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Titan Poker, which is the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, has announced that it has presented talented poker player Greg Metzak with a cheque of 40,000 Euros this week. The cheque was awarded to Greg, who is a 23 year-old psychology student from Canada for his performance at the Euro City Poker Tour (ECPT) in Madrid. Greg got the chance to play in Madrid after he won an online free roll tournament which was hosted by Titan Poker only for its top VIP Players.

For Greg this was the first time he was playing at a live tournament and was traveling for the first time to Europe. Despite his lack of experience the Canadian student defeated a number of experienced players and won the first prize. He stated, “I thank Titan Poker for giving me the chance of traveling to Europe and registering a win. I cannot ask for more.”

Even though he has won, he intends to keep quiet about his winning till he gets home. The second place at the tournament was won by another Titan Poker player Ingo Nassall from Germany who took home a cash prize of 23,000 Euros.

The website regularly awards its players with seats for major poker tournaments like the European Poker Tour and the Aussie Millions. In a few months the site will be sending its players to the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas, and the Asian Poker Tour in Manila.

A man who owned two houses that were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina won the $97 million Power Ball prize, with a ticket that he had bought while buying a gallon of milk at a convenience store. Carl Hunter who owns a construction company became the largest Power ball winner in Louisiana’s history. He had won the large sum in January, but the 73-year-old waited almost four months to stake his claim for the cash.

A regular lottery player, the 73 year old revealed that he had purchased his ticket on Jan. 16 at a gas pump which was less then two blocks away from his home which is located at the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. He had stopped for a second time to buy milk and he ended up buying his second quick pick ticket. The winner speaking to reporters at the Louisiana Lottery Corp. headquarters in Baton Rouge, where he had gone to claim the money said, “ I had one dollar left and I used that to buy the ticket.” Accompanied by his wife, Dianne, who said that, “The win was all about milk.”

The couple was relatively low key when asked about their plans on how they were going to spend the money. They stated they had nothing particular in mind except saving for retirement and rebuilding of the home that was wiped out in the cyclone. Hunter has taken one large amount of $33.9 million. When asked the reasons for his long wait before he claimed the money he said, “I wanted to complete a few outstanding projects.” He added, “This is not my first win. I have won $5,000 in a lottery a few years ago.”

A plumber from Canada, Jack Hinchey has won the World Poker Crown tournament sponsored by 888.com, which was held at the Peralada Castle, Spain. Hinchey won the first prize in the tournament, which had total guaranteed prize money of $3 million; he defeated a fellow Canadian player Michael Lawson to take home the $1 million first prize.

The winner started with a lead that was more then 3:1 in chips over his second placed rival, who won his seat on the tournament while playing at Pacific Poker. Lawson fought his way back in to the reckoning with the winners lead cut down to 1.5:1. Lawson’s fight back was to no avail as a determined Hinckley defended his lead.

Hinckley has been playing pool and poker for the last 30 years, and started the final table as the leader. Though his march to the crown was not simple,  the 61-year-old grandfather was very happy. Talking on his victory, he said, “The win is better then being in a sewage pit. My game plan was to keep the pressure on the other players.” He added, “I made a few mistakes during my game but at the end I was crowned the winner.”

When asked what he would do with the winning sum, he stated, “My grand daughter Victoria is going to college this year. The money I have won will pay for her education.”

Eight players took part in the final table of the tournament. They qualified for the final after competing through a field of 2214 online players. The final of the tournament was shown live on the Internet site worldpokercrown.com.

UltimateBet has enhanced its poker offering yet again. The online poker site today announced the addition of the Sit and Go Satellite Bounty Challenge promotion, an enticing weekly contest featuring 32 separate leader board competitions.

“Nothing prepares Texas Hold’em players better for final table action than UltimateBet’s Sit and Go satellites,” stated David Clainer. “With 32 weekly leader board competitions awarding loads of online poker tournament entries, there’s even more incentive to take a seat.”

The 32 weekly leader board competitions reward players with entries into the most popular online poker tournaments at UltimateBet, including the online poker site’s World Series of Poker 25-seat and 50-seat.

UltimateBet.com has sweetened the pot for online poker players looking to make a difference on planet earth. The online poker site today donated a 2008 Aruba Poker Classic prize package to the Kentucky Derby Poker Championship, a charity Texas Hold’em tournament created to raise the awareness of climate change and its impact on all communities, particularly those that are poor and underdeveloped.

The Kentucky Derby Poker Championship takes place at Caesars Indiana on Saturday, May 3rd at 8:30pm. Poker players can buy in to the tournament for $2,500.

The charities that will benefit from the tournament’s proceeds include the international Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, the Health and Climate Foundation, and the Robby Albarado Foundation.

The Aruba prize package won’t be UltimateBet’s only presence in the tournament. Phil Hellmuth, one of the online poker site’s top pros, is slated to host the charity event.

The website Spade Club has announced the launch of the WSOP 40K Giveaway tournament. The winners of the giveaway tournament will be awarded four World Series of Poker main event seats to its members between June and July. Its members will be allowed to compete in the June and July $40,000 monthly events that will take place on June 1 and June 29 respectively.

The players taking part in these events will be competing for a World Series of Poker Main Event prize package. The prize package will consist of a $10,000 entry and $2,000 in travel expenses.

The site also offers $100,000 in cash prizes to be won by its players every month. The site has excellent features and it provides tools and tips to the players that will help them improve their poker playing skills. These tips are provided free of cost.

The members can create their profiles, participate in poker tournaments that will help them become one of the top players on the sites leader boards. The winners of the WSOP 40 K Giveaways will represent the entire site community at the 2008 World Series of Poker. It will also host a free roll poker tournament for its members. The free roll tournament total prize money will continue to grow, depending on how participants play at the main event. The players representing the site who make it to the main event will be offered a contract from the site. The value of the contract is put at $250,000 a year for 10 years.

Barry Shulman, CEO of the company, said “It is the dream of every player to take part in the World Series of Poker. We at Spade club are helping our players realize their dreams.” He added, “As a company we are excited to provide our players the chance to win millions at these top poker tournaments.”

The owners of the online Bingo site Cashcade have made a huge payment of £50,000 to one lucky Online Bingo player. The payment was done after the site discovered that there was a technical issue, with the online game in question. The site discovered that the prize money being shown was £50,000, when it should have been £500.

This rare error happened on the website on Monday night. The game in question was to run as a jackpot bingo game with guaranteed prize money of £50,000. The site had no choice but to make the payment as the prize money was put up on the screen in plain English for one and all to see.

The owners honored their commitment of making the payment even though there was a huge difference in the amount that was originally meant to be paid. The winner of this huge amount was “Tracey1801”.  Lady luck had smiled on Tracey1801 as she had paid an entry fee of just £1 to enter the game.

The website has already made history this month when it offered its players a chance to win a share of £500,000.  The website has lined up an online bingo game with a prize pool of £25,000, which will be played on May 9, 2008. This time all will know that it is the correct sum of money that the site is advertising.

The web site Foxy Bingo has got the online Bingo world excited. It is offering registered players the chance to win half a million pounds during the month of May. With competition rising between sites in the Online Bingo space, Foxy Bingo is making it profitable for players to come and play on it.

Foxy Bingo has included games for each week that will have guaranteed prize money of £2,500, £5,000 and £10,000. The website has also lined up an online bingo game with a prize pool of £25,000, which will be played on May 9, 2008.

The largest of these games in terms of prize money will be played at 9pm every night at the Lucky Stars bingo room on the website. Though we are still waiting for the site to confirm what time the Friday game be played, players are requested to keep an eye on the site for the announcement of the games timing.

Players will find a busy schedule of games that have guaranteed prize money daily on the site. These games will be played in the Tally Ho Bingo, Jump n Jive and Win a Way game rooms. Entry into these games will range between 10p up to £1. 

Foxy Bingo is adding another feature for its players; it will now allow its players to buy the tickets for the games one week in advance. This will allow players to take part in the games even if they are not present when it is being played. Apart from the huge prize money the web site is offering a brand new 37″ Panasonic TV as a prize.

The online gaming website IntertopsCasino.com which is based in Antigua, has announced that as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, it would be sending one European player to Monaco and one American player to Las Vegas.

According to the site, every player that visits IntertopsCasino.com during the month of May will have their name entered in a free prize draw.  The winners will have the opportunity to go to Las Vegas or Monaco with airfare and travel included in the package. 

IntertopsCasino.com will take care of all the travel needs for the winners, who apart from the tickets will get to see some of the best shows for free, chips to gamble and money to spend.  The winner going to Las Vegas will stay at a suite in Bellagio and the European player will stay in the same kind of suite in Monaco.

Michl Posch spokesman of the site stated in a release that the site was proud of the ten years of trust the world players have placed in them  ”In our opinion the best way to celebrate our tenth birthday was to send players to casino capitals,” he said.

The web site Casino Treasure is running a promotion for its members during the month of May. One of its members who win the Casino Treasure’s Australian Adventure Vacation Getaway will be eligible for a $12,500 holiday to Australia.

The winner and his companion will be able to go for an 11 day, 10 night trip down under, which includes free air travel, hotel stays, guided trips and food. The total prize money will be $12,500.

To be able to participate in the promotion, you will have to go to the site and download the Casino Treasure on your computer and create a new account. Once that is done, you will need to enter the coupon code AUSTRALIA08.

You can enter with any deposit but will need to bet a minimum of $250 on any of the games at the casino.

Players need to be 21 years of age at the time of joining the competition. The draw for the prize winner will be held on or before June 13 and the winner will be notified of the award by email or phone within 10 days of the result.

Two residents of Sydney have come forward and laid their claim for the $47 million OZ Lotto jackpot. The claim was made at the NSW Lotteries Head Office in Homebush Bay. The first winner is a youngster who belongs to Cabramatta. He was very cool and collected when he was filling the form to claim his share of the jackpot, which stood at $23,991,942.94. This information was divulged by the spokesperson of OZ Lotto.

The young winner was quoted by the company as saying that he had not watched the draw the night before. He had just checked the internet at around 8.40 pm and kept checking till midnight.

The winner claimed that he did not believe that he had won such a large sum and rechecked with the lottery office if it was true. He claimed to be a regular lottery ticket buyer but always thought that he would win a Power ball not OZ Lotto.

When asked what he would do with the huge winning sum, the winner replied that he would consult a financial adviser and decide.

The second winner is actually a syndicate of 16 laboratory workers who are based in Western Sydney. The syndicate bought the ticket the afternoon of the draw. 

The 16 winners who will receive $1.5 million each have resumed working today. The leader went on to say that none of the 16 planned to resign and in fact they had bought the ticket on behalf of one winner who was on leave.