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Monday, 7 July 2008 - 06:54 (GMT)

Mark Garner is in the lead in the 2008 World Series of Poker. He has an amazing 205,000 chips! The field, which began with 1,300 players has decreased as the losers depart and was at half as many by Friday, July 4th. Brandon Adams is in second place with 170,000 chips. There weren’t the usual number of celebrity entrants this year and none that lasted past the first couple of days. Ray Romano was the last celebrity to fold.
Rafael Nadal was the winner at Wimbledon. The betting was heavy and Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, in the four-hour and 48-minute match. Sportingbet, the British online betting site had the odds at 23/20 for a Federer win. The short odds were 4/6 that Federer would win his 6th Wimbledon victory.
After only 18 months, UK gaming leader, William Hill, is selling his interests in the Italian gaming industry to the Spanish gaming firm Cordere. William Hill has been struggling to increase players but has been underachieving in its goals and will be using a new software maker, since the current contract with CryptoLogic is due to expire in three months. This may not please the investors or the players, depending on which software company he chooses as a replacement.
An Australian gambler, Christopher Ronald Fitzsimons, aged 62, is suing the Minister for Gaming and Racing Graham West, TAB Limited and Tabcorp Holdings for $4,749,324 (AUD) because of his out of control gambling problem. He used his daughter’s credit card and ran up the aforementioned debt playing online games. His wife and daughter are also launching lawsuits to recover the enormous losses that he incurred. Gambling is intended to be fun, not to eliminate an entire family fortune! Both the casinos and the players should exercise responsibility for the money that changes hands in the pursuit of gaming pleasure.
Many of the UK online casinos are offering free play or bonus money to get the new players interested. It’s a great way to get an introduction to the newest gaming prospects. Give it a try!

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