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Tuesday 30th March 2004

888.com spells out lucky winner Etta Shaw, a medical transcriptionist from South Carolina could not have been happier. She was the lucky player who scooped a massive US$886,720 from 888.com, the online casino and poker room. A...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

Internet viruses cause havoc for online casino operations In a research report released by McAfee Security, Internet viruses are overwhelming Europe's small business sector with 22 percent of these companies closing down operations to recover from recent...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

Online wagering market worth US$18.4 billion by 2010 Christiansen Capital Advisors, a market research firm, estimated that online wagering amounted to US$5.7 billion last year, an increase of 42 percent over 2002. Half of those wagers came from US b...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

StarLuckCasino.com Gets BMM Certification StarluckCasino.com has confirmed that it has received the certification for all of its games from BMM international. BMM international has evaluated the games on StarLuckCasino.com’s website, whi...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

Viewers tune in to the March Madness The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a fiercely contested competition that provides thrills, spills and spectacular slamdunks, and in turn has provided CBS with a strong ratings puller. CBS rec...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

LottoCowboy.com allows access for gamblers in any US State Internet entrepreneur Rostislav Roytman has announced his newest venture, LottoCowboy.com, which promises to allow online access to lotteries in California, Florida, Texas, and other US States. ...

Tuesday 30th March 2004

Online British bookies get into the animal circus Internet punters are now looking at the prospect of betting on rodents after horses and grey-hounds. The Television Gaming Group, behind Avago and iSportsTV interactive channels on Sky are plannin...

Monday 29th March 2004

Lucky 888.com player wins $886,720 One lucky player has scooped a massive $886,720 at 888.com, the world's number one online casino and poker room. Etta Shaw, a medical transcriptionist from South Carolina claimed one of the largest...

Monday 29th March 2004

Casino Culture Casino companies will have to build cultural attractions such as opera houses and theatres and if they want to open large resort casinos. The proposed UK Gambling bill is being examined by a gover...

Monday 29th March 2004

UK university offers post-grad in gambling Gambling, both online and off, is edging towards respectability in the UK, with the proposed liberalization of the gambling laws attracting the attention of casino giants from Las Vegas. And to su...

Monday 29th March 2004
Betfair signs memo with FA Betfair, the UK-based online betting exchange, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Football Association to try to weed out dubious betting online. The agreement means that the FA w...


Monday 29th March 2004
Offshore bookies upbeat on WTO ruling Betonsports CEO David Carruthers wants to set up shop in the US. “I’d be on the first airplane out of here,' said Carruthers, whose online bookmaker is currently based in Costa Rica. 'We would hav...


Monday 29th March 2004

Sky to take up the reins in Attheraces absence BskyB, the satellite TV broadcaster, is ready to win control UK horseracing on TV on the cheap. Sky wants to increase its stake in a new channel and to allow bookmakers to operate from it. The c...

Saturday 27th March 2004

Golden Palace Casino inspired streaker skates for Gold Golden Palace Casino inspired streaker skates for Dortmund gold (www.GoldenPalace.com; www.GoldenPalace.co.uk ) Dortmund crowds aghast in Ladies Free Program event of World Figure Skating Champio...

Saturday 27th March 2004

Golden Palace Inspired Streaker skates for Dortmund Gold Golden Palace Casino inspired streaker skates for Dortmund gold (www.goldenpalace.com; www.goldenpalace.co.uk ) Dortmund crowds aghast in Ladies Free Program event of World Figure Skating Champ...