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This year’s awards are to be held on Sunday January 8, 2006, and will be hosted by Dave 'Compo' Compton.

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National Gambling Board CEO, Thibedi Majake, admitted that his Board had little option other than to recommend the legalisation of online gambling. ‘The board's report says that legalising online gambling will address several issues: local gamblers will have legal protection; it will prevent 'criminal influence and exploitation' in the industry; and it will promote the development of an interactive gambling industry in SA,” said Majake.

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The acquisitions of MVPSportsbook, Player Super Book and V-Wager will continue the expansion of the popular sports book.

Chief Executive David Carruthers said, ‘The acquisition extends our cross-selling opportunities and further strengthens our management team with U.S.-facing sports betting expertise.’

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The winners and their companions will be flown into Christchurch, spending ten night’s in The Crowne Plaza, the city’s premier hotel, and experience the best of New Zealand’s natural beauty, made famous by such films as The Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia.

Despite Internet casinos being outlawed by the US Federal Government, the growing trend by the public to gamble online is turning the money men’s heads.

This glowing endorsement by American investors of the online gambling industry’s growth potential underlines a striking gap between the Government’s stance and the realities of this booming business.

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Bruce Stubbs, Marketing Manager of ParadisePoker.com was also highly enthused about the outcome of their latest tournament. Stubbs said, 'The success of our second $1 million dollar freeroll tournament proves this contest is here to stay. The chance to win a million dollars for free is unheard of - even for a lottery. We had players on this final table who had never spent a dime at Paradise.”

2005 was a landmark year for online poker and the online gaming industry as a whole. This year saw three large London stock market flotations, generating revenues of around $3.5 billion (2 billion pounds). Moreover, poker games and books are now topping Christmas lists the world over.

At the fore of the online explosion is PartyGaming who are the dominant force in the industry. After a high-profile £4.6 billion flotation in June, the owner of PartyPoker and Starluck Casino saw its market value soar to over £7 billion.

The dawning of 2006 promises more exciting - and likely profitable - prospects for PartyGaming with the launch of its new PartyCasino site to run alongside its existing Starluck Casino, as well as two new games.

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The field for the event included more than 100 professional poker players including Marcel Luske 'The Flying Dutchman,' professional athletes, such as Dan 'Hollywood' Henderson and Carlos Polk of the San Diego Chargers along with a host of celebrities, which included Don Felder, guitarist of legendary rock band, Eagles.

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J. Fisch, Marketing Director for AlamoPoker.com said, ‘Most important is that the event was for charity and Cystic Fibrosis should really be the beneficiary of the tournament. I'm looking forward to raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at future events.’

The Alamo Poker Tour moves onto San Antonio for the next tournament.

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Cherry, soon to be known as Betsson, are hoping to complete the split at the latest by 2006.

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Qualifiers are already taking place at the Noble Poker website, where contenders can enter as many times as they want. Once the final table is decided, the final showdown will take place in May at a secret location, where contestants will battle it out for a the championship purse and a chance to win $100 million.

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Regular poker players – those who play thousands of hands a month – will be refunded a 30% ‘rakeback’ from the hundreds of dollars of rake per month they would generate and otherwise forfeit to the casino.

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The list of finalists includes modern-day poker heroes such as Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Hellmuth – everyone’s favorite guy to love to hate. It also includes behind-the-scenes poker movers and shakers such as tournament director Johnny Grooms, player agent Brian Balsburgh and WPT co-founders Steve Lipscomb and Lyle Berman. Additionally, ‘The Poker Power 20’ honors pioneering websites such as PartyPoker and PokerStars.

The results of Bluff Magazine’s ‘Poker Power 20’ will be available in its January issue.

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Steve Cook of Tribeca Tables Europe was greatly enthused about the deal. ‘As poker markets are constantly changing, many brands are on the move. We are ecstatic that Bowmans are joining our network; they bring a wider base of sports and poker players and will substantially boost our liquidity,” said Mr. Cook.

Bowmans Head of Poker, Jonathan Sullivan was equally optimistic in saying, “because the poker industry is such a fast changing business we felt that the Tribeca platform is the one best suited to cope with our ever increasing customer base.’

Tribeca Tables now boasts over 100 poker room brands to become the largest poker room network provider in the world.

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Michl Posch, Head of Marketing at Intertops.com said of this landmark celebration, “2006 may be our tenth anniversary, but it is as well the 10th anniversary of the whole online betting industry. It is also the beginning of a truly exciting future for the company - and for the Online Gaming industry as a whole.”

Intertops.com in 2005 is still a force in the online gaming industry taking more than one thousand bets per day from sports fans like Jukka.

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Voters noted also that they would feel safer using a US-based casino. Nearly two thirds of those Americans surveyed said that they would feel more comfortable playing with a US-based online casino due to it being regulated by US authorities.

If the US government was to heed these calls to legalise online gambling, they could expect a substantial financial windfall. That is, with the online gaming industry recently surpassing $10bn in worldwide revenues, it is estimated that the US government could have collected as much as $1.8bn in tax revenues from online gaming by Americans alone.

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All presenters and nominees for this year’s awards – including 50 Cent, The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Green Day – will receive an Aces.com luxury gift pack, as well as an invitation and first class airline tickets to attend the company’s exclusive Super Bowl Party. Also, the celebrities will be asked to sign the Aces.com poker table, which is to be auctioned on eBay after the event.

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The recent form of both teams suggests that the showdown in the NFC South will be a hard-fought and tight contest. With defences ranked #2 and #4 respectively, the Buccaneers and the Panthers are certain to place a huge strain on the offensive prowess of such players such as Carolina’s league-leading receiver, Steve Smith.

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Alex Czajkowski, Marketing Director of Sportsbook.com said, ‘The popularity of online gambling continues to sky rocket. Because we offer the best customer service and betting options we're leading the industry with more customers, more customer retention and more new registrations than any of our competitors.’

The winnings then continued on Monday night when the Philadelphia Eagles lost 42-0 at home to Seattle. Sportsbook.com's unique ‘NFL Shut Out Rule’ stipulates that all money bet on any team that is shut out will be refunded. Thousands of bets, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were thus refunded.

Alex Czajkowski, Marketing Director of Sportsbook.com said, ‘The popularity of online gambling continues to sky rocket. Because we offer the best customer service and betting options we're leading the industry with more customers, more customer retention and more new registrations than any of our competitors.’

The lot had a reserve price of $49,000, less than 50% of the face value of $100,000.

Lee Samuels, Director of Promotions at BetbyInternet said, “I am surprised it took nearly two full days for the eBay legal team to catch and react to the auction and finally make the decision to stop the auction citing, 'encouraging illegal actions' in an email addressed to our promotions department.” Samuels added, “Our guess is that the legal department was at a prolonged holiday party and slept the first few days of the auction.”

BetbyInternet plans to list a similar auction, however this time the promotion will be a pre-paid gambling trip to Las Vegas. “Gambling is only legal in Vegas… so my guess is that eBay should not have a problem with this type of auction,” said Randal Zuniga, Vice-president of Operations.

Defending champion Brazil is the clear favourite at 3-1, followed by their South American archrivals Argentina at 13-2.

Bookmaker William Hill has shortened England’s odds to 13/2 after being they were gifted a kind draw for the group stage. Victory for England in the World Cup would be the worst result for bookmakers in Britain since Frankie Dettori hit them for £40m by winning all seven races at Ascot in September 1996.

Hill's spokesman, Graham Sharpe said, 'That day is known as Black Saturday in the industry after Frankie's 'Magnificent Seven' cost us £40 million but an England win in the World Cup would dwarf that and hit bookies for over £50million - we want England in as long as possible to maintain interest in the tournament, but dread them winning - so defeat in a penalty shoot-out in the Final would be ideal for us!'

Winward Gaming Group spokesman, Scott Logan said, ‘We’re very excited about bringing SlotsVillage.com to the marketplace. SlotsVillage.com players will be able to play exciting video slot machines that won’t be available anywhere else on the Internet.’

SlotsVillage.com is set to use Parlay Entertainment software and is one of a number of new sites that have been tailored to players’ specific tastes. Logan explained, ‘Our market research indicated that online casino players are moving towards more niche based sites as their gaming tastes mature.’

The Jackpot Factory online casino group is celebrating the December festive season holidays with daily promotions, bonuses, and cash prizes that will total over $500,000.

Comprising All Slots Casino, All Jackpots Casino, First Web Casino, Wild Jack Casino, and Wild Jack Poker, the group will mark the season this December with a month full of promotions.

Kicking-off the holiday spirit is “Stocking Surprise” where players automatically qualify for random cash bonuses 24 hours a day while playing their favorite slot games. In addition, the “Jingle Bell Slots” promotion runs daily on all slot games and rewards the top players in several categories. Full details are available on the sites.

Online poker website PokerRoom.com scored an industry first this week with the announcement that parent and software provider Ongame has developed a team play format for poker rooms, making it possible for friends, co-workers, frats, and others to team up and play other teams.

This team play allows members to join an existing team or set up a team of their own. The player who registers a team is considered the team manager and handles setting up the events to play in and also monitor the team wallet.

Team size can range from a minimum of 5 to a max of 10. Teams can play in Leagues or Eliminators. Leagues last much longer, while the Eliminators are heads up matches between teams. Eliminators continue until only 2 men stand to dual out for the victory or defeat of the team.

The team wallet is done in a fair method by using a percentage method to calculate how much a member can withdraw from the team wallet to ensure the players do not take a larger percentage of what they put in.

Pokerroom.com is the first to introduce this team play format to online poker, and the concept appears to be popular with hundreds of players joining and creating new teams "...every minute."

Lisa Gregory, GOM Manager said, ‘Throughout the year eCOGRA has set admirable benchmark standards for player protection and operational efficiency at its 'Play It Safe' seal casinos and poker rooms, benefiting players and the industry alike.’

Andrew Beveridge, CEO of eCOGRA said, ‘Player protection is the primary goal of eCOGRA around which our requirements and standards are framed, so it is very rewarding that players have recognised our efforts in this way.'

eCOGRA's impressive 48-hour response time to any player issues under the ‘Play-It-Safe’ seal was a key factor in their winning the award.

Middlesborough signed an exclusive deal with 888.com until 2007, and West Ham’s opening of it’s own online casino – Hammers Casino.

Hammers Casino features the solid Playtech software platform and offers a wide variety of games and promotions, whilst 888.com is a market-leading casino with an excellent reputation in the online gaming market.

The eyes of the football and sporting worlds are undoubtedly be on these sponsorship deals because successful results from either of these ventures would certainly inspire more gambling sponsorship deals in the near future.

Lucky poker players will be able to exchange online messages and share information with Cindy, who is an amateur poker player herself and hopes to compete in celebrity tournaments in the near future.

The new technology, incorporated into the WPT site, aims to allow players to have a greater interaction with each other and share experiences. The option to upload profiles and discuss the game will appeal to novice and experienced players alike as their poker experience is developed.

888.com had excellent results in three months leading up to September 30, including a 56% rise in revenue to $70 million and 178% revenue increase from its poker room to $29.5 million.

The company’s share price has reached ₤1.84, reflecting a return of 5% on its IPO price and 888.com hope that their possible inclusion to the FTSE 250 will further bolster the share price.

Market analyst, Charles Wilson believes that it’s not just 888.com’s price that may be on the rise. Wilson said, ‘The robust Q3 statement for 888.com should also help restore the market's confidence in the online gaming sector.’

Coupled with accolades such as their induction last year into GOM’s Hall of Fame and the Silver Award of ‘Best Casino Reputation’ from this year, InterCasino is proving why it is widely regarded as the best in the online world.

“Internet gambling is a new but maturing business, and to ensure that our customers are playing in the safest and most exciting site on the web, we need to constantly react to the feedback and criticisms from our customers,” said Peter Marcus, Inter Casino spokesperson. “We are extremely grateful to all the Inter Casino players whose constant support and guidance have made our site what it is, and we thank them for this award.”

InterCasino claimed a number of other awards this year with such as ‘Best Online Casino For Slots’, ‘Best Reward Program’ and ‘Best Customer Service’ from Strictly Slots magazine. Rounding out a hallmark year for the Inter Casino group, Interbingo.com was voted ‘Best Online Bingo’ and InterPoker.com was awarded Silver for ‘Best Poker Software’

Gamebookers CEO, John O'Malia said, ‘Never before has a sponsor actually bought a player for a club, but we hope to help Aris compete at the highest level. The fact that the sponsor in this case is an online bookmaker may be shocking to some people, but our players are keen sports fans and we owe it to them to support the growth of sport around the world.’

President and CEO of Aris Basketball Club, Mr. Damianidis was understandably excited about the new deal, ‘The Gamebookers representatives visited our headquarters in Thessaloniki on several occasions, and it was clear from the first moment that we shared the same goal to reach the top and the same passion to overcome any obstacle.’

Dr Axisa said “We are delighted to be recognised for our ‘Excellent Services to the Online Gaming Industry’ by Business Britain Magazine. This award attests to the validity of LGA’s strategy and acknowledges the success the Authority’s registering as the leading remote gaming regulator in Europe”.

Commenting on winning the award, LGA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mario Galea claimed that this is an extremely important achievement for the Lotteries and Gaming Authority considering the market in which it operates. Mr Galea also expressed his satisfaction that the award came from a country where gambling regulations are highly upheld.

Gamebookers CEO, John O'Malia said, ‘Never before has a sponsor actually bought a player for a club, but we hope to help Aris compete at the highest level. The fact that the sponsor in this case is an online bookmaker may be shocking to some people, but our players are keen sports fans and we owe it to them to support the growth of sport around the world.’

President and CEO of Aris Basketball Club, Mr. Damianidis was understandably excited about the new deal, ‘The Gamebookers representatives visited our headquarters in Thessaloniki on several occasions, and it was clear from the first moment that we shared the same goal to reach the top and the same passion to overcome any obstacle.’

The news follows the announcement on Wednesday that PartyGaming was to be sued by former partner Empire Online for breach of contract.

Chief executive Richard Segal said, ‘Our business has continued to perform well across the board during the fourth quarter with both our poker and casino businesses showing strong growth.’ Mr. Segal added, ‘The increase in revenues following the introduction of blackjack to our PartyPoker.com customers has been substantial and has exceeded our expectations.’

Analysts had been expecting full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of about $530 million, but the resurgence in the share price has ensured that this figure could be exceeded.

Many top poker rooms are joining forces with Whichpoker.com to send up to the minute tournament information via RSS feeds to AOL, MSN or Yahoo homepages. The RSS feeds, which are free, allow players to find out when the next specific tournament is due without having to search the multitude of poker rooms.

Graham Edmond, of Whichpoker.com, said, ‘RSS feeds make it easy for players to find tournaments to suit them – we save players from having to trawl through every poker site by doing it for them.’ He adds, ‘With qualifiers for the 2006 WSOP starting soon the timing couldn't be better - Whichpoker's RSS feeds can send players updates for every upcoming WSOP qualifier onto their homepage.’

Lee Samuels, Director of Promotions for BETbyINTERNET.com, said, ‘A pre-paid membership valued at $100,000 would make an excellent gift for the holidays. If bought at the right price, the account can be worth thousands almost immediately.’

In a bold marketing move by BETbyINTERNET.com, the sportsbook and online casino are offering the chance to buy a $100,000 account for what may well be tens of thousands less than face value.

If this sounds like the perfect holiday gift to you, the item is online now at eBay.com as item #564 406 0061.

A betting exchange works differently than a standard sportsbook in that gamblers bet directly against other players, thereby eliminating the middleman. The flow on effect of this, is lower transaction costs and greater potential profits for the players.

Tom Ramsey, Matchbook's Vice President of Development extolled the virtues of his companies new venture by saying, ‘Matchbook is a bookmakers nightmare; Exchange betting has already shaken up the $30bn European sportsbetting marketplace, and now the North American market is experiencing a similar transformation.” Ramsey adds, “As the Europeans have demonstrated, when people can bet directly with each other, betting markets become notably deeper and offer much tighter spreads.”

Prizes include a $1,000 heads up, Sit-N-Go against one of Bodog’s resident poker professionals – Josh Arieh and David Williams – and a weekend at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, with entry into the legendary Bellagio $1,000 Saturday night tournament.

“Our point system is very popular for its flexibility in our tournaments, now our players can win even more when they come out on top,” said Calvin Ayre, Bodog.com Founder and CEO. ”What poker player wouldn’t love to play in the Saturday night tourney at the Bellagio?”

For those not lucky enough to win the big prizes, players finishing in the Top 10 still receive a varying amount of tournament credits for use in the World Series of Poker/World Poker Tour semifinals or the $100K Sunday guaranteed tournament at Bodog.com.

Empire said, ‘The Company seeks substantial damages and injunctive relief from PartyGaming,’

Empire gave no further details, but a source close to the company said Empire was claiming that PartyGaming had breached contracts by marketing to Empire's best customers after breaking up their previous alliance.

PartyGaming denied the allegations. Director of Communications, John Shepherd, said, ‘We congratulate Empire on kick-starting the pantomime season. We remain confident of a successful outcome to the litigation with Empire.’

PartyGaming entered talks to buy Empire early last month, but the talks collapsed within three weeks. Shepherd said, ‘If this legal action is in any way an attempt by Empire to bounce us into a deal, then they had better go back to the drawing board.’

Despite the problem, some players were still able to participate, such as eventual winner Kris Spevak. As winner of the tournament, Spevak was awarded free entry into a celebrity poker event to take place in Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa on 8-9 December.

Alamo Poker apologised to those who were unable to play in the free online tournament.

Players can either redeem the $50 refund directly as cash or for those players wanting to take a chance, the refund can be credited into their Player Account along with an another $50 from Fortune Lounge as temptation to try their luck again.

Online Casino Player Goes From “Rags To Riches” In what could be described as the perfect Christmas gift, InterCasino.com player ‘Jane W’ has won almost $150,000 playing the ‘Rags to Riches’ progressive slot jackpot.

“This is one of the best things to ever happen to our family,” said Jane. “I can’t wait to surprise my grandkids with the amazing presents they’re going to receive this year. It’s going to be a very merry Christmas for us, and I wish everyone at InterCasino the happiest of holidays!”

The game, ‘Rags to Riches Progressive Slot Jackpot’, is a customer favorite at InterCasino and is part of CryptoLogic’s Version 8 software.

“We are delighted to have made this holiday such a special one for Jane and her family,” said InterCasino.com manager Ryan Hartley. “Giving such a high payout is always exciting for us, but it is truly gratifying to know that the prize money will go towards creating wonderful memories for such a tight-knit family.”

InterCasino.com has paid out more than $3bn in customer winnings since its inception in 1996.

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While most pundits expected the Colts to win against the Steelers, the physical nature in which they disposed of Pittsburgh coupled with the ease with which the Colts’ so-called small defensive front handled the Steelers’ offensive running game sounds a huge warning to any would-be opponent.

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Online Casino Adds New Games CrazyPoker.com is adding new games to its repertoire. From this week, Blackjack and Roulette will be available to all its players.

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World Poker Tour For Sale Lakes Entertainment, which holds a two-thirds stake in the World Poker Tour (WPT), may be considering a sell-off in order to raise substantial amounts of cash.

The US-based company has issued an intriguing 'forward looking statement' that suggests it may be considering the sale of its share in the WPT.

Lakes Entertainment recently settled a clash with the Securities and Exchange Commission over late financial reportage, and in earlier statements the group indicated that it was seeking substantial capital - $10 million by the end of 2005 and an additional $10 million by March 1st, 2006 – the sale of the successful WPT brand could well be the answer to raise this capital.

Poker In 2006 To Start With A Bang Some of the biggest names in poker will be trying to start their new year in the best way possible with a victory in PokerStars’ World Poker Tour Event at the Atlantis Casino Resort from January 5-11. The PCA event has attracted to its field the last three poker world champions – Chris Moneymaker (2003), Greg Raymer (2004) and Australian Joe Hachem (2005) – along with last year’s PCA winner, John Gale.

The six-day poker event offers multiple daily tournaments, cash games, satellites, single table tournaments, and the crown jewel of the tournament - the PCA championship. One of the world’s most lucrative tournaments, the PCA has a buy-in to the championship event of $8,000 ($7,800 plus a $200 entry fee), with the total prize pool estimated to be $5 million.

For the third consecutive year, the PCA will be broadcast as part of the ever-popular World Poker Tour and 2005 World Series of Poker champion, Joe Hachem, is pumped up about his being a part of the PCA. 'The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is going to be a blast,' said Joe, 'I hope poker players everywhere will join me at Atlantis. This is my first opportunity to attend the PCA and I look forward to playing in one of the most exciting events in poker.'

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To accommodate the locals’ love of football there is also a giant suspended glass screen showing the latest action across the Premier League and the world of sport. This brand new technology has never been used before in any of the company's other 28 UK casinos.

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Virgin Games plans to start aggressively marketing the site early in 2006 with a number of tricks up its sleeve – including some brilliant tournament opportunities including ‘The Big Three’, where the winner walks away with entry into the three biggest land-based poker tournaments on the planet.

Another drawcard for Virgin Poker – as it is with all of Virgin’s business – will be its focus on customer support and retention schemes. In the first six months of operation, Virgin Poker will be launching a market-leading loyalty programme and a platform that nurtures the online poker community. “Virgin Poker will use the resources of sister companies throughout the Virgin Group to add new value to our players’ experience… we will be able to offer a loyalty scheme similar to that found at the Virgin Casino that allows players to earn Virgin Atlantic points whenever they play,” says CEO of Virgin Games, Simon Burridge.

Furthermore, Virgin Poker will be trying to entice would-be players to their new service by tapping into the more entertaining aspects of poker than just the purely monetary allure of the game. Burridge adds, “Our message is clear; it’s not just about winning money, it’s about creating a fun, social environment where poker can be enjoyed.’

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Already one of the most popular sites in the USA and the UK, Pacific Poker is endeavouring to gain a larger market share with this new Mac-compatible software upgrade. Moreover, through their manoeuvring into the largely untapped Macintosh market, Pacific is hoping to usurp Pacific Poker – another of the rare Mac-friendly online casinos – as the online world’s leading poker destination.

Mac users occupy 4.4% of the online poker market, which is worth an estimated $11 billion dollars per annum. With only a limited choice available for Mac users it is clear to see why Pacific Poker have made this move.

Mac users will also be able to take part in Pacific Poker’s multi-table tournament called the ‘$50k Guaranteed Tournament’ that is held each Sunday.

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Karen Bliss, Marketing Manager Cashmill Bingo, said, “We are extremely excited for ‘Peaches13’ and are glad we could provide she and her family with an early Christmas present.

Cashmill Bingo has awarded over $28,000 in player jackpots so far this month and plan to award twice that amount in December during its Christmas promotional period.