• US Cross-Border Commerce Ruling Could Affect I-Gaming

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling dealing with the sale of wine across state lines could have implications to the online gambling industry. Monday's decision in the consolidated cases of Granholm v. Heald from Michigan and Swedenberg v. Kelly from New York, encompassed the interpretation of the Constitution, the intent of the 1933 amendment to end prohibition and changing personal tastes in the age of the Internet. In what could be a precedent-setting decision, the court ruled (5-4) that a number of states have laws that are discriminatory and anti-competitive to some wineries. At the center of the cases was whether a state can prohibit the online sale of wine to its residents from an out-of-state winery, while allowing in-state wineries to sell their products, as long as they didn't ship those products across state borders. Small winery owners were among those who pursued the cases, with backing from the Institute for Justice and other groups. Each state's attorney general argued that cross-border restrictions are necessary to maintain limits on underage drinking and to preserve the states' ability to tax liquor sales. The court ruled, however, that such laws are anti-competitive and in direct violation of the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and while the cases focused on the states of New York and Michigan, the ruling could open up the interstate wine market to another 20 or so states that prohibit the practice. [...]

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• Yahoo! To Offer Bingo Services

Parlay Entertainment Inc. (PINK SHEETS:PRYNF), the world's leading supplier of Internet bingo solutions, is pleased to announce that Yahoo! UK & Ireland has launched its online bingo brand on St. Minver's bingo network using Parlay's industry leading software. Yahoo! UK & Ireland recently selected St. Minver as their operational platform - which is powered by Parlay's world-class gaming technology - to target the vast base of Internet bingo enthusiasts throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. By joining the St. Minver network, Yahoo! Bingo will operate on an aggregated model so that all partners on the network will benefit from the shared critical mass of players and large jackpots. The St. Minver network uses Parlay's patent protected 90-number and 75-number bingo and casino technologies. "The addition of what is arguably the world's number one online brand and portal as a partner in the St. Minver bingo network, confirms us as the leading online bingo network in Europe," said David Kicks, St. Minver's Business Development Director. "Millions of potential players will now be exposed to Bingo on the Yahoo! UK & Ireland Games site. Enhanced liquidity on the network will include Gala Bingo and additional brand name partners that will be announced shortly, now that the network has been successfully launched." "Online bingo in the UK has experienced explosive growth over the past six months," commented Andrew Branscombe, Vice President of Sales for Parlay. "The addition of Yahoo! UK & Ireland, as the first of the major brands to tap into the online bingo market, heralds an exciting acceleration of that trend. Bingo has the largest and most loyal player base of any game worldwide, with Pounds Sterling 1.16 billion staked in the UK alone last year. With the entrance of major brands, we expect the much anticipated online bingo market to finally burst out into the recently regulated UK market."

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• Bluff Magazine Welcomes Four Of Poker's Best

Atlanta, GA -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Bluff Magazine, America's largest poker publication, is pleased to announce the addition of world-class poker champions Phil Gordon, Mike Mizrachi and Marcel Luske to its lineup of regular contributors. Bluff also welcomes poker authority Lou Krieger, a celebrated author of several books on poker including The Poker Player's Bible, to its distinguished editorial staff. The affable Gordon is a perennial WPT favorite, co-host of TV's Celebrity Poker Showdown and expert poker strategist. He has accumulated $1.1 million in tournament winnings since 2001 and is almost universally referred to 'the nicest guy in poker'. Mike Mizrachi, known to his opponents as 'The Grinder', is recognized for his steadfast play and sober composure at the table, making him a serious threat in any game. The Flying Dutchman, Marcel Luske is known for his calculated aggression, an almost supernatural ability to read his opponents and his wild antics at the table. All players are experts in poker analysis, and recognized by the poker community as members of the elite. Lou Krieger joins Bluff following a 10-year stint writing for the magazine Card Player where he wrote the On Strategy Hold'em column. Lou's books and columns have been read by over a million poker players, and have contributed to the current popularity of the game. "I joined Bluff because I wanted to exploit my creative edge and write to the new generation of poker players that consider Bluff an essential part of their game," said Krieger. Gordon, Mizrachi, Luske and Krieger have joined the Bluff family of super-star contributors, which include recognizable poker aces Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari, Josh Arieh, Clonie Gowen, Dave 'The Devilfish' Ulliott and Kenna James. "Getting Lou, Phil, Mike and Marcel onboard is a huge win for Bluff," said Editor Michael Caselli. "They are recognized by anyone who enjoys poker, and their expertise in the game is undeniable. Bluff can boast the world's finest team of poker players and experts as its contributors." Bluff is read by more than half a million poker players across America, making it America's number one poker publication.

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• Virgin Bingo Goes Live

A ‘full house’ from the online gaming industry joined flamboyant billionaire Richard Branson atop a London roof garden on Friday the 27th to celebrate the launch of Virgin Bingo. Branson addressed the assembled crowd at the Roof Gardens in Kensington – one and a half acres of beautiful themed gardens, with bars and a nightclub, installed six-floors up above a London street – to usher in the next phase of Virgin gaming. Virgin Bingo aims to become the dominant player in the burgeoning UK online bingo market by offering players from all walks of life the chance to win big prizes for low buy-ins. Branson said he hoped that online bingo is set to become ‘the new poker’. Virgin will be offering games tailor-made to the UK market. “There are currently about 100 bingo games available on the internet,” explained Branson, “nearly all of which are American and offer the US flavoured 75 numbers game. At Virgin, we are launching the game most favoured in the UK, namely a 90 numbers game. Research has shown that this is the game the UK wants to play and nothing pleases us more at Virgin than giving the customers what they want.” Virgin Bingo will introduce a wide variety of differently priced games (at anything from 5p to £1 per card) with fixed jackpot prizes of £5,000 or more, as well as progressive jackpots that climb higher and higher. “It’s fun, cheap and matches the thrill of a Bingo Hall in the comfort of your own home, or ‘house’ as we shout it bingo,” summarised Branson, before launching a hundred Virgin branded balloons over the capital’s skyline.

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