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For the third consecutive year, CryptoLogic^® Inc. (TSX:CRY)(TSX:CXY)(NASDAQ:CRYP)(LSE:CRP) has captured Gambling Online Magazine’s Top Casino Software Award for world-class software. The award, based on the votes of thousands of readers, players and website visitors, is widely recognized as the industry’s top honour. CryptoLogic was recognized for its innovative gaming software, revolutionary gaming concepts and spectacular graphics delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic^® Limited.

“CryptoLogic has always focused on delivering the ultimate online entertainment experience to players around the world, and to receive this kind of validation means our strategy is paying off,” said Javaid Aziz, CryptoLogic’s President and CEO. “With our ground-breaking innovation and partnerships with the world’s biggest gaming and entertainment brands, we’re exceeding the needs of today’s online players - which translates into more satisfied players on our customers’ sites.”

CryptoLogic has introduced some of the most popular games in the industry, including fan favourites Bejeweled^®, Jewel Quest^®, and the first-ever version of Multi-Hand Video Blackjack, a game that combines the excitement and action of Video Poker with the world’s most popular casino game. CryptoLogic also delivered the exclusive online slot version of Cubis^®, the award-winning, visually stunning 3D puzzle game, and its patented Millionaires Club, which boasts the highest jackpot payout in online history.

“CryptoLogic’s award-winning casino lineup delivers big-screen excitement, stunning graphics, amazing bonus rounds and impressive prize pots - in pounds, Euros or dollars,” added Justin Thouin, CryptoLogic’s Vice President, Product Management and Business Development.

With more than 280 games in its online casino suite - and more than 100 games launched since 2004 alone - CryptoLogic has one of the most comprehensive casino gaming suites on the Internet.

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A vote in the Dutch senate that would have granted the Netherlands-owned Holland Casino a temporary, exclusive online gaming license has been postponed by Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin. In doing so Ballin reasoned he was concerned that the measure would be rejected by the senate.

Last week the Netherlands’ Ministry of Justice announced plans to prosecute Dutch banks and financial institutions that processed payments headed to online gambling sites. Holland Casino has not said how the postponed vote will affect its plans to develop a website in partnership with Cryptologic Network.

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 Game in bars, restaurants draws every 4 minutes

Keno, Ohio’s newest online lottery game that you can play every four minutes, is set to debut in bars and restaurants this summer.

The Ohio Lottery Commission approved rules Friday by a 5-3 vote, with some questioning if the game is too similar to casino and slot-machine gambling that voters have repeatedly rejected and Gov. Ted Strickland has renounced.

Strickland introduced the prospects of Keno in January as he plans to keep the state budget in the black. The $73 million that the game will generate each year will go toward education and help defer budget cutbacks that Strickland announced, said lottery Chairman Michael Dolan.

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Online casino EverestCasino.com announced that one lucky video poker player took home a $50,000 jackpot after getting a rare Royal Flush on its Tens or Better game.
The Kahnawake-licensed site offers over 200 casino games including 500-hand video poker, and said that the player, an Italian, was only one of many recent winners. Online winner ‘ReinhardS’ recently received airfare, luxury accommodation at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas plus $2,000 in spending cash for a six-day, five-night vacation after triumphing in its Las Vegas Fantasy Vacation Giveaway promotion.

Also, ‘KurosuK’ won a Nintendo Wii in the online casino’s Twelve Days of Christmas holiday promotion and was joined by dozens of other players who received prizes ranging from an Apple iPod Touch to $6,750 in cash.

EverestCasino.com offers both progressive and instant jackpots in its stable of traditional and video slot machines along with its collection of video poker games available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Hebrew, Greek and Chinese.

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