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The Titan Poker sponsored player from Britain wins the $100,000 Challenge and places second in the $250,000 Super High Rollers for total winnings of $2,925,000 AUD.

Team Titan player Sam Trickett, nominated as European Poker Player of the Year following his huge successes representing Titan Poker at tournaments around the world in 2010, has proven his poker skills by dominating two major high roller tournaments at this year’s Aussie Millions poker championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Earlier this week, Trickett won the 2011 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge and pocketed the first place prize of $1,525,000 AUD.

Trickett took some of his winnings and bought an entry to the $250,000 Super High Rollers event, the most expensive buy-in tournament ever staged. From a starting field of 20 of the world’s best poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Tom Dwan, and Phil Ivey, Trickett fought his way to heads-up play against Erik Seidel, the eventual winner of the event.

For his second place finish, Trickett took home $1,400,000 AUD. The two tournaments combined place Trickett as the fourth top tournament money earner in the world so far in 2011. Trickett’s winnings this week at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, already surpass his entire live tournament income from 2010.

Trickett, a 24-year-old player from East Retford in the United Kingdom, enjoyed a stellar year in 2010 with a total of $1,071,356 in poker winnings. He had six cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker*, including a second place finish in the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $505,725. In August, Sam finished in fourth place at the EPT Vilamoura for a prize of €139,680 and in September he was the winner of the PartyPoker World Open in London, taking home the first prize of $200,000.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the WSOP*, the ECPokertour, and the Asian Poker Tour. New players are invited to try out the free poker download and win an amazing poker package at Titan Poker.

Tex Rees, the Fair Gaming Advocate at the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA, has released statistics for the year 2010 on disputes involving online gambling sites accredited by the London-based company.

The report reveals that certain complaints submitted to the FGA came from a player syndicate fraudulently manipulating bonuses, which an in-depth investigation uncovered.

"Security considerations prevent the disclosure of the location and modus operandi adopted by the swindlers, who were all subsequently discovered and blocked," Rees recounts.

A total of 846 disputes (2009: 826 complaints) were submitted online to eCOGRA throughout 2010, an increase of 10 percent over 2009. 67 of these concerned companies not accredited through eCOGRA and therefore outside the ambit of the FGA’s authority.

A further 125 were found to be invalid, being fraudulent, non-specific or abusive and anonymous in nature.

The remaining, or valid, 654 disputes (2009: 628 complaints) concerned cash-in problems (44 percent); Bonus issues (25 percent); and Locked accounts (19 percent).

12 percent were categorised as ‘other’ and involved software fairness, responsible gambling and spamming allegations.

Over the 12 months, an average of 43 percent of disputes was resolved in favour of the player.

"The small decrease in the percentage of disputes resolved in favour of the player, and a corresponding increase in allegations of unjust bonus disqualification have been proved through detailed investigation to be connected," Rees reports.

"A fraudulent player syndicate was caught out by sophisticated security systems, resulting in its members submitting allegations which subsequently proved to be false, but had to be painstakingly followed up."

The free eCOGRA disputes resolution service has been in operation since 2004, and has handled a total of almost 4 500 disputes over that period. Almost 49 percent of these were resolved in favour of the player.

The level of disputes per accredited eCOGRA site was again remarkably low for the volumes of business transacted, with a typical accredited site delivering only 0.38 disputes on average per month throughout the year (2009: 0.37).

Back2School Bingo continues to impress online bingo fans into the New Year with a very attractive Welcome Bonus and entertaining 90-Ball bingo games with jackpot opportunities that all bingo players are able to take advantage of.

Online bingo has been steadily growing in popularity over the last few years and with a host of online bingo rooms to choose from; a standout from the pack is Back2School Bingo, which after only launching just over two months ago, has certainly thrown its weight in the ring of the bingo community.

Players have responded especially well to the online bingo room’s two-part welcome bonus consisting of a 200% first deposit bonus and a 25% recurring deposit bonus. Each bonus is offered up to a maximum of a £100 deposit.
Registering an account with the bingo site is also a simple undertaking. After filling out all the relevant account details such as one’s personal alias, name and physical details, the process is completed after the ‘Submit’ button is pressed. All personal information is kept secure and no third-party will be privy to this information without the players consent given.

Back2School Bingo has stuck to the basics of playing bingo, and gives players the opportunity to really get to know the game of bingo in a user-friendly environment. The most popular game in the UK; 90-Ball bingo is the only bingo game on offer. There is however three different Rooms that bingo can be played in; these rooms include Friendship, Harmony and Speed Bingo.

For players wanting to join in on online bingo games, they simply need to visit the website for more information; everything from registration, to the bingo lingo and tutorials can be accessed straight away.

There is also a comprehensive guide on all the current weekly and monthly promotions on offer as well as safe banking methods to use in order to make successful deposits and withdraws from.

The prospects for this online bingo room are favourable and will certainly keep the bingo playing public in the UK satisfied.

The popular online poker room is staging a new series of its MT3 Multi-Table Tournament races offering $150,000 in prize money and WSOP experience packages for winning players.

Following the huge success of its previous promotion, Titan online poker room is staging a new series of MT3 Multi-Table Tournament races and will award winning online poker players with $150,000 in prize money and World Series of Poker* experience packages.

The Titan Poker tournament race action begins on February 1, 2011, and will continue through the end of May. The Multi-Table Tournament races will award $12,500 in cash prizes monthly to players who rank the highest on the popular poker room’s MT3 leaderboards. Players will receive leaderboard points for each multi-table tournament in which they participate, based on a formula which takes into consideration their finishing position and the number of players. In order to level the playing field, a player’s best 20 results from each month will be considered when calculating leaderboard positions.

$100,000 in prizes will be reserved for the final leaderboard, which will consider players’ tournament play during the four months of the promotion. The top twenty players on this leaderboard will each receive a $5,000 WSOP* Executive Experience package, including flights to Las Vegas, hotel accommodations, buy-in to one of the WSOP side event tournaments, tickets to a Cirque Du Soleil show, and more luxurious benefits.

Online poker novices and veteran poker players alike are invited to download the user-friendly Titan Poker software and compete in the MT3 Multi-Table Tournament races to win their share of the prizes.

32Red Plc (32Red), the award-winning online gaming operator, announces that the High Court of Justice of England & Wales (the Court) has today delivered its Judgment in the Company’s trade mark dispute against William Hill, the owners of 32Vegas online casino.

32Red is pleased to report that the Court ruled in favour of 32Red, holding that the use of 32 Vegas and 32V infringe 32Red’s European Community Registered Trade Marks.

The Court held that William Hill’s 32 Vegas casino signs were sufficiently similar to 32Reds marks to cause a likelihood of confusion amongst consumers.

The Court also held that William Hill’s infringement caused detriment to the distinctive character & repute of 32Red’s trade marks. The Court dismissed William Hill’s counterclaim as to the validity of 32Red’s trade mark rights in the UK & European Community.

This positive judgment follows nearly two years of proceedings against William Hill. In the near future the Court will make an order on the consequences of this result. Amongst other things, 32Red will ask for:

an injunction to prevent use of 32Vegas marks in the European Community repayment of its significant legal costs an inquiry to take place to assess the extent of damages or profits arising from the infringement.

It is not possible at this stage to quantify the positive financial impact that this significant victory will eventually have. The Board will continue to keep shareholders informed of any developments as & when they arise.

Ed Ware, CEO of 32Red said:

"We are naturally delighted that the High Court has upheld our claims. This judgment firmly establishes our Intellectual Property Rights & should deter other operators from infringing our trade marks.

As highlighted by the judge, we have an excellent reputation as an online casino operator and a strong brand – these are extremely valuable assets in any marketplace."

News source: 32red Wins Trade Mark Dispute In High Court