Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Is TV and IPTV the way ahead for live poker? News that the World Poker Tour and TV group FSN have joined forces paves the way for yet another poker TV series on our screens. So is this the new medium for the sector of just a way of...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Who blew open the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet scandal? While the investigation into the alleged frauds at Absolute Poker and UltimateBet has been ongoing for some time, many people were a little confused as to how the problem was traced and who...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

McCain gambling story backfires as Obama uses the bait While news of presidential hopeful John McCain’s love of the dice and casino games was released by his party it seems to have backfired over the last few days with Barack Obama using the...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Casino Capitalism blamed for economic meltdown As if the casino industry was not under enough pressure at the moment we have even seen the emergence of a new phrase over the last few weeks, Casino Capitalism. Those who are looking to shoot...

Tuesday 30th September 2008
Celtics Champions League survival hangs by a thread As Celtic battled bravely in the cauldron of the Villarreal stadium it looked for a long time as if they would walk away with at least a point. Indeed if they had put away the two gilt edged...


Tuesday 30th September 2008

Elliot climbs leaderboard Christian Elliot made the most progress up the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe main event leaderboard yesterday. The UK poker player started the second day in 174th position but gradually made...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Casino used as property selling point Property developer Barratt West Midlands has used the close proximity of a casino as one the key selling points for its new Wolverhampton development. According to the firm, the Fusion complex, wh...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Boss Media Launching Italian Network Swedish online gaming software developer Boss Media has revealed that it is finalising plans to launch a virtual poker network for Italy, in direct competition with Isle of Man-based...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

TableMax reveals future plans Developer of electronic table games TableMax Corporation has announced that it has contracts to implement its technology in a number of different countries. The firm, which produces systems for ga...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

PokerStars Falls Foul Of Advertising Body Isle of Man-based online poker site PokerStars.com has been criticised by the UK Advertsing Standards Authority (ASA) watchdog for a campaign that impied gambling could make a player more confident...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Online Poker Room Sponsors Blind Player Online poker room FullTiltPoker.com has signed player Hal Lubarsky to its roster of sponsored professionals, which should enable the blind American to appear at more major tournaments in the...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Poker Favourite Negreanu On Form At WSOP Europe Canadian professional poker player Daniel Negreanu leads the pack after the second day of play at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) taking place at London’s Empire Casino in Leicester...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

New Online Casino Has Great Bonuses & Promo Offers Grand Mondial is a brand-new casino that launched originally as Grand Monaco in July 2006. Powered by the critically acclaimed Microgaming software, they boast a management team with more than 55...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Online Casino Closes After only one year in operation, online casino, sportsbetting and live dealer site LazerWager.com has closed blaming processing complexities as the main reason for its troubles. 'LazerWager.com...

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Portugal Told To Change Lottery Rules The European Commission has sent a formal letter to Portugal requesting that the nation cease its practice of taxing some lottery winnings while exempting those from other games. Portugal has been...