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Tiger Woods is back ! he will be playing this week at Augusta National.
at 2 p.m. today Tiger Woods will hold a press conference, to answer some sex scandal related questions and hopefully some pro golf topics as well.
looking forward to having Tiger Woods back at the game of golf.
Check out these top online sportsbooks and internet betting in the US

Tiger Woods is back ! he will be playing this week at Augusta National.
at 2 p.m. today Tiger Woods will hold a press conference, to answer some sex scandal related questions and hopefully some pro golf topics as well.
looking forward to having Tiger Woods back at the game of golf.
Check out these top online sportsbooks and internet betting in the US

The Canadian government will soon introduce a new tax law in an attempt to raise funds to cover Canada’s budget deficit. Its been dubbed as iTax, and it targets internet users.
The new system will require Canadian ISPs to monitor the internet usage, and tax users  depending on which websites they visit. “Sin sites” will be taxed heaviest, these sites involve pornography, social networking, or internet gambling in Canada.

The Canadian government will soon introduce a new tax law in an attempt to raise funds to cover Canada’s budget deficit. Its been dubbed as iTax, and it targets internet users.
The new system will require Canadian ISPs to monitor the internet usage, and tax users  depending on which websites they visit. “Sin sites” will be taxed heaviest, these sites involve pornography, social networking, or internet gambling in Canada.

One small step for man, One giant leap for Bingo

Moon Bingo has a new TV ad in the UK, promoting their £100,000 guaranteed prizes during free bingo games each and every month! This is just one of the many promos running right now at Moon Bingo.

Visit their website to find more details, and to learn about the £3Million Super Millionaire event!

One small step for man, One giant leap for Bingo

Moon Bingo has a new TV ad in the UK, promoting their £100,000 guaranteed prizes during free bingo games each and every month! This is just one of the many promos running right now at Moon Bingo.

Visit their website to find more details, and to learn about the £3Million Super Millionaire event!

Joe Mastronardo, the son-in-law of the late mayor of Philadelphia has been arrested together with his brother John and charged with conspiracy, gambling and running a corrupt organization, due to an illegal bookkeeping operation that they ran. Over $1 million was dug up by law enforcement in Mastronardo’s lawn in a recent raid.

Fox News: Over $1 Million Found In PVC Pipes

More than $1 million cash was recently found buried in the yard of Joe Mastronardo, son-in-law of late Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo. County investigators and the FBI spent all Wednesday digging up Mastronardo’s the backyard in Abington looking for the hidden cash. Montgomery County DA Risa Ferman and the FBI moved to freeze bank accounts in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Mastronardo and his brother were arrested in a federal bookmaking scheme in 2006. At that point, the brothers agreed to forfeit about $2.7 million dollars as part of a plea agreement.

John and Joseph Mastronardo are being held on $1 million bail each. They’ve been charged with conspiracy, gambling and running a corrupt organization. Preliminary hearings and bail hearings are set for next week.

ABC News: Pa. brothers charged with running gambling ring

This is the second time in 4 years that Montgomery County authorities have arrested the Mastronardo brothers for running a sports betting operation.

Court documents indicate that most of the evidence that lead to the arrests was gathered on wiretaps, including a conversation in which Joseph Mastronardo discussed NCAA March Madness tournament. Looking for cash taken in from sports bets, and they found more than a million dollars.

In Mastronado’s backyard and shrubbery, 4 PVC pipe tubes full of cash and capped at both ends were unearthed. Investigators executed over 46 search warrants yesterday at other homes owned by the Mastronardos. They also seized bank accounts in Florida, Tennessee and offshore.

This is the fourth time the Mastronardo brothers have been arrested on gambling charges since 1983. They forfeited close to $3-million and received probation 4 years ago. Now, they are being held without bail for violating the terms of their probation and are looking at long jail terms.

CBS News: Abington Yard Searched In Money Laundering Probe

The FBI, along with county investigators, dug up the yard of a Montgomery County mansion Wednesday as part of an alleged money laundering investigation. Eyewitnesses in the neighborhood of million dollar homes claim that they saw the FBI uncover what appeared to be bags of cash.

Sources also told Eyewitness News that the home belongs to Joe Mastronardo, who is the son-in-law of the late Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. Mastronardo is currently in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility for violating probation. He was convicted of bookmaking in 2006. He is being held on $1 million bail.

Joe Mastronardo, the son-in-law of the late mayor of Philadelphia has been arrested together with his brother John and charged with conspiracy, gambling and running a corrupt organization, due to an illegal bookkeeping operation that they ran. Over $1 million was dug up by law enforcement in Mastronardo’s lawn in a recent raid.

Fox News: Over $1 Million Found In PVC Pipes

More than $1 million cash was recently found buried in the yard of Joe Mastronardo, son-in-law of late Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo. County investigators and the FBI spent all Wednesday digging up Mastronardo’s the backyard in Abington looking for the hidden cash. Montgomery County DA Risa Ferman and the FBI moved to freeze bank accounts in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Mastronardo and his brother were arrested in a federal bookmaking scheme in 2006. At that point, the brothers agreed to forfeit about $2.7 million dollars as part of a plea agreement.

John and Joseph Mastronardo are being held on $1 million bail each. They’ve been charged with conspiracy, gambling and running a corrupt organization. Preliminary hearings and bail hearings are set for next week.

ABC News: Pa. brothers charged with running gambling ring

This is the second time in 4 years that Montgomery County authorities have arrested the Mastronardo brothers for running a sports betting operation.

Court documents indicate that most of the evidence that lead to the arrests was gathered on wiretaps, including a conversation in which Joseph Mastronardo discussed NCAA March Madness tournament. Looking for cash taken in from sports bets, and they found more than a million dollars.

In Mastronado’s backyard and shrubbery, 4 PVC pipe tubes full of cash and capped at both ends were unearthed. Investigators executed over 46 search warrants yesterday at other homes owned by the Mastronardos. They also seized bank accounts in Florida, Tennessee and offshore.

This is the fourth time the Mastronardo brothers have been arrested on gambling charges since 1983. They forfeited close to $3-million and received probation 4 years ago. Now, they are being held without bail for violating the terms of their probation and are looking at long jail terms.

CBS News: Abington Yard Searched In Money Laundering Probe

The FBI, along with county investigators, dug up the yard of a Montgomery County mansion Wednesday as part of an alleged money laundering investigation. Eyewitnesses in the neighborhood of million dollar homes claim that they saw the FBI uncover what appeared to be bags of cash.

Sources also told Eyewitness News that the home belongs to Joe Mastronardo, who is the son-in-law of the late Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. Mastronardo is currently in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility for violating probation. He was convicted of bookmaking in 2006. He is being held on $1 million bail.

It’s April Fool’s day, and internet gambling sites across the net are taking advantage of this opportunity to have a little fun. We’ve been watching the news all day long, and have compiled a list of the wildest and wackiest April Fool’s pranks that different internet casinos have pulled this year.

Golden Tiger Casino: Get a free tiger!

Golden Tiger Casino, in celebration of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, is offering an unbelievable promotion this week. Anyone who creates a new casino account will not only receive a generous $1500 welcome bonus, but they will also be entered into a drawing to receive a real live Bengal tiger!

There are 15 tigers ready to be given away. Winners will have the tiger delivered to their home. Casino staff urge winners to keep their refrigerators well-stocked, because the tiger will probably be hungry after its long journey!

Blue Square Casino: Sir Geoff Hurst Makes A Shocking Revelation!

Sir Geoff Hurst, famous for scoring a hat trick in England’s 1966 World Cup Final, came out to the world today with a controversial confession: his second goal, he says, ‘did not cross the line’.

Goeff spoke today at a press conference to announce his new partnership with Blue Square’s online sports betting site as they renew their sponsorship deal with the conference league. The league will be changing its name to the Blue Square Bet Premier League.

32Red: Roulette Wheel Rotation at 32Red

Because of a recent change to 32Red’s Gaming Licence Terms and Conditions, the casino is now required adjust the rotational direction of the roulette wheels used at casinos operated by 32Red Plc.

Due to the Coriolis effect on the earth’s rotation, players who live in the Southern Hemisphere will see the wheels spin anti-clockwise, while players in the Northern Hemisphere will experience a clockwise spin. The outcome of spins will remain entirely random regardless of the direction of rotation, so players will not experience any difference in gameplay.

If a player feels that the roulette wheel wheel is spinning in the wrong direction according to their geographic location, they should immediately 32Red so that the problem can be rectified.

It’s April Fool’s day, and internet gambling sites across the net are taking advantage of this opportunity to have a little fun. We’ve been watching the news all day long, and have compiled a list of the wildest and wackiest April Fool’s pranks that different internet casinos have pulled this year.

Golden Tiger Casino: Get a free tiger!

Golden Tiger Casino, in celebration of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, is offering an unbelievable promotion this week. Anyone who creates a new casino account will not only receive a generous $1500 welcome bonus, but they will also be entered into a drawing to receive a real live Bengal tiger!

There are 15 tigers ready to be given away. Winners will have the tiger delivered to their home. Casino staff urge winners to keep their refrigerators well-stocked, because the tiger will probably be hungry after its long journey!

Blue Square Casino: Sir Geoff Hurst Makes A Shocking Revelation!

Sir Geoff Hurst, famous for scoring a hat trick in England’s 1966 World Cup Final, came out to the world today with a controversial confession: his second goal, he says, ‘did not cross the line’.

Goeff spoke today at a press conference to announce his new partnership with Blue Square’s online sports betting site as they renew their sponsorship deal with the conference league. The league will be changing its name to the Blue Square Bet Premier League.

32Red: Roulette Wheel Rotation at 32Red

Because of a recent change to 32Red’s Gaming Licence Terms and Conditions, the casino is now required adjust the rotational direction of the roulette wheels used at casinos operated by 32Red Plc.

Due to the Coriolis effect on the earth’s rotation, players who live in the Southern Hemisphere will see the wheels spin anti-clockwise, while players in the Northern Hemisphere will experience a clockwise spin. The outcome of spins will remain entirely random regardless of the direction of rotation, so players will not experience any difference in gameplay.

If a player feels that the roulette wheel wheel is spinning in the wrong direction according to their geographic location, they should immediately 32Red so that the problem can be rectified.

Louise Chavez of Denver, Colorado, was playing slots at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado on Friday night. She got excited when the machine she was on started flashing, displaying a message that she had won almost $43 million. The casino says the machine was broken, and gave Chavez some free meals and a hotel room instead.

BBC: $43m slot machine win a ‘mistake’ says Colorado casino

An American woman named Louise Chavez thought she had won $43m on a slot machine, but was later been told that a mistake was made.

According to the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado, the slot machine had “malfunctioned.”
It seems Chavez will never see a penny of jackpot.

Chavez earns about $12,000 a year, so when the lights and bells went off, she was very excited.

“All of a sudden I saw the light come on on top of the machine. I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! Oh, my God!’ I’d never had this feeling before in my life, never.”

Gaming officials blame an unfortunate computer glitch.

Chavez said she was given a free room for the night, and some food for compensation, along with the $20 bet she put into the faulty slot machine.

“My emotions changed from excited, thrilled, to very upset.”

ABC News: Woman Wins $42 Million Jackpot? Not So Fast

When the lights started flashing on a slot machine at the Fortune Valley Casino, in Central City, Colorado, Louise Chavez thought she had won $43 million.

Instead, the casino claimed the machine malfunctioned, and all Chavez got out of it was some free meals and a room for the night.

“I put my money in there,” Chavez explained on Good Morning America. “Whatever I won, I should get… There are dreams and there are things I’d like to do — helping my family, helping my kids. That’s why I’m disappointed. I just don’t know.”

Fortune Valley communications director Joe Behm said, “We’ve been open for 15 years at Fortune Valley and this is the first time we’ve had something of this magnitude.”

“It’s unfortunate when it happens,” said Don Burmania, spokesperson for the Colorado Division of Gaming. “We don’t like it to happen, the casinos don’t like it to happen and in this case, the patron didn’t like it, either.”

The New York Times: Colorado: Instead of $43 Million, How About Waffles?

A US woman won $42.9 million off a penny bet in a slot machine at a Colorado casino, only to have her dreams doused when the casino claimed that the jackpot message was in fact an error. Colorado gambling authorities are now testing the machine in questions, while the rest state’s 39 casinos struggle to reassure gamblers.

Louise Chavez of Denver got the jackpot on Friday while playing at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City. The listed its top prize as $251,000. She said that she was given a free breakfast as compensation, but that she is owed much more.

Louise Chavez of Denver, Colorado, was playing slots at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado on Friday night. She got excited when the machine she was on started flashing, displaying a message that she had won almost $43 million. The casino says the machine was broken, and gave Chavez some free meals and a hotel room instead.

BBC: $43m slot machine win a ‘mistake’ says Colorado casino

An American woman named Louise Chavez thought she had won $43m on a slot machine, but was later been told that a mistake was made.

According to the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado, the slot machine had “malfunctioned.”
It seems Chavez will never see a penny of jackpot.

Chavez earns about $12,000 a year, so when the lights and bells went off, she was very excited.

“All of a sudden I saw the light come on on top of the machine. I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! Oh, my God!’ I’d never had this feeling before in my life, never.”

Gaming officials blame an unfortunate computer glitch.

Chavez said she was given a free room for the night, and some food for compensation, along with the $20 bet she put into the faulty slot machine.

“My emotions changed from excited, thrilled, to very upset.”

ABC News: Woman Wins $42 Million Jackpot? Not So Fast

When the lights started flashing on a slot machine at the Fortune Valley Casino, in Central City, Colorado, Louise Chavez thought she had won $43 million.

Instead, the casino claimed the machine malfunctioned, and all Chavez got out of it was some free meals and a room for the night.

“I put my money in there,” Chavez explained on Good Morning America. “Whatever I won, I should get… There are dreams and there are things I’d like to do — helping my family, helping my kids. That’s why I’m disappointed. I just don’t know.”

Fortune Valley communications director Joe Behm said, “We’ve been open for 15 years at Fortune Valley and this is the first time we’ve had something of this magnitude.”

“It’s unfortunate when it happens,” said Don Burmania, spokesperson for the Colorado Division of Gaming. “We don’t like it to happen, the casinos don’t like it to happen and in this case, the patron didn’t like it, either.”

The New York Times: Colorado: Instead of $43 Million, How About Waffles?

A US woman won $42.9 million off a penny bet in a slot machine at a Colorado casino, only to have her dreams doused when the casino claimed that the jackpot message was in fact an error. Colorado gambling authorities are now testing the machine in questions, while the rest state’s 39 casinos struggle to reassure gamblers.

Louise Chavez of Denver got the jackpot on Friday while playing at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City. The listed its top prize as $251,000. She said that she was given a free breakfast as compensation, but that she is owed much more.