Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Recent News

European News
Sweden's Prosecution Authority has been ordered to halt prosecutions against Swedish media companies who accept advertising from Internet gambling sites. The decision follows an appeals court ruling that found Swedish lottery laws were possibly in contradiction with the European Court Pact.

PokerDream Update
In the weeks since the Poker Dream network's collapse many of the affected players and webmasters have been working hand in hand with Jay Todd and APCW to track down PokerDream's owners and our cash.

Thanks to Jay's "Perspectives Weekly" video and the publicity we've been able to generate, John Dutchak and Dave McCann have both come forward and contacted us.

John Dutchak is believed to be the owner/founder of PokerDream although he denies the claim and insists he was merely a software designer and programmer. We know for certain he was the front man and main contact person since the very beginning.

Dave McCann was apparently acting as host and administrator of the site for the final couple months but he claims the owners never paid him for his services. He also stated that he does not know who he was working for. Pretty weak story Dave...

Dutchak claims; "I was the lead software developer of the PokerDream site I am NOT the owner. The site was created in late 2005 and in 2006, the site is owned by 2 people from Norway named Bernt Erik Hansen and Jens Lausten. Bernt Erik is the majority owner."

So far, even though our investigation has progressed rapidly to this point, we are left with even more questions and very few answers.

We'll continue the search for the truth and as always, I'll keep you posted on our progress.

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