“Treasures of Troy” is the second title from WagerWorks to utilise IGT’s ground-breaking MultiWay feature in which Internet players are offered 1024 more ways to win for an additional 40 credits. MultiWay awards players for 4 or more winning symbols in any position in adjacent columns. More than one matching symbol in the same column then multiplies the award in addition to any line awards.

Each symbol position is an independent reel, so matching symbols can appear in multiple positions and increase the chance of significant player wins.

Treasures of Troy also awards players a Free Spins Bonus when two or more bonus symbols appear in any position on the centre reels. The player can earn 10, 15 or 20 free spins based on the number of bonus triggering symbols initially won, and even bigger wins with the richer free spins reels.

Setting the scene for the ancient Grecian conflict are vivid graphics, cinematic sound and smooth game play.

The challenge involves the campaign placing ?10 ‘bets’ on various football matches, with the prices offered by three operators: a ‘best priced’ commercial operator, the Dutch gambling monopoly De Lotto, and the French state-owned Francaise des Jeux. The difference in the winnings between the commercial and state owned online gambling companies is then given to charity, hitting home the message that the previously prohibited commercial operators offer the best value to customers on the European mainland.

The first round of matches kicked off last week, with the north London derby between Arsenal and Spurs earning the first few Euros in the Charity kitty. The campaign, which is now available in 15 languages, is gearing up to be the first million signature petition to qualify for the Lisbon Treaty’s ‘Citizen’s Initiative’, which pushes any such issue to the front of the queue for debate in the E.U parliament.

The Campaign is also holding its own ‘Poetry Corner’, with various entries from around Europe lamenting the difficulties customers face placing bets in the E.U. There is also a regularly updated blog, offering news about the progress of the campaign.

“With the Bodog Poker Open IV, Bodog.com has given online poker players of all stripes the chance to win big while garnering the exposure they deserve,” says Bodog Poker Pro David Williams. “I’d like to personally congratulate ‘MrElPaso’ for his impressive victory in the Bodog Poker Open IV. His win cements his status as one of online poker’s newest stars, and I’m confident we’ll be seeing him at plenty of final tables to come.”

The $500 buy-in Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event capped off a weeklong series of tournaments at Bodog.com that drew a total of 2,646 online poker players competing for more than $368,000 in cash prizes, with $65,000 in additional prize money added by Bodog.com. The Championship Event itself featured a total cash purse of $145,790, including $25,000 added by Bodog.com.

Quickly establishing itself as online poker’s most popular new tournament series, the fourth installment of the Bodog Poker Open drew a number of notable pros to the Bodog.com poker tables on Sunday, including Bodog Poker Pros David Williams and Evelyn Ng, and online poker pros “nevertilt22,” “UFpokerStar” and “ari.” Despite the formidable field, “MrElPaso” was able to emerge victorious to take down his biggest cash to date. Finishing in second was dvbronco, who pocketed $24,419.82, and in third place was ari, who earned $16,182.69.

The Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event final table results are as follows:

MrElPaso
dvbronco
Ari
JazzyFace
bklynzto81
naskoxx
ello
ShuMoneyTonite
LIVIN LOUD

The Bodog Poker Open IV kicked off on Sunday, Nov. 1, and featured two parallel tournament series: the Championship Series and the Contender Series. The Championship Series featured higher-stakes buy-ins along with $62,500 in added prize money courtesy of Bodog.com. Each event also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to the winner.

Featuring lower buy-ins, the Contender Series also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to each event winner, while the remaining final table players earned entry to the Contender series finale (T$50) held on Sunday, Nov. 8. With $2,500 added to the prize pool, the Contender Series finale gave players incredible value for their buy-in, and it was “hitchchops” who took full advantage of that, walking away with the first-place prize of $3,268.10.

With another successful Bodog Poker Open in the books, the action at Bodog.com continues with a full slate of online poker tournaments catering to every level of player, including Bodog.com’s Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament. Qualifiers for the $100,000 Guaranteed event start for as low as $1 and run daily.

As part of a study conducted by Casino, it was found that internet users are keen to play casino games online, but prefer to do so without having to download online gambling game software onto their computers. When asked about these interesting results, Jeff Turner, Marketing Director at Casino commented, “Some people are more intimidated to play when they have to download an .exe file. They prefer to play games that they can play directly online without all the hassle”.

As part of the re-launch, Casino is offering a solution for casino players that want to play directly in their browser. No-download flash games pages are starting to pick up and Casino is leading the trend. Casino players can now play instantly and for free without downloading any software. Hopefully this is the start of a new era for online casinos.

Cada will keep 50% of his winnings. The rest will go to Cliff “Johnny Bax” Josephy and Eric “Sheets” Haber, who bought Cada into the online casino tournament

Moon and Cada survived a 17-hour final-table marathon Saturday night to reach heads-up play. The Main Event field started 6,494 players.

When play began at the Rio Monday night, Cada, an internet casino heads-up specialist, had a decisive chip advantage, leading Darvin Moon 135,950,00-58,850,000.
But it was the logger from Maryland, not Cada, that kept applying the pressure all night.

Moon came charging out of the gate. In the very first hand of the night, Moon picked up a sizable pot when his pocket queens bested Cada’s pocket nines with the board reading 3s Ks 2d Ad Kc. With Cada’s chip advantage cut nearly in half, it quickly became clear that this was anybody’s game.

Moon kept the pressure on, showing he was unafraid to push around big stacks of chips. And after the 11th hand of the night, he seized the chip lead.

Cada eventually found his footing, making a stand in a large pot by firing out a 35-million chip bet. Moon folded and Cada regained the chip lead. But his lead was short-lived, with Moon putting the type of relentless pressure on Cada that Cada usually puts on other opponents.

Moon’s aggression took its toll on Cada’s chip stack, which dipped down to around 79 million shortly after the first break of the night.

Moon didn’t take his foot off the gas when he opened up the 43-million chip lead. After seeing an ace-high flop, Cada fired out a 13 million bet. Moon raised several mountains of chips, and Cada mucked his hand immediately, giving Moon 145 million in chips and a 96-million chip lead.

A big pre-flop all-in bet from Cada halted Moon’s momentum for one hand, but Moon continued to bet aggressively and won 14 of the first 21 hands after the break.

With 54 million left, Cada decided to make a stand. With the board reading 10-5-9-10, Moon check raised all in. After thinking about it for a couple of minutes, Cada called and turned over 9-J for two pair. Moon turned over 7-8 for an open-ended straight draw. Cada dodged the six and jack, and regained the chip lead, 108 million to 86.5 million.

“I made a mistake there,” Moon said after the match. “That was a bad play. I should have pushed all in after the flop, but I waited and I knew I made a bad play when I saw that 10.”

Cada’s victory blow came eight hands later, when he re-raised Moon all in before the flop. Moon briefly checked his cards before making the call and the race was on. Cada flipped over pocket nines and Moon showed the queen and jack of diamonds.

Cada raced over to his supporters and buried his head in Josephy’s shoulder while the remaining cards were dealt.

The flop of 8c-2c-7s- missed both players. The king of hearts came on the turn, and the seven of clubs came on the river giving Cada two pair and the win.

“I knew where I stood,” Moon said, explaining his last all-in call. “I looked at the chips and just figured that was my chance to push and then see if I could catch something. I really felt that’s what I had to do at that time. I just didn’t catch what I needed.”

“I’m so happy right now for Joe,” Josephy said as he stood on the main stage at the Penn & Teller Theater, moments after Cada prevailed. “He’s a great player, but I’ve also learned he’s a great person. He’s a real even-headed kid for being so rich at 21 years old. He’s not the type that’s going to go out and blow this money. He’s going to be around for a long, long time.”

“Darvin Moon played great,” Cada said after he had been presented the championship bracelet. “He really put me in some tough spots early on and I got off to a bad start. Before I knew it I was playing from behind again. But I was able to stay composed, battle back and here I am. It’s an incredible feeling.”

“(This) opens a lot of doors. It gives me a lot of freedom and flexibility as far as what and where I want to play from here on out.”

Moon said he plans on returning to the Main Event. “I’ll be back. This was quite an experience. I love poker. I’ll keep playing in tournaments here and there and I’ll be back for the Main Event next year for sure.” Moon said he expects to play his next poker tournament in a couple of weeks.

“The next time I’ll play in a poker tournament is in Louisiana when the Saints play the New England Patriots,” Moon said.

Both players oozed confidence prior to the start of action.

“I’m a heads-up specialist,” Cada told Casino City before the start of heads-up play. “I’ve been playing it for three years.”

“My (aggressive) style of play comes from playing mostly heads up,” Cada added.

The young poker player from Michigan was also grateful for the boisterous support he received from his friends and family.

“They took time away from school and work to support me,” Cada said. “I really appreciate that. And seven more are flying out just for the heads-up match.”

Moon, who spent part of the off day between the final table and heads-up action playing the $10 World Series of Poker No Limit Hold’em table game in the Rio casino, was also pleased with his game entering Monday night’s action.

“Someone called me recently to offer tips on how to handle the final table,” Moon said. “I told them to call me back next week.” Moon went on to explain that there was no need to “confuse” his game.

“There are a lot of pros who criticized my fold (to Begleiter). Guess what? They’re dead (in the tournament) and I’m alive.”

Moon, a big New Orleans Saints fan who has been wearing a Saints cap throughout the tournament, received a phone call from Saints vice president Chris Benson Monday afternoon wishing him luck.

A television advertising and online casinos campaign will begin in the UK next week for TeaAndBingo before the domain goes live on December 26.

“Virtue Fusion’s solution brings us stable, award-winning and innovative software allowing us to concentrate on investing in a superb community and innovating with our brand to win market share and expand the audience,” said Raj Ramanandi, Managing Director for Digital Prophets.

“TeaAndBingo is very unique and our ad campaign will certainly attract plenty of interest. We are very excited.

“We will have a sustained television presence throughout 2010. The ads were the brainchild of an agency responsible for some award-winning adverts for McDonald’s, Walkers Crisps, Sony, VW Polo, Philips, Nikon, Barclaycard and Esso.”

TeaAndBingo is the brainchild of super-affiliate Digital Prophets, operators of the popular BingoBase domain, and will remain independent with the information portal continuing to promote other UK sites alongside its own offering.

“We are delighted that Digital Prophets has chosen Virtue Fusion ahead of the competition,” said Bob McCulloch, Chief Executive Officer for Virtue Fusion.

“The fact that a super-affiliate has chosen us is testament to the revenue generating capability of our product. Digital Prophets’ proven ability to drive traffic, combined with their slick television advertising campaign, makes for a powerful combination. We look forward to building a long and successful relationship with them.”

The London-based firm is set to release Finger Frenzy World, the latest version of its Finger Frenzy browser classic, on Monday along with Phantom Mansion - Red and Blocks With Letters On.

Zattikka has already racked up more than 20 million online plays through its domain at Gimme5Games and now is bringing the compulsive speed-typing gameplay of Finger Frenzy to the iPhone and iPod touch. Finger Frenzy World also lets players compare their alphabet typing speed runs with friends around the world courtesy of full built in Facebook and Twitter support.

For their part, Phantom Mansion - Red is a nerve-jangling adventure puzzle that tests the wits of players in a haunted mansion full of tricks, traps and shuffling zombies while Blocks With Letters On is a logic and word game that won JayIsGames Best Of 2008 prize.

“Zattikka is hitting the application store with a triple whammy attack this Christmas,” said Tim Chaney, Chief Executive Officer for Zattikka.

“With hundreds of thousands of people receiving iPhones this Christmas and millions more already owners, these are three must-play downloads that are guaranteed to keep your fingers entertained when they’re not busy wrapping presents, peeling sprouts and pulling crackers.”

A spokesperson for the Montreal-based company said that with close to 30 new clients accrued throughout the year, the Income Access team has grown considerably, and this has prompted the move to larger premises.

“Since founding Income Access in 2002, we have grown from a small team of four, to a burgeoning team of close to 50, including account managers, affiliate managers, programmers, marketers and an IT team,” said Income Access CEO, Nicky Senyard. “We have developed over 80 new business relationships and are now partnered with many of the industry’s leading internet gambling operators.”

Senyard added that Income Access has evolved from an affiliate network and software company, to a complete marketing solutions provider with six services: affiliate software; an affiliate network with over 18 000 members; affiliate management; search engine marketing; online marketing development and media buying.

“We started with humble beginnings, so I am very proud of the team’s achievements,” said Senyard. “We remain focused on continued growth, while keeping a strong focus on our core values: building meaningful relationships, providing superior client support, as well as the most advanced casino gambling affiliate software available in the industry.”

Recently, Income Access was nominated for Best iGaming Affiliate Network in the iGB Affiliate Awards. Three members from the Income Access affiliate managing team were also nominated for various awards, including Best Overall Affiliate Manager.

The available marketing management solutions can be tailored to fit numerous gaming platforms, including: Single Product, Multiple Products, Private Labeling, Network, Territory, and Brand.

The move should not be too onerous, as the change is to bigger floorspace in the same building.

The company telephone numbers remain unchanged, and the new mailing address is:

2020 University
Suite 2330
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2A5
CANADA

The blog points to the sudden departure of Extrabet’s respected chief Stuart Lane, speculating that his move is the precursor to IG offloading the sportsbetting operation.

Apparently such an event has been the subject of speculation in UK business circles, using the logic that IG generates the vast majority of its revenue and profit from clients trading financial markets via its IG Index platform, while sports clients are rarely converted into more profitable financial clients.

In following up on the online gambling story, The Times reports that rumours of underperformance at Extrabet and an imminent sale have been denied - presumably by contacts within IG. However, as The Times writer observes - watch this space!

The transfer is expected to be effected this week, a remarkable achievement bearing in mind that the decision to leave the UK was only made in August.

At that time Ladbrokes, along with William Hill, noted that the online gambling sector was intensely competitive, and that British taxes and levies made it impossible for the online gambling divisions to compete effectively against other online companies domiciled in respected jurisdictions with more benevolent tax regimes.

Ladbrokes will soon release a revamped and technologically upgraded sportsbetting website, the company has revealed.

William Hill has already transferred its online operating activities to Gibraltar.