Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 28th July 2004
Cantor and Scientific Games unite to form new products A new joint venture has been announced- an alliance between the sports betting company, Cantor Index, and Scientific Games Corporation- a supplier of instant tickets and systems to lotteries. Scie...


Tuesday 27th July 2004

The Poker Revival It is now commonly known and widely reported that poker is enjoying a revival of fortune after years of being relegated as an unfashionable relic of the gambling industry. Casinos are adding poker ...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

LadbrokesPoker.com Deals 100 Millionth Hand LadbrokesPoker.com provided some astonishing statistics this week that really puts the much talked about Internet poker explosion into perspective. The online card room announced that it has dealt ...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

Celebrity Poker Showdown Close to Signing New Sponsor Producers of Bravo’s ever-popular Celebrity Poker Showdown have announced that the show will go on despite the sponsors pulling out, adding that they were close to securing a new sponsorship deal. ...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

World Poker Tour: High Drama at the Aviation Club Aviation Club de France became the scene of record prize pools, armed robbery and British sang-froid last week, as the grand Champ-Elysees casino paid host to the World Poker Tour’s Grand Prix de P...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

WPC Vegas Showdown The Women’s Poker Club has announced that Binion’s Horseshoe will pay host to the inaugural WPC Poker Showdown on September 9th this year. The tournament will be the first ever high-profile poker e...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

AngelCiti purchase of Midas is complete AngelCiti Entertainment inc has announced that its purchase of Midas Entertainment Inc is now complete. AngelCiti now owns around 85% of Midas shares. Midas will soon be trading on the public mark...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

Record year of gambling revenue for Britain New figures have been released showing an extraordinary increase on gambling revenue over the last three years in Britain. Three years ago the British population spent £7.3billion a year on gamblin...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

New opportunities for Betfair in Australia More developments are brewing for Betfair in Australia. Following the Australian federal government’s decision to not limit the presence of off shore online betting exchanges or casinos in Austral...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

Las Vegas boom continues despite pessimistic fears Following a very successful period revenue wise, there had been fears that the action being seen by Las Vegas casinos would decrease. Quarterly figures just released show that business is continui...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

GTECH announce new instant and online ticketing product GTECH Holdings issued a press release yesterday announcing a new product developed in collaboration with merged company Interlott. The new offering, known as Gamepoint, is a product which provides...

Tuesday 27th July 2004
Sporting Index turn to Site Intelligence Spread betting site Sporting Index is now installing some website analytics software, to aid the tracking and understanding of visitors’ behaviour on their site. The software is to be provided by S...


Tuesday 27th July 2004

Hong Kong looks to UK for help with racing industry The Jockey Club in Hong Kong is turning to an economic model used by the UK in an attempt to increase the country’s horse racing industry’s revenue. The goal of the new plan is to double turnover, ...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

NHBPA releases initial details of deal with Simultech In the US details have started to be released of an agreement being forged between the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and SimulTech, who will provide a site that allows ...

Tuesday 27th July 2004

iBetX Announces 1st EU Horse Racing Handicapping Champion iBetX, the online betting exchange, has announced the winner of the first ever European Handicapping Championship. Phil Baron, from Spain, beat online contestants from across Europe over three wee...