Online Casino Couple: To Have and to Hold’em.

Having met online at Partypoker.com and fallen in love, Jackie Johnson and Gary Suffir have now announced that they are planning to start a family and that all bets are for a baby called “Chip”.
The couple met online in September 2004 in a $30 Omaha game in the site's virtual chat rooms after Jackie defended Gary in a row over a bad beat. They remained in contact and after a few months Jackie moved to New York City from Las Vegas to live with Gary in March 2005.
Now a year later, they are getting hitched at the Paris Hotel in Vegas on March 7th, with famous poker ambassador Mike Sexton as a witness, and it seems the sound of baby feet could soon be heard.
‘We thought that if the baby is a boy we could call it Mike after Mike Sexton but in honor of the way we met we'll call him Chip,’ said a smiling Gary. ‘If our baby is a girl we may call her Linda after Linda Johnson, the first lady of poker, but Queenie is a possibility.’
Jackie, a 27 year-old artist, said, ‘We're just so happy to have found each other and we can't wait to start a family.’
PartyPoker.com spokesman Warren Lush said, ‘It is with great delight that we are hosting what we believe is the world's first online poker wedding. We hope that they'll have and to hold'em forever and ever.’

Mahjong Mania Gaming Software Licensed to Ladbrokes

Mahjong Systems Limited, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Dynasty Gaming Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: “DNY) today announced that its Mahjong Mania software has been integrated and is now live on www.Ladbrokes.com. Ladbrokes is the world’s largest bookmaker and operator of a leading online casino. The installation provides MSL with a licensing fee and an ongoing share of rake revenue from each game played on the Ladbrokes gaming site.

MSL President Adriaan Brink stated, “Our goal as the leading supplier of multiplayer Mahjong to established online gaming operators is to partner with those who have the best reach in our target markets. Ladbrokes, with its large Asian customer base is an important player in that space and we are very excited to be working with them. 2006 is shaping up to be a tremendous year of growth for multiplayer Mahjong.”


By virtue of its origin, Mahjong is considered by many to be the national game of China and it is the most widely played gambling game in the world. Mahjong Mania is the first-to-market version of an aggregate play, cash-wager version of online mahjong.


Brink added, “over the last few months MSL has signed a number of licensing contracts with various online casinos and sports book operators and we are optimistic that several more contracts will be signed in Q1 2006.“

Record Online Casino Jackpot Win for Unemployed Man.

When Marty Ogden of Brookesville, Florida lost his job at the end of September the future must have looked pretty dull, but as one door closed, another opened - in this case at Carnival Casino where he won a new Internet record progressive slots payout of US $1,966,000 this week.

Ogden, aged 45, was an unemployed janitor when he decided to take his chances on the Gold Rally progressive slot at Playtech-powered Carnival Casino. He had $100 and a $10 bonus, bet $16 and then stared in disbelief as his screen lit up with a win worth almost $2 million.

Lady Luck continued to smile on Marty when he hit another big win for $12,000 at the same casino.

New Online Poker Room with an Indian Twist.

TeenPatti.com, an online poker site oriented for an Indian audience, has signed a contract with LoboGaming Corporation for use of its software. The new site will be aimed specifically at attracting Indian gamblers and is the first site to licence LoboGaming’s software.

The agreement is worth over $1,000,000, with LoboGaming also gaining a share of TeenPatti.com’s profits. The site is unique in its Indian orientation and as such is likely to capture the huge market India promises. LoboGaming, part of the Taj Systems Inc parent company, has taken a keen interest in the emerging sub-continental economy.

“The key for Taj and LoboGaming is target marketing versus mass marketing,” said Jay Patel, Taj Systems’ CEO. “In what is one of the most lucrative and fastest growing industries in the world, positioning oneself as a market leader within a specific demographic is paramount. We believe this will be the most successful strategy to create maximum penetration towards capturing the largest share of the massive Indian gaming market.”

Online Casino Software CYOP Completes Chinese Poker.

CYOP Systems is pleased to announce that its Chinese versions of its licensed online Free Poker Game have been completed and may be viewed at www.crediplay.cn/poker.
CYOP is now in the final testing stages of the site with its main partner, and expects to begin marketing the portal in the very near future. The Company intends to sell advertising and sponsorships within the games and related site. As well, CYOP will be hosting and managing multiplayer free tournaments with prizes.
The games and content are in both traditional and simplified Chinese allowing for greater saturation in Asia and in North America.
“The China Internet Network Information Center recently put the number of Internet users in China at 103 million. The USA is the only country with a greater online population, but with only 10% of the Chinese population online, the possibilities for Internet expansion in China surpass the USA. CYOP now has the potential to be first-in with a proven success story – Online Poker,” Mitch White, CEO of CYOP, commented.

Football Club Abandons Plans For Super Casino.

Manchester United has scrapped plans to build a Las Vegas-style supercasino next to its Old Trafford ground.
Manchester United PLC joined forces with US-based gaming giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. in May to submit development plans for the casino complex that included a five-star hotel, restaurants, a health club and sports bar.
The club believes Blackpool is odds-on to win the one Government licence for a supercasino and has decided to end any further spending on the project.
United have stressed the decision had nothing to do with Malcolm Glazer's 790 million pound takeover, which was not completed until after the original casino plans were drawn up.
'Whilst we maintain strong relationships with both LVSC and Trafford Council, we have decided jointly with LVSC not to progress the proposal at this stage,' said United commercial director Andy Anson.

World Poker Tour expands licenses.

WPTE has announced the global expansion of its World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) with the signing of two licensing agreements to stage regional versions in Canada and the Philippines.

Steve Lipscomb, CEO and founder of WPT Enterprises, Inc. revealed that the company has concluded agreements with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp, the largest integrated media and entertainment company in the Philippines, and Aidan Tracey, a respected Canadian marketing/ sponsorship/promotion expert, to offer multi-tournament WPT Tours in card rooms and casinos in their respective countries beginning in early 2006.

“We are very pleased to be able to bring the WPT to the fans in other countries who have been itching to try their hand at making a WPT FinalTable,” said Lipscomb.