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Ron Martin, President and CEO of online payment processing company, Neteller, has taken the YouTube route. Over $40 million in withdrawals were processed during the first day, according to Martin.

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He explained and apologized for his company freezing online gambling funds of US customers.

“Clearly this situation has strained the trust we have built over the years,” Martin said. He ensured it is a priority to get all funds returned.

A number of Neteller customers have acknowledged receiving wired money into their bank accounts.

In January, two co-founders of Neteller were arrested for their engagement in the online gambling industry. Last month, both plead guilty of conspiracy.

Though CBS broadcast outtakes from the World Series of Video Games during the late morning hours on Sunday when everyone is presumably at church (or in Miami Beach, just waking up), the idea of having video game competitions telecast as a sort of pseudo sport is exciting.

Graffiti Wall Rumor Monger reports that Rob Correa, senior vice president for programming at CBS Sports, told the New York Times that in 10 years time this will be seen as a “significant moment”.

He said that there are an enormous amount of people of all ages who play video games these days, so CBS wanted to see if video games’ popularity could translate into a viable television audience.

Popularity in video games has been boosted by the Internet and skill game providers such as SkillGround.com

There are also an enormous number of people who paint their own houses so soon paint drying might also become prime time viewing.

But, one thing that will not be seen are violent shooting games like Halo and Quake. Apparently CBS says that only relatively tame games would suffice. It might put punters off the boxing.

Like with online poker, potentially the competition could start seeking qualifiers via the Internet.

The World Series of Video Games, or WSVG for short, is an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event.

The total prize purse of the season was 750,000 USD which includes the 240,000 dollar prize purse that was winnable at the finals. The WSVG is operated by Games Media Properties, an American gaming company founded in 2002.

The total prize purse of the 2007 series will be 574,000 USD, of which 175,000 will be winnable at the finals of the event which will take place at the world’s biggest LAN party, Dreamhack in Sweden (November 29 - December 2).

The series are partially regarded as the continuation of the one million dollar 2005 CPL World Tour, as one of the founders of the WSVG as well as the major sponsor (Intel) of the tour left the Cyberathlete Professional League to help find these series.

WSVG’s second season features Fight Night Round 3, Guitar Hero 2, Quake 4 and World of Warcraft as main circuit games. Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, Call of Duty 2 and Gears of War will also make appearances at a number of events.

The circuit’s total prize purse will be 574,000 USD, there will also be travel funds made available to a number of high finishing participants[15].

Famous professional gamers such as Johan ‘Toxic’ Quick, ‘Jang ‘Moon’ Jae Ho, Manuel ‘Grubby’ Schenkhuizen, Sander ‘vo0′ Kaasjager & Li ‘Sky’ Xiaofeng have already announced their intend to attend the first stop or are widely expected to compete in their respective games.

Angoulême, France - Sandy Casar of France captured Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Friday, while Spain’s Alberto Contador remained the overall leader heading into the final weekend of cycling’s most prestigious event.

Graffiti Wall reports that Casar completed the 211-kilometer trek from Cahors to Angoulême in a time of five hours, 13 minutes and 31 seconds, outsprinting a trio of three other riders to the wire.

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Belgium’s Axel Merckx, Frenchman Laurent Lefevre and Dutchman Michael Boogerd were the next three finishers, all one second behind Casar, who notched his first-ever stage victory and became the second Frenchman to win a stage in this year’s Tour. Casar finished second to countrymate Cedric Vasseur last Wednesday in Stage 10.

Contador, meanwhile, finished Friday’s stage in 16th place and saw his overall lead trimmed by three seconds. Australia’s Cadel Evans was 14th on Friday and is now one minute, 50 seconds off the pace. American Levi Leipheimer is still third, 2:49 behind, as he finished in the same group with Contador.

Saturday’s 19th stage will likely determine this year’s Tour de France winner. A 55.5-kilometer time trial is on tap for the Tour’s penultimate day.

“I’m not a time trial specialist, but I’m going to absolutely all I can to try and not lose one minute 50 seconds,” said Contador. “The stage today went perfectly well despite the length; we rode at a rather good pace as opposed to yesterday when it was a lot harder even though the finish was manageable. It’s really important to rest and have a tranquil day before tomorrow’s really important time trial.”

After Saturday’s stage, the 2007 edition of the Tour will close Sunday with a 146-kilometer ride that concludes with the traditional finish along the Champs Elysees in Paris.

This year’s event has again lost some of its luster in the wake of recent doping-related expulsions, including Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen, who led the overall standings before removed from the race by his team on Wednesday night.

Rasmussen’s Rabobank team required the Danish rider to leave the race after discovering he lied of his whereabouts during his training in June. Rasmussen was apparently supposed to be training in Mexico, but the team later found out he was in Italy during a time when he reportedly missed random drug tests.

It was the third notable doping-related dismissal from the Tour in just two days. Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team left the Tour on Tuesday after accusations of doping and the Cofidis team abandoned earlier Wednesday after Italy’s Cristian Moreni apparently tested positive for testosterone following the 11th stage of the Tour last week.

Last year’s Tour also came under scrutiny after American Floyd Landis’ victory was clouded by doping suspicions.

With yet another top cyclist expelled from the Tour De France for failing a drugs test bookie Paddy Power has announced a refund on all bets on Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team.

Vinokourov had been a well-backed pre-race favourite at 2/1 amongst punters although some disastrous stages had seen him drop out of the reckoning to 80/1 before his failed test led to his suspension.

Before their withdrawal, Astana had been leading the team standings in this year’s Tour and Paddy Power will be refunding on all their riders, including Andreas Kloeden who was in fifth place and Andrey Kashechkin in eighth.

British based, Paddy Power estimates a refund of almost €35,000 on the effected riders.

Paddy Power said: “The Tour De France is descending into a Tour De Farce so we will be refunding bets on any rider who is suspended for a failed drugs test between now and the end of the tour. As well as cheating the sport it’s cheating the punters who bet on these riders in good faith.”

Gourette, France - Michael Rasmussen of Denmark, who was the overall leader at the Tour de France, was removed from cycling’s most prestigious race on Wednesday after his team said he violated internal rules.

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According to French newspaper L’Equipe, Rasmussen’s Radobank team required him to leave the race after discovering he lied on his whereabouts during his training in June. The newspaper cited a Radobank spokesman as saying Rasmussen was not in Mexico, but later the team found out he was in Italy during a time when he reportedly missed random drug tests.

Rasmussen won Stage 16 of the race on Wednesday and extended his overall lead. Rasmussen used a late surge to finish the treacherous 218.5-kilometer trek up the Pyrenees in a time of six hours, 23 minutes and 21 seconds. Rasmussen earned his second stage win of this year’s Tour and had an overall lead of three minutes and 10 seconds over Spain’s Alberto Contador.

Because of Rasmussen’s departure, Contador will start Stage 17 with a one minute, 53-second lead on Australian Cadel Evans. American Levi Leipheimer will jump to third.

The announcement of Rasmussen’s dismissal was the third shocking piece of news in the last two days at the race. On Tuesday, it was revealed stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan tested positive for a banned blood transfusion, and his team, Astana, has withdrew from this year’s race as a result.

Earlier Wednesday, Cofidis became the second team in as many days to withdraw from the Tour de France because of a positive doping test for one of its riders. Italy’s Cristian Moreni, who was 54th overall, reportedly tested positive for testosterone following the 11th stage of the Tour last week.

This year’s Tour de France wraps up Sunday in Paris.