United States Congressman John Tierney’s wife Patricia Tierney must appear in court, this time as a witness in a case against her brother, Daniel Eremian. Eremian is charged with racketeering and other crimes related to internet gambling. Ten to one Mrs. Tierney’s family had strong connections with the world of internet gambling, that said her politician husband is not involved in this scandal.

She must appear in court as a witness when federal prosecutors announced the case against her brother to confirm her testimony. The prosecutors maintain that Tierney’s brothers as well as her son were all embroiled in illicit gambling; she appeared previously in the federal court over a brother’s supposed connection to the internet gambling syndicate.

In 2010 the Congressman’s wife pleaded guilty when she assisted another brother, Robert Eremian to file bogus tax returns and was sentenced to serve a month in prison and five months of house arrest, …

The previous month Bwin.party co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan disclosed that they are dealing with prospective partners for the U.S. internet gambling market, but declined to reveal any names. Lately their American partners made the announcement themselves.

On 31st of October Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM Resorts International mentioned that they concluded an agreement with European internet gaming giant Bwin.party to design internet poker websites for gamblers from the United States. This depends on when internet poker will be fully legalized and regulated in the United States.

The agreement stipulates that, Bwin.party, Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts would jointly own an internet gaming company that would offer internet poker to U.S players under Bwin.party’s brands like Party Poker. 65% of the company would be owned by Bwin.party, 25% is owned by MGM Resorts and 10% is owned by Boyd. Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts have separate agreements enabling them to …

Former Mirage Resorts executive, Richard Bronson is now the owner of U.S Digital Gaming. Bronson believes that internet gambling would soon be legalized and regulated in the United States.

He predicts that there will be a demand for software and advertising services to internet casinos, this is the service his company intends to provide. Since internet gambling legalization is such a hot topic in the U.S at the moment particularly internet poker, Fortune magazine recently did an article how billionaire businessmen in the U.S are venturing into it. The magazine interviewed Bronson to hear his feedback.

Bronson said that many billionaires have expressed their intentions to invest in his new business. Bronson told Fortune, “Not one of them thinks this will be a sprint, they think it will be a marathon.” Bronson named real estate guru Steven Roth, shopping mall tycoon Herbert Simon and wealthy heirs Robert and William Taubman. …

All Jackpots casino is a brand of the Jackpot Factory group. The software provider that powers its gaming platform is Microgaming and it is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. Established in 2003 the casino is celebrating its 8th birthday.

All Jackpots says, “It’s our birthday, but you get the gifts!” For the remainder of November players are invited to participate in this internet casino’s birthday celebrations. Happy Hour will be announced on a daily basis at All Jackpots internet casino. In this promotion players stand a chance of winning free spins, additional loyalty points and cash back opportunities. Cassaon-casino recommends that players actively participate in this promotion for the duration of November.

To keep players enticed, it will be hosting a different party every week. The 25 Free Spins promotion starts on the 1st November and ends on 7th November. During the designated Happy Hour players who deposit 50 …

The South African government’s Department of Trade and Industry scrutinized the recent report presented by the Gambling Review Commission (appointed 2009 by the trade and industry minister), which ushered into a new phase of public consultations in Cape Town this week was attended by both land and internet gambling industry representatives.

Experts focused mainly on horse racing, bingo and internet betting. Discussions kicked off with the problems the horse racing industry currently faces, i.e. dwindling stakes and race meetings over the past decade, its place in the international horse racing arena. Truth be told, the Racing Association and bookmaking representatives are not on the same page when it comes to financial aid to the industry.

The Racing Association’s said the following: “In aggregate, as the cost of ownership is greater than the total stakes available, owners make a net contribution to the sport of horse racing in SA. With stakes remaining flat and …

Shortly after its recent accreditation as a full testing agency by the Italian regulator AAMS, eCOGRA announced in its latest press release (31st of October) that it achieved similar status with the new Spanish gambling regulator. eCOGRA can now test and certify both internet gaming software and information systems security that operate within the Spanish market.

The Director General of Gambling Regulation in Spain said regular and professional testing is a must for internet casinos who want to apply for a Spanish license. He said applicants must be appraised for both its casino games and platform by a testing agency acknowledged by the Spanish authorities. Once the applicant passed the assessment it will be issued with a provisional license and four months would be allocated to it in which to prepare for a final and comprehensive inspection of operational systems, games and hosting facilities. A full licensed would be issued …

All Slots internet casino is a brand of the Jackpot Factory group. Microgaming software powers its gaming platform and the casino is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

The site has been in operation since 2001. For more than a decade it has become synonymous with big payouts on a monthly basis. It also lists its latest winners in its news columns. The latest news report states that All Slots internet casino paid out five figure winnings to four players, including a win of $31,387.

The player who won $31,387 on the video slot game Thunderstruck II goes by the name of Mark E. Thunderstruck IIwas released last year, it’s a sequel to the original Thunderstruck slot game. Although this slot game lacks paylines it features 243 ways to win resulting in frequent payouts. Thunderstruck II has four different free spin bonus rounds, known as the Great Hall of Spins, …

The previous week the Minister Presidents of the German Lander requested that the draft State Treaty pertaining to egaming must be revised. The European Commission (EC) rejected the proposal and the internet gambling industry criticized it. As a result the repeat call to endorse this proposal drew a sharp response from the Remote Gambling Association (RGA).

RGA looks after the interests of internet gambling operators from across the globe. RGA’s Chief Executive Clive Hawkswood expressed his disappointment at the ostrich-like attitude of the German states. The offer the German states want to put impose by July 2012 restricts the amount of licenses issued to internet casinos to 20, it perpetuates an uncompetitive and impractical 5% turnover tax administration, significantly limiting betting amounts and prohibits internet casinos and poker rooms and live betting. Hawkswood also mentioned that this proposal pales in comparison to the more lucid approach taken by European Union …

Realtime Gaming (RTG) is the software provider that powers Win Palace. It is fully licensed in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Win Palace will be a haunted palace this Halloween week. Numerous bonus offers will be up for grabs that will suit every player’s palate. The promotion starts on Thursday 27th October and it ends on the 3rd of November. “Trick or Treat” is the main offer. This special bonus offer is tailor-made for high rollers who are creatures of the night. $200 is the minimum deposit amount required it fetches a “boo-tiful” 305% match bonus that could be used to wager on slots games, keno and scratch cards. From 22:00 to 02:00 is the happy hours. Full Moon is the bonus code that must be entered; it’s redeemable 10 times during the promotion period.

Slots players are offered an array of bonuses. Any amount could be deposited by low rollers and in turn …

In its latest press release, Microgaming said it intends to introduce five new games in November 2011. Out of the five Microgaming games two will be released on different platforms. Two are slots from other software providers that could be played at all Microgaming casinos.

The new Microgaming development is the most exciting, since it added yet another ancient Egyptian theme slots, namely Throne of Egypt. Slots with an ancient Egyptian theme are very popular. Throne of Egypt is a five-reel, twenty-five payline video slots it takes players through various chambers when the bonus is activated.

Players can unlock many riches in these chambers, like jewelled scarabs, and free spins. In the final bonus level players will be taken to the King’s Chambers; here they’ll find a various beautiful princesses offering them lucrative prizes. Players will be able to play Throne of Egypt on both Microgaming’s Flash and Viper platforms.

Players can …