Online poker players will have to wait a few more months to see their favorite game legalized in the U.S. According to recent reports, tow bills introduced by Rep. Barney Frank to help legalize and regulate online poker, and to repeal the UIGEA legislation passed in 2006 will not be voted before September, 2009 or possibly later.

Beginning on July 1st, the Fortune Lounge Group, owner of operator of some of the most renewed online casinos on the net, will unleash a brand new affiliate promotion, called 'The Monster is Coming'.

Players at CasinoBellini.com will have the chance to take part in a special Wimbledon-themed promotion running from July 1^st to 5^th and giving members playing the slots the chance to enter a live online slots tournament in where they will compete against other casino members for a grand prize of $5,000!

The annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker event has raised over $2 million since its inception in 2006. Beneficiaries of this year's tournament include Refugees International, the Enough Project and others. ESPN will televise the 2009 Ante Up For Africa Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament on August 11st.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has recently announced they had signed a sponsorship deal with the professional poker player Ian Frazer to work in the creation of its own poker team. In addition, the site has also announced that Felipe “Mojave” Ramos and Remy Biechel will also join the first ever PartyPoker team.

Online casino software developing leader, CryptoLogic Ltd has recently announced that it has reached a new agreement to extend an existing deal with Marvel Comics. CryptoLogic has been developing a series of highly successful Marvel character themed slots to online casinos for a while now, and thanks to this new agreement, the company guaranteed to be doing so for many more years.

AbsolutePoker.com has announced that rising poker star Matt Vengrin has signed as its newest pro. The leading online poker site is building a roster of poker players and is thrilled to start with one of the finest online Hold'em players out there.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has finished making changes to the PartyPoints Store and is glad to inform all players that its PartyPoints are now worth up to 50% more

Leading online poker Full Tilt Poker has recently launched a new informative update page covering every minute of the “Durrrr Challenge”, an powerful and unique high stakes contest featuring some of the best online players competing against Tom “durrrr” Dwan in a series matches created to decide who’s the king of the online heads up.