Some awesome news today for European web surfers. Web surfers can access pirate sites now, because ISPs can not be forced to monitor or block users! Internet freedom organizations are extremely delighted by this news.

This awesome news is thanks to the European Court of Justice, which ruled today that content owners can no longer instruct user’s broadband companies to track or block them. The ruling from the European Court of Justice is as follows: “EU law precludes the imposition of an injunction by a national court which requires an Internet service provider to install a filtering system with a view to preventing the illegal downloading of files.”

For those that don’t get quite how significant this actually is, here’s the best way to understand. Sometimes, when a web user downloads something, they get half way, and then somehow, they get cut off from the web. In this case, that is likely to be an ISP that has been monitoring what you’ve been up to online. If ISPs spot web users downloading or illegally downloading copyrighted material, there’s a chance they’ll kick you off the Internet.

Thanks to the European Court of Justice, ISPs can no longer do this! Rejoice! No more download interruptions, no more getting kicked off the Internet, and no more worrying about ISPs.

Members of the European Parlament have approved a non-binding resolution that calls for greater cooperation between European Union member states on online gambling. The resolution was lead by German MEP Jürgen Creutzmann, and is the follow up to the European Commission’s March 2011 Online Gambling Green Paper. The resolution by German MEP Jürgen Creutzmann was approved by a show of hands, and asked the European Council to end unnecessary licensing duplication, administrative burdens, and take action against European Union treaty violations. Many MEP’s want the European Council to conduct a study on creating an operator blacklist as well as blocking transactions between financial institutions and blacklisted operators.

One MEP voiced her opinion on the resolution, and expressed she was less than impressed, because she felt that the resolution was for the most part, a vote to maintain gambling monopolies that are currently in place in member states. These gambling monopolies are very lucrative, so that also is a factor in why Ashley Fox, MEP for South West England and Gibraltar wasn’t impressed. Ashley Fox referred to online gambling as “a reality that will not stop at national boundaries,” and labeled the resolution “a missed opportunity … Protectionism has won over common sense.”

Gaming software giant, Microgaming has struck a big software deal with Ladbrokes, and they will now be providing their casinos and poker software to Ladbroke’s Danish and Spanish markets.

Ladbrokes is one of the largest gaming groups in the gambling industry, and offer players a variety of games, as well sports betting services. They have online operations in Gibraltar, and other operations in the United Kingdom.

Andy Clucas, Head of Business Development at Microgaming, commented about the deal, saying “We have had a long and successful relationship with Ladbrokes and are delighted to be entering these two exciting markets with them. Once granted a licence, Ladbrokes will be able to offer the most competitive range of products.”

Ladbrokes Spanish site, as well as Danish site is expected to go live with the new Microgaming software by January 2012, once licensing has been granted for both markets. Microgaming has over hundreds of games under their umbrella, and the sites will have Flash and download games available to Ladbrokes players.

Microgaming is known for their excellent poker software, and Ladbrokes expects that Spanish and Danish players will really enjoy the opportunity to play poker in games and tournaments when the time comes.

Europe’s largest poker festival, the annual Poker in the Park festival kicks off starting tomorrow! In it’s fifth year, Poker in the Park 2011 is going to be the best year yet!

It will be taking place at London’s Hanover Square, and start in the afternoon at 3 p.m. This year, attendees can expect to see many big poker personalities, and they can also expect to be in for an amazing weekend of poker themed fun.

After 4 successful years, this year is going to be different, and likely better than ever because of two different things. The first big change is that there will be a main stage.

The second big change will be that alcohol will be available this year at the PaySafe Card Festival Bar.  Now attendees can enjoy the festival with the missing piece of the puzzle; a drink.

The first day will be fantastic, and the evening will be in full swing with the Rat Pack styled Swinging Little Big Band, literally. After being transported back to the good old swing days, attendees can come back to modern times and watch a magic card show hosted by Andi Gladwin. After that, attendees can go back to enjoying more swing music, and after that, perhaps something more?

Poker in the Park will also be on Saturday, starting at 12p.m. Don’t miss out!

Like clockwork, InterCasino is offering up its usual weekly tournaments this September. With 5 different weekly tournaments this month, there’s a game for every player.

Every week features a game as the weekly tournament game. Starting today, the first weekly tournament begins with Golden Jaguar. The game is being featured until September 5^th. The next game runs from September 6^th to the 12^th, featuring Vegas 3 Cards Rummy. The third week runs from September 13^th to the 19^th and will feature Rickety Cricket. The fourth week features Cash N’ Clovers, from September 20^th to the 26^th. The last week has a shorter run period of just 3 days, from the 27^th to the 30^th, and features Street Fighter.

To get started, players have to log in to the casino software, access the ‘Play for Real’ casino, select ‘Tournaments’, choose the current tournament from the list, click the “Sign Up Now’ , and from there, a  $10 entry fee will be deducted from your account. Players start with a $500 token balance, and are given 30 minutes to achieve a high balance. The goal is to have the highest balance at the end of the tournament.

At the end of each tournament, the top six ranking players are rewarded

It is very simple to play in these tournaments, and an entry fee of $10 is all it takes to start playing. The $10 fee is automatically deducted from a player’s account when they sign up for a tournament. All players begin with a $500 token balance and are then given 30 minutes to rack up the highest possible token balance. From there, the top six players at the end of the tournament are rewarded as follows:

- 1st  Place : $100

- 2nd Place : $50

- Next 4 Places : $25 each

Pick a tournament to play this September at InterCasino!

A staple at InterCasino, players can always count on InterCasino’s weekly tournaments. The month of August is no different, and offers up an interesting mix of featured game this month.

This month, there are 5 different games being offered up. Currently running now, is Over Poker. This game will be running until August 15th, then the next featured game, Green Lantern will start it’s run on the 16th until the 22nd. After the Green Lantern tourney, Perfect Pairs Black Jack will be up from the 23rd until the 29th. The last 2 days of the month will finish off the month of August with Ferris Bueller’s Day Out.

Every weekly tournament has a shared $250 prize pot for the top ranking 6 players. The first ranking player gets $100, the second ranking player will get $50, and the third through sixth player will get $25 each.

These tournaments are simple to play, and simple to join. An entry fee of $10 is all it takes to get in on the action. When a player signs up for a tournament, the $10 fee is automatically deducted from the player’s account. When the game begins, all players start with a $500 token balance, and are given 30 minutes to rack up the highest possible token balance. The six highest token balances will get a piece of the $250 prize pool.

Win your share of $250 this month!