InterPoker is luring in lost poker players with an exclusive promotion for new players that sign up for an account at InterPoker. Since Full Tilt Poker has been suspended, this is a great way to bring those players over to InterPoker. For the month of July only, all new players at InterPoker can participate in the Rake Chase promotion, with a $200,000 prize pot to get in on.

This exclusive offer is only for new players who sign up with InterPoker this month, so if you’ve been thinking about signing up for an InterPoker account, don’t wait any longer! This promotion ends July 31st, so make sure you sign up as soon as possible to start participating.

Players simply have to start earning Chase points by playing at any of the InterPoker tables or tournaments. The goal is to earn as many Chase points as possible to make it onto the leaderboard. From there, climb the levels by collecting Chase points. The more Chase points you earn, the better your prize will be!

First place players will get rewarded with $2,500.00, and they’ll have had to earned 100000 Chase points. Last place players will be rewarded $10, and will have to have earned 400 Chase points.

To learn more about this promotion, and get started, check out http://www.interpoker.com/promotions/new-player-rake-chasing/

Back in June, Party Poker started a World Poker Tour promotion. The promotion is still going on, and will end August 21st. With a few weeks left, players can still win the great prize package they are giving away once a week. This prize package happens to be worth $15,000! It includes the $10,800 main event buy-in, $2,200 for hotel accommodation in Paris, and $2,000 spending money, not to mention, it’s PARIS!

This year’s World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris will take place in the famous Aviation Club de France.

Players who win will get to show off their chops in front of the World Tour Poker camera, and of course, get to compete amongst the best poker players in the world.

To get in on this action, players simply have to play in Party Poker’s daily mix of freerolls and qualifiers, as well as the weekly satellites.

Play today to win an unforgettable trip to Paris.

Greece is currently in the process of legalizing its online gambling market and opening up players to a wide range of online casino operators. The country’s current monopoly is going to be disbanded, but it still wants to remain involved in the industry. As such, OPAP, is planning to launch its own online gambling website with the help of an existing online casino operator.

Last year, OPAP was in contact with several online gambling operators to negotiate a deal where the hired company would help OPAP launch its new online gambling website. However, the negotiations fell through when the monopoly could not come to a financial agreement with any other online casino companies.

Now, it is back to the drawing board as Greece has continued its talks with Ladbrokes and Playtech. Representatives for the monopoly hope that they can come to an agreement so that OPAP can launch a safe online gambling destination with games that players can enjoy.

The next president of the Amusement and Music Operators Association has recently said that operators of jukeboxes and other amusement devices have little to fear from the online gambling trend that is making its way into parts of Canada and perhaps even the state of New Jersey in the United States.

Donovan Fremin has said that coin operated amusement devices have nothing to fear from the new ventures in online gambling since the two different entertainment mediums appeal to different audiences. His company, Delta Music, has operated alongside online gambling devices for years and he assures his membership they have nothing to fear because the Internet-based model isn’t competition.

At the present time there are two bills in California and New Jersey respectively that are on their way to becoming laws that would permit online gambling in either state. Meanwhile in Canada there are several provinces that have online poker and other games available and the biggest province there, Ontario, is striving to get all the information together to have an online casino of its own in the near future.

With the advent of online gambling in the United States, several different concerns have come to the forefront including the possibility of more people addicted to Internet online gambling.

Over the course of 2010, 12% of the online gambling industry has grown. At almost $30 billion dollars, the online gambling industry has been doing well and showing improvement. 12% in this case, is a small number, but substantial, especially considering it’s only a year’s worth of growth.

A new report published by Global Betting and Gaming Consultants states this growth of 2010’s online gambling industry at 12%. The numbers being reported by Global Betting and Gaming Consultants are not proof of the financial figures that support their 12% gain in the online gambling industry. For the past 2 years, the online gambling industry has shown signs of improvement in all areas of the industry, which may have contributed to this 12% gain that is being reported.

The online gambling industry is now worth $29.3 billion, according to the new report by Global Betting and Gaming Consultants. Areas like sportsbetting, online casino, online poker and online bingo were assessed for this report. Sportsbetting accounts for 41%, while online casinos and online poker websites account for 46%. Online bingo contributed a surprising $1.3 billion towards that $29.3 billion in 2010.

It is predicted that over the next three years, the online gambling industry is going to continually generate billions, hitting the $40 billion mark within that period of time.

2010 saw many countries start regulating their online gambling markets and also lifting bans, which may have contributed to this %12 gain. So far this year, this trend has continued.

A new report out states that the global online gambling industry is worth close to £15 billion as of last year and with the rise in mobile applications which allow smart phone users to take advantage of online poker and other games, that number is only expected to rise.

Global Betting & Gaming Consultants (GBGC) was the company that conducted the survey and the CEO was recently interviewed and was understandably excited about all the different prospects for online gambling worldwide. He mentioned the fact that in Europe there are two countries, France and Italy, that have just come on board and another seven that are putting forward legislation in 2011 to become part of the online gambling community.

Online gambling has been steadily growing in popularity and in 2007 it accounted for 5.7% of the overall gambling market, but those numbers are expected to rise to 9.4% by the year 2012. Warwick Bartlett, GBGC’s CEO, says that some nation’s focus on the problems associated with addictive behavior in online gambling are generally unfounded. He mentions that alcohol related deaths account for a much bigger problem in countries like the United Kingdom than online poker or any other online gambling game.

According to the Independent Study for Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), approximately one million people in Britain regularly gamble online. This statistic represents almost one third of the entire European population and of this estimate, women represent a growing percentage of the gambling population estimating up to 30% of hits to UK gambling sites during the World Cup matches alone.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell seems to be picking up on this trend. She recently entered the fray by calling the UK the hallmark for standards for online gambling and saying that she hoped more companies considered the move to that nation to set up shop. Although she did concede there would be some benefits to the governments regulating online gambling games, Jowell insisted the fundamental driver behind the new government push was protection of the public from unscrupulous behavior from offshore online gambling casinos.

Under the proposed government regulations, online gambling websites would not be allowed to target children with their advertising and customers would need to be informed on a constant basis about how much money they had spent on any of the games including online poker and online slots.

Other government ministers have conceded that the project is both ambitious and complicated but the government has presented a united front that regulating online gambling in this way will be well worth it and in the best interest of the public in the end.

While you might know the name Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, you might not be familiar with his online poker company. Dave is the UK poker player who had earnings of over $5.8 million. So when the news was released in 2005 to much fanfare that he was starting an online poker site, Devilfish Poker, people began expecting big things. So far those things haven’t materialized but the company is expecting a better year in 2011.

However, there was soon trouble. The Kahnawake licensed site didn’t get the UK’s proper approval and the site was restricted from advertising to its niche market. Although the customer base finally grew to 5,000 players in 12 months, the firm had some real economic trouble and lost over £600,000 in 2009 and more than £2m in 2010.

Officials for the company offered several reasons including a troubled financial climate as well as the growing tendency in the online poker market for mergers where bigger firms incorporated smaller ones.

Still, the CEO Paul Barnes is looking forward to the new year being much better for the company. He said recently that the brand has more of a market share now and that he believes it is in a better position to capitalize on the market in general.

Make every weekend a little more special at InterCasino, where they always have a weekend bonus of $30!

Claiming this bonus is easy! Players need to use the bonus code for the weekend and then make a deposit of $30 or more. The $30 bonus is actually a $30 refund, as players who have wagered $450 will be refunded $30 back. A minimum deposit of $30 must be made.

The codes for the next few weekends for the month of July are the following:
The first weekend is July 3rd- 4th, and the bonus code is WSJULY01.
The second weekend is July 10th- 11th and the bonus code is WSJULY02.
The third weekend is July 17th -18th and the bonus code is WSJULY03.
The fourth weekend is July 25th -26th and the bonus code is WSJULY04.
There will also be a bonus code for July31st, which is WSJULY05.

To ensure that you get the $30 bonus, players need to visit the cashier first, and input the bonus code for the weekend. A deposit of $30 or more is required, and a wager of $450 as well. Many games are open to this promotion, so making $450 in wagers will be easy! All slot games will be available, as well as Bejeweled, Cubis, Jenga, Lottery, Keno, Scratchcards, and Sudoku.

The ultimate dream prize for every die hard poker player out there. 20 years of free entry into the World Series of Poker! Who’s offering up this dream prize? PartyPoker of course!

On top of a lifetime of free entry into WSOP, there’s also prize packages and cash prizes to be won now with this promotion. The WSOP for Life promotion starts on Monday, May 24th, 2010.

To win this amazing prize, players need to rack up PartyPoints between May 24th and June 20th. This promotion is open to Bronze, Silver, and Gold players. They have to finish in first place on the leaderboard for the WSOP for Life prize. Players who place second through fourth will be able to claim a WSOP prize package, and the top 500 players will win a minimum of $15.

For Palladium Lounge members, they can compete in a special VIP points race for another WSOP for life package. The VIP race is divided into 4 weeks, and has a $1,200 prize to be won as well. Players will receive PartyPoints, and the top 60 will players on the final monthly leaderboard will win cash while the top 500 will be given an opportunity to take part in a freeroll on June 23rd which will award another WSOP for Life prize.

Start collecting those points on Monday!