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Thursday 29th November 2007

World Poker Congress opens in Malta This year's World Poker Congress has been opened in Malta by Sue Schneider of Clarion Gaming to discuss the success and future of poker. Mario Galea from the Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malt...

Thursday 29th November 2007

First poker club opens in UK The UK's first legal poker club opens its doors in Nottingham this week and has seen initial events sold out. Dusk Till Dawn was granted a casino licence in September and poker fans have been scra...

Thursday 29th November 2007

New intelligent poker table unveiled A group of four students at Perdue University in Indiana have created a Smart Poker Table, which monitors the movement of poker chips on the table. Using Radio Frequency Identification technology,...

Thursday 29th November 2007

Ireland dithers over casino future Although casinos currently operate in Ireland as private members' clubs, the government could be hindering the gaming industry by delaying decisions. Justice minister Brian Lenihan claimed that a ...

Thursday 29th November 2007

Rank rejects Harrah's offer UK casino operator Rank has rejected a business proposal Harrah's Entertainment, according to the Daily Telegraph. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) owners offered to buy a 28 per cent stake in Ran...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

High Stakes Poker Sees Record Pot According to one of the all-time greats of the game, if you don't see a pair in eight hours, it makes you go crazy. This was Brunson's remark as he locked horns with Guy Laliberté in an $800k pot...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

Bomb Blast in Australian Poker Room A bomb blast ripped through a hotel in New South Wales after a device planted in a poker machine room detonated. The explosion at Cessnock’s Wentworth Hotel happened shortly before 1.30am...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

Five Diamond Classic Kicks off at the Bellagio The Bellagio is well known as one of the most luxurious casinos in Vegas, and today sees the start of the Five Diamond Classic. The Bellagio Hotel and Casino was awarded a AAA Five-Diamond Award,...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

Ladies Event Making a Debut at the 2008 Irish Open Paddy Power Poker announced the schedule for next year’s Irish Poker Open this past weekend. Making a debut at the event will be a ladies event. 'I am very excited about it. I have always...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

PartyGaming CEO Increases Share Holding to Allay Fears The man at the top of Party Poker has tried to lead by example, aiming to reassure ailing confidence amongst investors in PartyGaming. Instead of continuing with his planned sale of his stock,...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

Bodog Celebrates 1 Billion Hands of Poker Online casino BodogLife.com celebrated dealing its one-billionth hand of poker on Sunday with generous rewards for each player at the table where the milestone hand was dealt. After weeks of...

Wednesday 28th November 2007

Hitman Targets Online Casino Online casino AllJackpots.com has announced the launch of a Hitman video slot game to coincide with the release of the film of the same name. Like the downloadable Viper version,...

Wednesday 28th November 2007
Online Casino Operator Lights Mobile Fuse Australian wagering and online gambling group Centrebet International has announced the launch of its fully operational mobile betting site first hinted at late last year. Centrebet stated that...


Tuesday 27th November 2007

Star City casino donated to Labour In a similar situation to the cash for favours allegations being made back in Britain, it has been revealed that a New South Wales casino made a massive donation to the Labour party in the run-up t...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Boris Becker Joins Team Poker Stars One of the greatest players in the history of tennis is to join the team at PokerStars.com with the intention of taking his game to the next level. Boris Becker won six grand slam tennis events...