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Doyle Brunson, The Brunson 10 and the industry’s top pros will let loose at the Wynn before WSOP Main Event

Blush Boutique Nightclub at the Wynn better get ready for a full house on Saturday night. Blush is hosting Doyle Brunson’s Official 2010 WSOP Party and with poker’s biggest living legend in attendance along with the who’s who of the poker world, the night promises to be nothing short of legendary. Doyle Brunson’s Official 2010 WSOP Party will take place on Saturday, July 3rd at Blush Boutique Nightclub inside the Wynn. Doors open at 9pm and online poker players are invited to join Doyle and celebrate DoylesRoom.com’s long list of 2010 WSOP successes.

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Top European multi-channel online gaming site Jetbull.com has joined the Cake Network to provide poker service to their players.

Jetbull are noted for their spokesperson – former Formula 1 star, David Couthard, a winner of 13 Grand Prix races and a resident of Monaco, famous for its race track and Casino. With a cool head, steady nerves, and a willingness to take calculated risks with the chance of high rewards Couthard is a perfect brand ambassador.

In addition to signing up Couthard, Jetbull has also undergone a redesign and recently upgraded their gaming offerings with Oddsmatrix’ sportsbook, NetEnt’s casino, and now Cake Network’s poker.

Sandra Barton, COO at Jetbull.com notes, "Thanks to our new partnerships Jetbull now has one of the best platforms in Europe.

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A Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia contractor has filed a High Court claim against a private limited company and a newspaper, alleging that they induced him to gamble. Chuah Yan Keng (43) claims that the newspaper published an advertisement last year on services provided by another defendant company and/or three unidentified online gambling websites, reports The Star newspaper.

The advertisement was published at the request of the company, which is the wholesale agent for the websites.

The plaintiff claims he paid RM150,000 into the company’s nominated bank account and obtained an access code.

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A Peruvian judge has ruled that the initial confession of murder suspect Joran van der Sloot will stand up in a court of law

The 21-year-old Dutchman accused of killing a Peruvian university student while attending the Latin American Poker Tour in Lima, Peru, is to be judged by his initial confession.

Joran van der Sloot admitted to killing Stephany Flores in his hotel room a few weeks ago but has since recanted and claimed that his confession should not hold since there was not an interpreter in the room.  That said, van der Sloot went into full gory detail of the events, suggesting he understood the questions being asked of him. 

A Peruvian judge on Friday denied a defense motion to void the confession because the attorney representing him at the time was state-appointed.

Superior Court Judge Wilder Casique rejected the habeus corpus motion on behalf of Van der Sloot, who is jailed pending trial on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the May 30 death in his hotel room of Flores, whom he met playing poker in a casino.

Van der Sloot also remains the sole suspect in the unresolved 2005 disappearance of U.S. t

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With the 19th edition of the World Cup football tournament taking place in Africa for the very first time, there is a chance that a team from that continent could finally win soccer’s ultimate prize.

No team from Africa has ever won the World Cup with only Cameroon and Senegal making it further than the second round, which came in 1990 and 2002 respectively. (Read the full post about ‘World Cup hope for African teams – Online Casino News’…)

Variety, action and the imminent reward of more World Series of Poker bracelets are keeping interest high in poker’s biggest spectacle unfolding at the Rio in Las Vegas. By late Sunday night event 34 – the $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-limit Hold’em Championship was nearing a conclusion and the award of another bracelet as Harold Angle, John Woo and Michael Minetti fought it out three handed to decide who gets the main prize and the jewellery.

They are all that was left of an original field of 3,142 that assembled three days ago.

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Betfair Arcade members have a wider range of gaming options to look forward to following the launch this week of six new exclusive casino games. The result of two years of development by Openbet, the new releases include European Blackjack, Vegas Blackjack, European Roulette, Money Wheel, Pontoon and Baccarat.

Players will be able to immerse themselves into a realistic casino environment, thanks to the use of the latest CGI graphics and cutting edge no download software technology, interacting with 3D dealers in a truly innovative package of casino games.

Sam Hobcraft, Head of Games Product at Betfair, said: “We are delighted with the product which looks stunning.

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As this year’s installment of the poker world’s crown jewel, the World Series of Poker 2010, enters its 3rd week, just about half of this year’s coveted bracelets have been awarded. As is usually the case this time of year, new and intriguing storylines emerge on a daily basis as established pros and green amateurs set out to capture their own piece of glory. Thus far, the bracelet winners represent some household names and other virtual unknowns.

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi essentially kicked things off by outlasting one of the toughest tournament fields ever in the $50,000 Players Championship, which included him knocking out his brother Robert in 5th place.

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888 Casino have launched 10 new casino games which includes slots and instant games many of which are themed around the world cup. The games are divided into three different categories: football games, branded slots and hi-lo.

Branded slots include: The price is right and monopoly slot. The FA Cup based games include the slota bonita slot, world champions, keno cup, top trumps world cup 2010 slot, Top Trumps Football Stars 2010 slot, Scratch Football and Hi-Lo Heroes 2010. In addition to this is Hi Lo silver.

Itai Pazner, C.O.O of 888.com, said: “We are really excited to be releasing these games ahead of the world’s most popular sporting event.

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins tomorrow afternoon with hosts South Africa facing Mexico from Johannesburg’s Soccer City and many online bookmakers are listing the visitors as slight favourites to emerge triumphant.

Mexico has been a serial World Cup qualifier ever since making its first appearance at the inaugural tournament in 1930. However, ‘El Tri’ has only made it to the quarter-finals twice and was beaten by Argentina in the last 16 at 2006’s competition.

Ladbrokes.com lists Mexico at odds of 7/5 to defeat South Africa while Bodog.com is going with the longer 29/20. (Read the full post about ‘World Cup’s first match set for tomorrow – Online Casino News’…)