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The Oscars, or the Academy Awards as they are officially known, are the cinematic world's biggest event of the year, and as a result they are also a popular event for online bookmakers and punters.Oscars PreviewThe 84th Academy Awards, to be held next Sunday night at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, has already had some controversy when producer Brett Ratner and original host Eddie Murphy stepped down after Ratner made a gay slur when talking about rehearsals. Billy Crystal will now host the ceremony, for the ninth time, and Brian Grazer will produce it.Every year there is a frontrunner which collects most of the punters' attention, and this year that film is The Artist, which wowed audiences with its throwback to the silent black and white musical films of the 1920s and 1930s. This film looks like a certainty for Best Film Oscar, and is sure to feature heavily in other categories as well.Latest OddsWilliam Hill is offering an almost unbackable 1/9 for The Artist to win best film, so better to look at the odds for best actor: Jean Dujardin (The Artist), 8/11, George Clooney (The Descendants), evens, Brad Pitt (Moneyball), 20/1, Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (25/1), and Demain Bachir (A Better Life), 50/1.The best actress odds also have two main contenders: Viola Davis (The Help), 8/13, Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), evens, Michelle William (My Week with Marilyn), 16/1, Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), both 66/1.Hills are also offering a special on the Best Actress Oscar winner being decked out in a Posh frock - as in the look sported by Victoria Beckham at London Fashion Week. The odds of this occurring are 33/1.Grande Vegas Oscars Facebook ContestGrande Vegas Casino has organized a week full of Oscars-related promos, including nine bonuses worth $900 and the chance for players to receive a 50% cash back bonus on Monday, just by using a bonus code corresponding to the winning film for Best Picture category.Thanks to the online casino's Facebook contest, players can win even more bonuses simply by guessing correctly who will take home the Oscar for each category come Sunday. Players who join the "Oscars 2012 at Grande Vegas" Facebook event and comments on their selections will also be in the running for bonuses of up to $150.
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A great deal of speculation and controversy surrounds the iPoker Network at the moment with talk that it could split into two separate networks. iPoker is the widely considered to be one of the world's largest independent online poker network along with Poker Stars and Party Poker. However, its top poker rooms were recently reported to be considering withdrawing their player pools from the network thus jeopardising this status.iPoker is run by Playtech and currently consists of about 40 poker skins which include major brand names such as Titan Poker, William Hill Poker and bet365.Industry rumorsWhile no formal announcement has yet been made, the rumours are circulating that iPoker is apparently considering a proposal from the more influential poker rooms to split off from the rest. If approved, the changes could apparently be implemented within the next couple of months.This limited implementation period sounds overly ambitious - especially considering the contractual obligations of network members. This has fuelled online gossip among players that perhaps these are not new discussions but have in fact been on the table for some time and have only just been publicly leaked now.Poker networks such as iPoker are vulnerable to the larger members becoming weary of sharing their gains with smaller operators and thus wanting to break away as is the case here. Network members are effectively able to poach players from one another. Networks, in general, are inherently prone to generating internal conflicts with the more powerful threatening to abandon the network.Who will be affected?The move to split iPoker into two is likely to be harmful to the smaller, less well established poker rooms as they will have less liquidity and traffic and are likely to lose players. As a result, they may be forced to switch networks, or worse still, call it a day. Additionally, some players have already voiced their concern that it may limit the opportunities for big poker tournaments.In the mean time, whether these radical changes to the iPoker network will in fact be made, and what will be the ramifications for poker players, remains to be seen.
Four times as many women played online casino games in the United Kingdom in 2010 than they did in 2007, a survey by e-advertising firm Hitwise has found - proving that the Internet has exposed them to the world of casino gaming more than ever before.Females Can Play TooAlmost half of all British online casino players were female in 2011, the report found, dispelling the long-held belief that gambling is an entirely male pursuit. Some 48.38 percent of people who played online last year were female, compared to a slightly higher 51.62% who were male.This data came on the heels of a British Gambling Preference Survey which showed that although women are playing online casino games more than ever before, they still strongly prefer niche areas such as slots and bingo. Men on the other hand play a more diverse range of games, including poker, roulette and of course sports betting.Women's Poker LeagueThe PokerStars Women's Poker League is proof though that women are not only playing bingo. It offers female poker players the chance to have fun, compete against other female players in a safe, responsible environment, and win some incredible prizes in the process.The league has three levels of plays ($0.10, $1.10, and $5.50). Prizes are awarded to the players with the most points at the end of each month, and the best monthly players are also invited to participate in the year-ending grand final. Keep track of where oyu stand on the monthly rankings page.
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Federal prosecutors in the US state of Maryland unsealed an indictment against Bodog founder and online gambling pioneer Calvin Ayre on Tuesday, in a move that is sure to rick the gaming world in the same way as Black Friday last year.Feds Charge Ayre US Attorney Rod Rosenstein indicted Ayre and three other Canadians involved in Bodog, accusing them of supervising an illegal gambling business from 2005 until the present day that is in violation of Maryland law. The indictment concentrated on the transfer of funds from accounts outside the US - in Canada, the UK, Switzerland and Malta.All the men are believed to be in Canada right now, and none of them were taken into custody by US authorities. However, Bodog Entertainment Group is also under indictment, and its domain name has been seized by federal prosecutors in the US - as was the case for PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker during last year's Black Friday indictments.Ayre's ResponseAyre responded immediately through his own gaming website CalvinAyre.com, accusing US authorities of abusing their own criminal justice system for the commercial gain of large US corporations, and of sending the indictments to Forbes business magazine in order to use the media against him."It is clear that the online gaming industry is legal under international law and in the case of these documents it is also clear that the rule of law was not allowed to slow down a rush to try to win the war of public opinion," he said.
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