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Epic Poker Working To Drive Game More Into Mainstream US

Epic Poker started their poker league earlier this year, and now they are spearheading an effort to drive poker into mainstream America in the coming years. On Wednesday, Epic Poker announced a partnership with the USA Today.

Pappas Debates Frank Online Poker Bill on MSNBC

Preston Lewis — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:15:41 +0000

John Pappas spoke in favor of H.R. 2267, Barney Frank's bill regulating online poker, in a debate on MSNBC.

Online Casinos Singled Out to Police Deadbeat Dads

Preston Lewis — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:01:52 +0000

An amendment to the Frank bill regulating online casinos requires gaming sites to determine the child support payment status of customers.

New Hampshire Gambling Bill Goes Before Committee Today

A gambling bill that could change the face of casino gambling in New Hampshire goes before the House Ways and Means Committee today, with the hope of producing a consolidated bill to send to the full House.

BCS Championship Betting Preview: LSU Small Favorites Over Alabama

The LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide will meet for the second time tonight, but unlike the previous meeting, this one will determine who will be named the BCS champion for this season.

Las Vegas Casinos Continue Climb Out Of Economic Recession

For the second straight year in 2011, Las Vegas casinos saw an increase in revenue over the previous year, and that has helped companies such as MGM Resorts improve their economic standing.

NBA Doesn't See Sports Gambling Trouble in Casino Ownership

Matt Miller — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:00:35 +0000

Another NBA owner is set to also own a casino, something awfully common for a league supposedly scared of the corrupting power of gambling and sports betting.

First Online Gambling App Comes to iPhone

Preston Lewis — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:40:19 +0000

Betfair is introducing the first online gambling application for iPhones, just in time to take sports betting on the World Cup.

News: Eyebrow Interactive wins Indie Games Challenge Grand Prize

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:42:00 +0000

Eyebrow Interactive title Closure has won the Grand Prize at the Indie Games Challenge.

"We are proud to announce we are the winners of the Indie Games Challenge Grand Prize! Thanks for all the support..." said the game's official Twitter.

The game was created by programmer Tyler Glaiel, Chris Rhyne and Jon Schubbe and will be out on Windows, Mac and PlayStation this spring. The original flash game is currently available on Newsgrounds.

Take to the skies and fly your bug to victory as Bug Wings comes to Apple handheld devices

Costas Stephanides — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:58:21 +0000

DR Studios, an independent developer specializing in simulation entertainment experiences, have today announced that their internally developed tilt-controlled arcade adventure Bug Wings will be releasing on the Apple App Store on Thursday 2ndJune priced at 59p/99c for iPhone and iPod Touch, and £1.79/$2.99 for iPad.

UPC NL Provides Consumers with Free Mobile Internet

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:21:20 +0000

UPC (part of Liberty Global) has launched a new mobile internet offering in The Netherlands. Consumers that already take their triple-play offering will get free mobile internet with their...

Using app stores to distribute your mobile service - @mippin #mweb09

jamescoops — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Mippin are a mobile content aggregation and portal company based in London and one of the most advanced companies in the world in terms of using applications stores as distribution channels. The clever thing mippin realised early on was that you don't need to invest huge amounts in creating full applications for each platform - by using a "wrapper" or "launcher" driving to a mobile website, you can have the best of both worlds - the distribution power of an appstorea and the screen real estate of an app on the device but with the lower development costs of a mobile site.

Here's some notes on a great presentation on how they use application stores at the Mobile Web Summit from Robin Jewsbury Co-Founder and VP Development. I actually got them the slot for this presentation as I knew they would have loads of useful points and I wasn't disappointed.

- initially mippin was 100% focused on an application business (Refresh Mobile) but out of every 100 people that downloaded their app only 20 would open and use (they couldn't find apps on their phone!)

- not so long ago a lot of people therefore thought that mobile apps were dead RIP Mobile Applications and it was all about mobile web - until iphone appstore came along...

- iphone app store not perfect - QA process abysmal, not really a sustainable model? - mippin only getting 100 downloads per week on the app store - need to also look at Ovi etc

- however ... fragmentation of appstores and platforms is a problem

- Nokia - Java, Symbian, WRT, Flash, Blackberry - Java, iphone - C++, Windows Mobile - .net, Silverlight, Android - Java, Palm - Web OS etc etc

- but there is a way around this - use HTML, CSS and Javascript as a common platform and then create a "wrapper" for it - Phone Gap framework can be used for iphone, android, blackberry mobile web apps, WRT for Nokia/ Symbian

- this has allowed mippin to quickly and cheaply launch a presence on a range of different appstores and be one of the first services on the likes of Ovi and Blackberry App World

- 400% growth in RIM traffic since launch on Blackberry appstore

- 21% increase in page views from Nokia handsets since launch on Ovi with a WRT app

You can find mippin in the mjelly directory

Top 10 Best and Worst Things about Las Vegas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:51:00 +0000

No one has described life in life in Las Vegas better than the blogger VegasRex. Today, we continue to revisit some of his most memorable posts.

When you read Rex’s work you get a quite contradictive picture of Las Vegas.

He loves some aspects of the city and hates others, and sometimes you get the feeling he loves that he hates and hates that he loves.

What’s for sure though, Sin City is a place that leaves you with opinions.

But is it paradise or pure filth?

10 Best Things about Living in Las Vegas

“I've crapped on Las Vegas quite a bit in the past, oh ... six years ... but living in the town is certainly not all bad.

There are definitely some compelling reasons to move to the city. There are absolutely some things to love about living on Dirt Island.”

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10 Worst Things about Living in Las Vegas

Ok, Rex couldn’t even come up with 10 good things about Vegas.

Do you think it was easier to come up with 10 bad things?

“I must admit that this one was much easier to write. It was so easy to write that I had to force myself to cut it short, somewhere over 5,000 words, and break it into separate articles.”

So what you have to look forward to is a five-piece article with Rex hating on basically everything Las Vegas has to offer. It’s understandable why he finally decided to move.

But then again, now he lives in the Portland region, where his hate can be directed towards the high hipster density. And that, my friends, is pure hate – from the heart.

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Win A Playstation 3 from LadyLucks

admin — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:29:34 +0000

This month LadyLucks are giving away a brand new Sony Playstation 3! All you need to do to get entered into the draw is deposit during May – 1 deposit equals 1 entry! Every single deposit you make between now and the 31st will get you one entry into the prize draw! This is the [...]