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Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update 9/7/2008
posted 9/7/2008 | source: PokerScout
The post-summer recovery began in earnest this week, with many European-facing sites and networks seeing significant gains in traffic.
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PokerStars fixes website, recovers Google rankings
posted 9/7/2008 | source: PokerScout
After a sudden drop in Google rankings last week, PokerStars has corrected some web design issues and regained its former rankings
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bwin and Casinos Austria embroiled in spy scandal
posted 9/6/2008 | source: CasinoMOZ
It reads like a cold war thriller: a gambling operator, a state monopoly, and the former head of the country’s counter-terrorism unit
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PartyGaming announces layoffs in Gibraltar
posted 9/5/2008 | source: Gibraltar Chronicle
Citing competition from US-facing poker sites, PartyGaming looks to downsize 320-person staff in Gibraltar
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PartyGaming co-founder makes Forbes list of young Asian billionaires
posted 9/5/2008 | source: Forbes
Anurag Dikshit, co-founder of PartyGaming, is one of six Indian billionaires under 40, with net worth of $1.6 billion
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Onilne poll: Poker players favor Obama over McCain by 2-to-1 margin
posted 9/5/2008 | source: MarketWatch / DuplicatePoker
Online poll conducted by DuplicatePoker shows Obama preferred 2-to-1 over McCain by online poker players
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Biggest online pot ever: Full Tilt 'red pro' Peter Jepsen beats Tom 'durrrr' Dwan for $499,037
posted 9/4/2008 | source: HighStakesDB
A flopped straight gave Full Tilt pro Peter W Jepsen the advantage over Tom 'durrrr' Dwan in the largest online pot in history
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California online poker bill shelved until 2009
posted 9/4/2008 | source: CardPlayer
Backers say time ran out on intrastate poker legislation, revised bill will be introduced in early 2009 with bipartisan group of sponsors
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Online poker kicks off in Italy
posted 9/3/2008 | source: CardPlayer Europe
With the Italian gaming authority's seal of approval, virtual cards were shuffled up and real money games dealt for the first time yesterday
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Playtech: poker revenue up 109% in first half of 2008
posted 9/3/2008 | source: Playtech
Playtech's interim report showed strong growth of iPoker network and announced rollout of Flash (no download) poker product
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Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update 8/31/2008
posted 8/31/2008 | source: PokerScout
Traffic showed a slight uptrend this week as the summer season gradually draws to a close and people head back to work and school
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PokerStars plummets in search engine rankings -- Google penalty or web design snafu? (update)
posted 8/31/2008 | source: PokerScout
Google has apparently imposed a stiff penalty on PokerStars, costing the poker site its top rankings for many poker-related search terms
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PartyPoker to form its own network
posted 8/29/2008 | source: PokerScout
PartyGaming announces major relaunch of poker software and formation of new poker network
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Online poker gaining popularity in Italy
posted 8/29/2008 | source: Online-Casinos
Survey shows two million Italians have gambled online, and annual spending on internet gambling has reached 350 million euros
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Full Tilt Poker suspends 'red pro' status of CardRunners pro Townsend for multi-accounting
posted 8/27/2008 | source: CardRunners blog
Brian 'sbrugby' Townsend admits to creating second accounts on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars to move down in stakes anonymously
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