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Player Strikes $159,000 Jackpot at Online CasinoAn online slots player named "123jaki" had the luckiest day of her life when she hit the second big jackpot at the new three-dimensional casino, WinADay.com. She was playing Slot-O-Matic, the site's most popular game – when she won $159,660 (123,620€).

Boss Media and Gaming VC Sign Strategic ContractGaming VC Holdings S.A., a leading European online gaming company, announces today that it has signed a long-term strategic contract with Boss Media AB ("Boss Media"), a leading developer of innovative software and systems for digitally-distributed gaming entertainment whereby Boss Media will significantly augment its products and services provided to Gaming VC for the next three and a half years.

32Red Sponsors Flat Jockeys Championship32Red.com, operators of the Best Casino award-winners 32Red Online Casino, has announced that they are to sponsor the Flat Jockey Championship title in 2009. This is the most recent in a series of substantial advertising investments in 2009, following the casino's ongoing first television advert.

Woman Hits Progressive Jackpot at BodogC.P. of New York was one lucky lady on March 18th taking home a cool $76,500 from Bodog Casino playing the progressive slot game Sevens and Stripes.

Absolute Poker Has Another Bad Beat Jackpot WinnerOnline poker players at Absolute Poker have a whole bunch of reasons to be thankful for EMILIE14's bad luck at the felt today after sharing in $807,543.95 when the 28 year-old resident from Orlando, Florida cracked the latest Bad Beat Jackpot.

UltimateBet Player Wins Wrestlemania Promotion PackageLeading online poker site UltimateBet.net today announced the winner of its popular Win Your Way to WrestleMania 25 Free Online Poker Tournament.

Heartland Poker Tour in Overdrive for MarchExecutives at Heartland Poker Tour are in overdrive as the production company runs two simultaneous televised events, while also inking contracts with two of the biggest names in poker this week.

Online Phenomenon Wins PokerStars Sunday MillionPokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announces "ckingusc" as the winner of the Sunday Million. Only six months after winning the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the online phenomenon took down the Sunday Million on March 22. Widely known as Carter King, "ckingusc" is a well-known figure in online poker.

PokerStars Accepting Bugsysclub PlayersPokerStars.com and BugsysClub have forged a deal which sees PokerStars.com taking on all BugsysClub player accounts, thus ensuring that no BugsysClub players lose their funds.

Full Tilt Online Poker Series Returns for Twelfth YearOnline poker's premiere tournament series returns for its twelfth running on May 6th, with Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) guaranteeing more than $18 million in prize money over 25 pro-hosted events.

Washington State Still Rejects Online PokerA Renton lawyer's campaign to make Washington state safe for Internet poker players lost again on Monday. A state appeals court rejected Lee Rousso's arguments that a 2006 law that forbids Internet gambling in the state violates the clause of the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce.

Cryptologic Reaches Exclusive Agreement with TGNCryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software, has signed an agreement to provide its Internet casino software to The Gaming Network (TGN), owner of some of the U.K.'s most popular gaming sites, starting in the third quarter of 2009.

Marty Smyth Wins Own Tournament at BoylepokerBoylepoker.com pro and World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet winner Marty Smyth has proved why he is a true world champion, winning the Omaha tournament he was hosting as part of Boylepoker.com's Be Our Sponsored Pro competition.

Full Tilt Launches Friday Night Fight TournamentsPlayers and Pros combine forces in Full Tilt Poker's newest tournament series: Friday Night Fights. On March 20th at 21:00 ET, Gus Hansen and Andy Bloch will face off in a winner-take-all heads-up match. Players can choose sides and earn a piece of the action by playing in the Friday Night Fights Main Event $5K Sweat Tournament in support of their chosen pro.

Playtech Now Offering Sports Betting"Online gaming software developer Playtech Limited, who today reported an annual net profit for 2008 of €40.7 million, is to integrate sports betting into its existing platform of games, positioning the company to offer a complete suite of gaming products to current and future licensees.

Titan Poker Adds Dutch to List of Twelve Different LanguagesTitanPoker.com, one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched its popular poker software in Dutch. Titan Poker is available in twelve different languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian and now Dutch.

Phil Hellmuth Column Now Available at Card Shark MediaPhil Hellmuth's Hand of the Week, the syndicated poker column by all-time World Series of Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth, is now available from Card Shark Media LLC.

Circus Online Casino Now Accepts Non-UK PlayersGenting Stanley who operates CircusCasino.com and CircusPoker.co.uk has announced the opening of its doors to international players from outside the UK. This announcement is expected to greatly benefit members of the Genting Stanley affiliate program "Genting Affiliates," which is part of the Income Access affiliate network.

Devilfish Poker Hosts European Masters QualificationDevilfishPoker.com today announced its European Masters of Poker™ qualification where players can win €1,800 packages to the second leg of the five-stop tour taking place in Varna, Bulgaria from April 15 to 18.

Cryptologic and Paramount Announce Multi-year AgreementCryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software, today announced a multi-year agreement with Paramount Digital Entertainment that will bring some of the most famous movie characters in history to the Internet casino world beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Full Tilt's World Series of Poker PromotionsThe 2009 World Series of Poker is just around the corner and Full Tilt Poker is covering the action from all angles. In addition to regular live updates from the Series, players will have multiple opportunities to win their way to Las Vegas.

Perfect Bracket or Not, Intertops Paying Out for March MadnessWith the 64 teams announced this weekend, office pools across America and around the world will be adding a little excitement to the US college basketball playoffs this month. Intertops March Madness Bracket will pay $25,000 for the perfect bracket. And perfect bracket or not, Intertops pays out.

Lucky18 Blackjack Tournament Final Advances Three MoreThree more victors in Lucky18Casino.com's March Madness Blackjack Tournament advanced to the April 15th Championship after making it to the "final four" in Monday night's qualifier. The fourth winner this Monday had already won his way to the final table by winning last week.

PKR Rewards Winning Swedish PlayerSwedish PKR stalwart fatboyflex beat off a classy field of 70 participants, including fierce rival Scopey on his way to pocketing over $10,000 in PKR.com's inaugural Saturday Big Shot.

32Red Announces Great Slot Winners in February32Red Online Casino, part of 32Red Plc and winner of 6 consecutive Best Casino awards, has reported a series of outstanding individual wins that cap a great month for slot players in February.