely excited at the prospect of working with Tribeca Tables. We see all our existing casino brands benefiting from Tribeca’s poker expertise and network experience and we are looking forward to the launch and a long fruitful partnership”. Steve Cook, European managing director from Tribeca Tables said, “We are very pleased to welcome Gambling Federation and its family of online brands to the Tribeca network. Online poker is still increasing at a phenomenal pace and in the last year we have gone from two major partners to six. Each of our poker partners offers sublicensing or customized skinning that has already extended the network to over 130 poker rooms”. Commodore Casino, the premier G-FED Games licensor, will be the first implementation of the Tribeca Tables custom software. The new brand, Commodore Poker, will be the first casino to feature the industry leading multi-player poker software, integrated alongside the award winning G-FED Games casino suite. Gambling Federation is a leading online gaming organization with a global vision of success. Regulated in Belize, Gambling Federation continues to be a pioneer in the development of software and marketing tools powering online casinos houses, affiliates in 15 languages, and spanning 5 continents. Tribeca Tables are registered in the Channel Island of Alderney. They are the world’s first and largest independent network of ePoker brands and they are committed to providing innovative and reliable software solutions to clients exclusively in the arena of ePoker. Gambling Federation joins Tribeca’s impressive list of clients such as Blue Sq, Victor Chandler, Paddy Power, Easyodds, Golden Palace, Poker In Europe, and Doyle Brunson’s poker room Doylesroom.com. 'We have more hot deals in the pipeline', Steve added. Both Steve Cook and Flaviano Fogli will be attending GIGSE 05 in Montreal next month. If anyone wishes to meet them, please contact Steve or Flaviano through their respective websites.

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• Red Sox Gamble With Ads: Sponsor Promotes Online Wagering

Despite a federal crackdown on illegal online gambling, a 'for-fun' poker Web site run by one of the world's top off-shore casinos is a major Boston Red Sox advertiser. Partypoker.net was a primary Red Sox spring training sponsor, posting signs around the team's Fort Myers, Fla., ballpark, and is currently sponsoring a poker tournament between Sox and Yankees fans that airs on the Sox-owned NESN TV network. Billed as the 'world's biggest poker school', the site doesn't allow cash gambling but is owned by the same company that runs Partypoker.com - a high-stakes online gambling parlor based in Gibraltar that yields pots of up to $7 million. "To have an entity such as the Red Sox enter into a contractual agreement with an Internet gambling company is troubling and raises eyebrows", said Carey Theil, a board member of the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion. "It is something they shouldn't be doing."

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