The first two operational venues under a white label deal between Kamay Holdings and 888.com have launched under the brands of online poker website LuckyAcePoker.com and online casino website LuckyAceCasino.com.

Elsa Sterckx, a marketing official from the new sites was canvassing possible affiliates this week through the new program Lucky Ace Partners.

In a deal announced in December (see previous Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reports) the Limassol, Cyprus registered Kamay Holdings was accepted as a white label client by the Gibraltar-based online gambling group, joining other white label operations using 888.com technology such as Tower Torneos in South America, Rileys Poker in the UK and more recently a sports betting site with Rank’s subsidiary Blue Square.

A University of Joensuu report made public 17 January by Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest daily subscription-based newspaper in Scandinavia, and Finland’s leading national paper, revealed the idea for an amendment to enables Internet gamblers to claim back their losses by being paid by either the firm providing the online poker services, a credit card company, or the winning player in the game.

The ability of Finnish online poker players to continue playing their favorite pastime may become seriously affected if Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health’s plans move forward to introduce the amendment to Finland’s online gambling laws

The Ministry feels that if such a law were enacted, foreign operators of Internet poker sites would likely prevent Finnish players from taking part in the game, effectively banning Finnish players, since a player protected by such a law would be too great a risk to the game organizer.

The Ministry commissioned the University to look into ways of protecting gambling addicts and children from the dangers of online gambling.

PokerStar online poker room, has announced a Super Satellite poker tournament that will be held on January 19.

The winners of the super satellite poker tournament will receive on of 16 EPT Gand Final at Monte Carlo price packages that include all inclusive poker tournament buy in, expenses and travel to the EPT Grand Final poker tournament event.

The EPT Poker Stars Monte Carlo Grand Final event takes place this April from the 12th to the 17th, and is expected to draw huge crowds and millions of dollars in prize money.

Poker players can choose to buy in directly to this event, or more savvy online poker players may choose to play in a feeder satellite tournaments. PokerStars is offering those tournaments starting at $5.50. Qualifiers to the event kick off today on PokerStars.com

Full Tilt Poker started 2008 on the right foot by overtaking PartyPoker in the crucial online poker market.

Still accepting US customers, the online poker website Full Tilt Poker real cash players came in just shy of 10,000 over a 24 hour period average while the peak just narrowly beat out PartyPoker, which has been struggling to gain more customers outside the US since leaving that market just over a year ago.

PartyPoker is facing increased competition from other online poker ventures. Both the OnGame and iPoker networks are breathing down PartyPoker’s back in the international markets.