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March has proved to be a successful month for two progressive jackpot players at the Fortune Lounge group’s Royal Vegas online casino, with wins of $345,664.53 and €851,348.19 recorded on the Progressive Cyberstud Poker and Major Millions virtual machines.

In the latest win, online player Jean E. could scarcely believe her eyes when – two days after opening a Royal Vegas account and starting to play – she struck it rich on Progressive Cyberstud Poker, collecting a winner’s payout of $345,664.53 last week.

Earlier this (March) month, Carol H. became a progressive slot jackpot winner when she took home a massive €851,348.19 while playing the Major Millions Progressive Slot.

The American UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) which was created in 2006, states that it is illegal for an American citizen to transfer money online in order to gamble. This law does not keep a lot of people from going online and bet some cash in an online casino. A lot of European businesses retreated after the legislation became active on the American market, losing out on a lot of revenue. However PartyGaming and 888.com await possible prosecution for allowing US citizens to place bets on their site. Founder of PartyGaming, Anurag Dikshit, has paid a settlement of 300 million dollars. But, the European Committee believes this is in violation with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

An European Union representative said, such laws restrain a free market, and thus is in violation with the WTO rules, who plead for an open market. He did stressed, that despite action through WTO would work, they would rather work with America to find a negotiated solution. “It is for the US to decide how best to regulate internet gambling in its market, but this must be done in a way that fully respects WTO obligations.”According to EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashton. Last year, after prosecution of European executives, and the charge against several investment bankers which gave advice to online casino operators, the Remote Gambling Association ordered the European Commission to investigate, because these actions are in violation with the rules of the WTO.

The Obama Administration’s new US Trade Representative at the World Trade Organisation, Ron Kirk will be under some pressure this week as the European Commission releases its report following an investigation into the discriminatory practices of US law enforcement in prosecuting European companies and individuals for alleged online gambling offences.

The investigation, carried out after complaints to the EC by mainly British online gambling companies belonging to the Remote Gambling Association, has been ongoing for some months and follows US unilateral actions that have seen the country shed credibility after losing several WTO disputes with Antigua and Barbuda. Among the elements studied in the US ban was the apparently inequitable and discriminatory nature of US legislation, and actions taken against Euopean companies but not US counterparts.

EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton told reporters in Washington that the European Commission would release this week the long-awaited results of its investigation into whether U.S. enforcement of a ban on Internet gambling violated WTO rules.

Online software developer Playtech, which reported a net profit of 40.7 million dollars over 2008, is adding sports betting to its already large list of services and software. This is because Playtech has bought Player2Players, a Cyprus based developer of betting exchange and sportsbook software. Playtech already one of the market leaders, with their iPoker network, can now offer their licensees a larger scale of products, including casino, poker, bingo, mobile gambling, live gambling, sports betting and land based games.

Playtech also announced that they finished the terms of agreement for Gamenet, to join Playtechs Italian Poker network. CRIGA owner of Gamenet, is one of the biggest network providers of regulated slot machines in Italy. This agreement will boost Playtechs Italian Network, already existing of SNAI, SISAL, Eurobet Italy and COGETECH. Also Playtech stated that profit from online casino William Hill Online rose with 40 percent on comparable numbers prior to the deal.

Last year, Playtech bought a series of  licenses, businesses and contracts, and sold them for 250 million dollars to the bookmaker to establish William Hill Online, in exchange for a 29 percent stake in the company. Playtechs model of hunting down important licences, wins the thrust of several analyst, chief executive Mor Weizer said this kind of deals are important for the growth of the company in country’s that regulate online gambling.

Tonight is the night that one of the American Idol contestants will look back on and see how they were extremely close to realizing their dream. Everyone remaining after tonight’s elimination will make it on to the American Idol summer tour.

Those are some high stakes for the eleven singers that are hoping they did enough last night to sway voters. By this time of the competition, favorites have already been established, and last night did nothing to change that.

Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey led the way once again on a night when it seemed that the talent gap between the male and female vocalists grew wider. Matt Giraud, Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Scott MacIntyre, and Michael Sarver all impressed the judges.

On the women’s side, it was sixteen year old Allison Iraheta and Alexis Grace that stood out. The two of them, along with Lil Rounds will pose the biggest threats to the male contestants, but they may not be strong enough to win.

Megan Corkery is another of the women who has become better with each performance. She was strong last night, but could have a hard time staying on the show for another week. The guess here is that Corkery is eliminated and the rest of the contestants make it to the tour.

There are few horseracing pundits who have caused as much controversy as the infamous John McCririck who is regularly seen around the UK horse racecourses and specifically on Channel 4 racing. Born on 17 April 1940 McCririck is well-known for his trademark deerstalker hat, tweed jacket and large sideburns and comes across as your stereotypical upper-class eccentric. But what else do we know about John McCririck?