Poker Fuse – Full Tilt Poker announced the creation of “Full Tilt Poker Pro Battle“, a new television show which gives online qualifiers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics the opportunity to go heads up against FTP Professional Gus Hansen. Qualifiers will battle against professional poker players including Team PokerStars Pros Alexander Kravchenko, Ivan Demidov, Maksin Lykon and Eugene Katchalov for a total prize pool of $150,000. Full Tilt will be awarding 12 prize packages worth over $3,000 to bring players on set in Kiev, where the show will be shot. The overall winner of the season…

iGaming Business – Dunia, operating under the iplay8 brand, has become the first online casino and games operator to be regulated in Africa after it was approved by the Government in Tanzania – the continent’s only regulated online gaming market. The new online gaming website is now live on the Quickfire platform, which is powered by internet gaming software provider Microgaming. “This is a completely new venture for us therefore it was important that we partnered with a reliable and highly experienced gaming provider,” Dunia’s director, Costa Giannakopoulos, said. “We couldn’t be more delighted with our decision to choose Quickfire;…

Press Release – As long as people have been gambling, whether it is in a casino, at a race track or simply wagering on games with your friends, they have been trying to figure out a way to beat the odds. However, it can’t be done and the more you do it, the more likely it is that you will get caught, and one player who was on an amazing hot streak could end up in prison for his attempts to beat the system. Archie Karas was something of a legend in the gambling world, a player that started out…

ABC News – Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has lost a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council. Adelson asked for $60 million in damages, arguing the council libeled him by saying his political contributions were sullied by links to prostitution. On Monday, a federal judge in Manhattan found that the council’s speech was protected. Adelson, whom Forbes ranks as the ninth-richest American, is chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a major Republican donor. The lawsuit accused the council of “assassinating” Adelson’s character by suggesting he personally approved of prostitution in resorts owned by Sands…

Gambling 911 – One of the main characters from the long-running Fox animated series “The Simpsons” is about to be killed off and leave it to Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to offer odds on who it might be. Executive producer Al Jean revealed the plans during a conference call, saying, “We’re actually working on a script where a character will pass away.  I’ll give a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is.” “The Simpsons” just entered its 25th season with most of the primary voice actors…

iGaming Business – Technology solutions provider BetTech Gaming has moved to strengthen its position in the South African market by appointing Mike Shea as head of trading. According to the Casinocitytimes.com website, the move comes after the firm acquired a South African National Manufacturers Licence in February of this year. Having previously been restricted to operations in the Western Cape province, the licence now enables BetTech to work with operators across the country. To bolster these operations further, Shea has joined the firm’s trading team from online operator Sportingbet. Having served as horse racing trading supervisor at Sportingbet, Shea has…