Major Wins at Slotland and Pinnacle
Some of the largest jackpots ever have been won at online gambling sites Pinnacle and Slotland this week. Lucky players took home nearly $545,000 in two huge wins
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World Champs of Online Poker Set to Break Records
According to poker industry insiders, this year’s prize pool at the fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is set to break records. The tournament starts on September 16 with the final scheduled for October 1st.
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Kiwi Skill.com Players to compete in WWW Games
Two lucky players at Kiwi Skill.com have qualified to compete in the World Wide Web Games to be held this year in Los Angeles. The two finalists are proud to be representing their favorite skill gaming site after beating 73 other finalists to win their places at the Games.
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Party Gaming to Acquire Victor Chandler?
The Victor Chandler group is up for grabs, and according to The Observer, poker giant Party Gaming is expected to make the top bid for its rival firm.
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Neteller Denies BetonSports Claims
Controversy surrounding sports betting site BetonSports continued this week, following allegations of payments to players being held up by Neteller. The accusation has been strongly denied by Neteller’s Vice President, Andrew Gilchrist.
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Asia Firm Target for Online Gambling Operators
Following further speculation that a U.S. Congress ban on online gambling is imminent, gaming operators are proving more eager to invest in the emerging Asian market than ever before.
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Excapsa Software Searches for Internet Gaming Company
Following the announcement of its half year results, Excapsa Software has stepped up its ambitions to purchase an internet gaming development firm.
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Record Number of Employees Gamble During Work Time
According to BetRescue, an online odds comparison site, over three million adults in Britain use their company’s computers for internet gambling on a weekly basis.
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Ongame Expands Network Poker Classic
As a result of no less than seven new poker rooms joining the Ongame Poker Network in recent months, Ongame has announced plans to reschedule the Ongame Network Poker Classic.
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Irish Committee to Investigate Regulation of Online Gambling
Following the United Kingdom’s decision to legalize and regulate online gambling in Britain, Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has announced the formation of a special committee tasked with investigating the regulation of live and online gambling.
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Youngster Wins Bellagio Cup Championship
21-year-old poker champ Shannon Shorr claimed his first ever poker title last week at the Bellagio Cup competition in Las Vegas. The University of Alabama student beat off stiff competition, including some of the world’s most accomplished poker players, to join Jeff Madsen on the list of 21-year-old champs.
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The Asian Love of Gambling Revealed
The internet gambling world may be focusing heavily on Asian online gambling fans, but land-based casinos in the U.S. have been making the most of the Asian love of gambling for years. At least one third of the estimated 40,000 daily customers to Foxwoods are Asian gamblers.
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Cohen Named as Integral to Antigua's WTO Case
A recent article in the Washington Post has named ex-sportsbook operator Jay Cohen for the U.S. government’s role in an ongoing World Trade Organization dispute with Antigua and Barbuda. According to the Post, Cohen originally persuaded the Caribbean nation to lay a complaint against the U.S. for allegedly violating global trade rules.
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eCOGRA Group Rules on Jackpot Factory Campaign
A special eCOGRA committee has recently released its findings on the controversial Jackpot Factory group search engine optimization campaign.
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Big Names Dip Out at World Series Event
Some of the biggest names in poker dubbed the World Series of Poker’s favorites are out of the running for the main title. After this weekend’s action, only 135 players remain in the competition out of a total pool of 8,773.
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Online e-Cash Operation to Suspend Services as of August 18
If you have placed your online funds with On Demand Funds online cashier service, now would be a good time to get them out.
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Sportsbook Purchased for and Astounding GBP69 million
PartyGaming proves its determination by purchasing a sportsbook to be added to its game site.
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The Gambling Drive Isolated Through Current Brain Studies
Now there is scientific evidence of an area of the brain that is related to the gambling drive says a team led by Steve Quartz of the California Institute of Technology.
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The Main Event Prizes of the World Series of Poker Make Big News
With the latest figures now available for the World Series of Poker final event, it is now known that all records have been broken and the size of monetary rewards that the finalists will receive will succeed all previous records for this worldwide competitive event.
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Jailed Ex-BetonSports Executive Gets Online Support
A website for the support of David Carruthers has been set up on the Internet.
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Toulouse Football Club to be Officially Sponsored by 888.com
A deal designed to last for two months signed in Europe. Although second quarter results show a drop in the numbers of new customers, there is and increase in what each customer is spending on 888.com.
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