New players who sign up to Victor Chandler Poker and deposit using the bonus code TILT1000 between July 6 and 17 will be automatically registered for a €10,000 Freeroll on July 18.

New players who sign up to Victor Chandler Poker and deposit using the bonus code TILT1000 between July 18 and 31 will be automatically registered for a €10,000 Freeroll on August 1.

Players who finish in the money in either freeroll will also be entitled to a “freeroll winnings supplementary payment” based upon their VIP Point earnings during the relevant sign up period and as detailed below meaning there is up to €20,000 on the table in each freeroll and a chance for all players to double their money.

Andy Horne, head of poker at Victor Chandler, said, “It’s been a tough week for online poker players who have effectively had their accounts frozen but Victor Chandler is here to lend a helping hand with tons of free money for former Full Tilt players who sign up in July.

“On top of that, with an additional €75,000 up for grabs in our other July freerolls there’s plenty to play for and keep you busy throughout the whole month – even in the absence of a bankroll”.

The generous offer, which demonstrates Titan Poker’s stability at a time when legal actions have been taken against some of the major online poker rooms, including the recent closure of Full Tilt Poker, is available for a limited time. Redemption of the bonus is automatic as players earn Titan Poker Points at their favorite game at cash tables and tournaments.

Titan Poker continues to operate a secure gaming environment in a rapidly changing industry. The improved bonus offer comes at a time when Titan Poker is staging many of its regularly scheduled guaranteed prize poker tournaments with discounted entries as part of its Summer Jackpots promotion.

No matter what their poker preferences may be, new players will be eager to start the free poker download and experience the exciting poker action this summer at Titan Poker.

The newspaper claims that a Manhattan federal grand jury is probing the online poker company to determine whether there has been any violation of money-laundering laws in the United States.

The speculation is that indictments could be served on top US poker players resident in the United States who have been associated with Full Tilt, such as Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer.

The FT says that one element in the Grand Jury investigations is an FBI enquiry into unspecified civil suits recently launched against Full Tilt. Although it is not known what cases are referred to, there was a high profile but unsuccessful attempt to sue Full Tilt and various named top players last year by disgruntled poker pro Clonie Gowan.

The FT notes that such indictments could mark a significant assault by the US federal government on online poker generally, and discourage the endorsement of major American professional poker players. However, the report emphasises that details of the inquiry are still unknown, with neither the Manhattan nor Justice Department enforcement officials either confirming or commenting on it so far.

On March 20, the government’s Department of Physical Education and Sports issued an official decree recognising the Lithuanian Sports Poker Federation as an official sports federation.

This is extremely important step in our work, Andrius Tapinas, president of the Lithuanian Sport Poker Federation, said. We are receiving congratulations from many of our colleagues abroad and I know that we are breaking thick ice with our progress for similar international initiatives.

Tapinas revealed that the LSPF will soon present its official tournament schedule to the Lithuanian sports media. Along with his presidency of the LSPF, Tapinas, is the presenter of the of the most popular Lithuanian business TV show. His cashes in WSOP and Unibet Open tournaments were also covered on the front pages of biggest Lithuanian daily.

The Inaugural LSPF tournament will take place from April 24 through 26 in Vilnius. Tapinas expects this might be the biggest poker tournament in any Baltic country yet.

Net income in the second quarter was 126,000 euros ($179,216) compared with a 6.7 million euro loss the year before, the Vienna-based company said today on its Web site. Betting turnover rose 2.2 percent to 811 million euros.

“Revenue will continue to come in on a dynamic basis,” Bwin co-Chief Executive Officer Norbert Teufelberger said in a conference call. “The first six weeks of the third quarter have gone as planned” and “we are slightly above the results of the year before.”

Bwin’s shares rose 65 cents, or 2.4 percent, to 27.90 euros at 9:36 a.m. in Vienna, giving it a 920 million euro market value. The company reiterated it will earn over 110 million euros before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Bwin sees as much as 450 million euros in revenue.

Second-quarter gross gaming revenue fell 12 percent to 77.8 million euros after gamblers won more wagers placed with the company. The “unusually high payout rate” resulted after sports team “favorites scored particularly frequent wins in the period,” the company said in a statement.

Bwin, which sponsors soccer club AC Milan, operates in more than 20 markets through two Web sites that offer sports betting, a lottery and casino games such as roulette. The company’s database of active betting customers fell 3 percent to 1.06 million.

PartyGaming Plc is the world’s biggest online gaming company with a 1.04 billion pound market value

In an open letter to civic and business leaders in Northeast Ohio, Mr. Jacobs has urged them to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment pushed by Mr. Gilbert and casino operator Penn National Gaming Inc. that would allow the creation of a casino in each of four Ohio cities — Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.

Instead, Mr. Jacobs is promoting the idea of creating a 1,000-room, convention/casino hotel valued at more than $500 million that would be adjacent to the planned convention center and medical merchandise mart in downtown Cleveland.

“I believe the maximum benefit that Northeast Ohio can obtain from the introduction of gaming is the development of a 1,000-room convention hotel located adjacent to the convention center/medical mart site,” said Mr. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Jacobs Investments Inc. He also is a large investor in MTR Gaming Inc., which operates the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester, W. Va., and Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Erie, Pa., both of which would face new regional competition if the Gilbert/Penn National proposal won the approval of Ohio voters in the Nov. 3 election.

Jacobs says others would built it

Mr. Jacobs said the project he proposes would be similar to the Hilton convention hotel adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

In a press release touting his proposal, Mr. Jacobs said he has no interest in developing the convention center

hotel himself “as it will attract and capture the interest of large, top-tier gaming companies such as MGM and Wynn Resorts.”

According to the press release, a large convention center hotel “is the one convention and tourism engine that Cleveland has been unable to attract.”

“No private developer has accepted the risks associated with the creation of this missing piece of Cleveland’s convention/visitor infrastructure requirements,” the announcement states. “Without such a development, Cleveland will not maximize its effort to draw these visitor dollars to the region.”

Defeat of Gilbert/Penn National plan pushed

Mr. Jacobs said because of the recent executive order by Gov. Ted Strickland that allows for Ohio’s seven horse racetracks to operate thousands of video slot machines under the auspices of the Ohio Lottery, “the community now has a path to turn the vision of a 1,000-room convention/casino hotel into a reality.”

“If the development were located on Cuyahoga County or city of Cleveland land adjacent to the convention center/medical mart, then local government could enter into a land lease with its developer of choice,” Mr. Jacobs stated.

“Such a land lease combined with local taxes would more than double the local government annual revenue projected by the Gilbert/Penn National proposal,” he added.

In order to advance his proposal, Mr. Jacobs plans to push for the defeat Nov. 3 of the proposed constitutional amendment put forth by Mr. Gilbert and Penn National.

“With the defeat of the Gilbert/Penn National casino proposal, public and private leadership in Northeast Ohio will be able to focus on a far superior project,” Mr. Jacobs said.

RENO, Nev. — Max Baer Jr. is considering buying a closed hotel-casino in Sparks and turning it into Jethro’s Beverly Hillbillies Hotel and Casino based on the television sitcom he co-starred on during the 1960s.

Sparks Mayor Geno Martini confirmed Baer has met with city officials about the possible purchase of the Silver Club.

The former actor and director who has a home at Lake Tahoe already has approval to build his casino next to a retail complex being built in northern Douglas County about 30 miles south of Reno.