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Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jnr. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association (AGA), and despite the fact that in the past, the AGA has been vehemently opposed to the idea of online poker, they are now saying 'it’s a safe bet'.

This AGA announcement was timed to coincide with the special Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee hearing which was held just a couple of weeks back. Now he is of the opinion, that federal guidelines to regulate and license online poker in the US would ~ "protect U.S. consumers, keep children from gambling on the Internet, and provide the tools law enforcement needs to shut down illegal Internet gambling operators. It would also create new jobs and tax revenue at a time when our country sorely needs both."

But what has changed his tune?

According to him, it is technology that is the key; this has now proven itself to be able to be successfully adapted for e-commerce processes which are now acceptable to the AGA. Although we are not sure how technology is so substantially different from a few months ago, which now makes it acceptable to the AGA. One can only assume he means in terms of the fact that jurisdictional licenses are the order to the day, for example – like we see in Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Denmark.

The Moonlight Mystery slot machine is a brand new online slot offering from Rival Gaming. Although this developer is not as prolific in its rollout of online slots as WagerWorks, nor as aggressive as Microgaming; this does not make their games any less compelling. As this newly launched game is themed on Sherlock Holmes, and we all enjoy a bit of mystery, it is very persuasive to play. Its elementary dear Watson, we all like to find out whodunit!

Set deep in the heart of foggy London town in the early part of the 20th century, where Mr. Holmes would ply his trade; Moonlight Mystery, like Mr. Sherlock Holmes, makes use of unique detective skills to help you keep your eyes on the prize. The reel icons reveal a cast of interesting characters, and it is up to you to find out which one of these committed the dastardly deed. In other words you replace Sherlock Holmes' skill with some skill of your own, and do the 'detective-ing' to find out which character or characters committed the cunning murder.

If you fancy your-self along the lines of a detective as well as a super slots player, this Rival-powered online slot game is certainly worth a try. It offers a plethora of play appeal which could keep you content for a very long while. There is also a free play option available in 'Demo Mode' to let you test the game thoroughly first and get the advantage, before you spend any real money.

This is a five-reel, fifteen pay-line slot, which is suitable for both low and high rollers; newbies and expert players. The standard coin range is 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1.00; with up to 5 coins per pay-line per spin. Although players may adjust their own coin ranges, this also depends very much on the casino where you are playing. For example, VIP membership levels sometimes dictate how the slot player may wager.

The base game on Moonlight Mystery carries a 2000 coin top prize, however, this can be substantially increased by playing more coins per line spin. This action multiplies the jackpot amount by the amount of the wager, and bonus games offer more winning potential. The player return over a complete game cycle is advertised at a generous 96% payout percentage.

There are obviously Special Symbols and there are also Bonus Games. The scatter symbol is the Lantern and the Wild icon is very wild indeed, this is the 'Poison' symbol. Free Spins are awarded for spinning at least 3 Lantern symbols, and they may appear anywhere on the screen. This will award you 10 free spins which pay a 4 x multiplier. We are not going to tell you any more about this game, as the telling would spoil the whole aura of mystery, and what is a mystery after all if it loses all of its mystique appeal? We will even keep it a mystery where you can play, have fun finding out for yourself!

Tony G, has a reputation for being a smart-mouthed poker player, whether he plays online or off. He is the player who drove up the bidding on Peter Eastgate's WSOP Main Event bracelet, when it was sold on eBay to raise funds for Unicef. He caught people's interest when he said he would buy it to make his dog a collar. However, he was out-bid and by his own admission, also out-of-his league. He does have a huge reputation for speaking his mind, and we believe that much of this is his own way of creating PR, Tony G. is certainly not publicity-shy.

He seems to have not been as controversial since the Peter Eastgate eBay auction. Although, he has been considering suing the Alderney Gambling Control Commission for the way in which they handled the FTP fiasco. Now he is making poker news again, by taking a proposition bet on himself to cash in the recent World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The reason why it's making news is because he won! He took a bet at 5 - 1 for $20 000. So, not only did he cash in the event to the tune of $37 000, despite being short-stacked, he also lucked out on the prop bet and was paid $100 grand.

Sit around the poker table or your computer for long enough and even poker starts to get just a bit tedious. Hence the reason why poker players have reputations for taking prop bets. Something off-the-wall will come up in conversation; one player says 'impossible' the others say 'let's put our money where our mouths are'. This is the birth of a prop bet, and boy have there been some high-stakes doozies! The challenges are outlandish, even disturbing to say the least, and the wagers are titanic in many instances. This Tony G. foray into proposition betting is tame compared to some!

Rep. Joe Barton introduced the Online Poker Act of 2011 the aim of which is to override obsolete and imperfect provisions of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that formed a base for the April crackdown on online poker sites who offered online poker to U.S. citizens. Under that act, online gambling itself was not banned, however, it was illegal to process transactions associated with it. The new act should solve this issue and enable Americans to play on this internet for money and actually get their winnings if they make some. However, criticism already emerged over the new law as it does not allow for card transactions and, what’s more, for the first two years it would only benefit major land based casinos and racetracks.