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Friday 29th August 2008

“Don’t Wait for Las Vegas, Mr Phelps”, Say Betfair. Olympic legend Michael Phelps has established himself as a ‘human dolphin’ in the swimming pool but away from the water, he is something of a ‘shark’ and was spotted...

Friday 29th August 2008

Paddy Power Lowers Expectations Dublin-based bookmaker Paddy Power has lowered its full-year earnings predictions after revealing that business had fallen off in the three and a half months since its last trading update. Last...

Friday 29th August 2008

Rank Triumphs In VAT Case In the UK, gambling giant Rank Group could be about to recoup up to $45 million following a ruling from a VAT and Duties Tribunal that the taxman had breached fiscal neutrality rules in some of its...

Friday 29th August 2008

New Online Casino To Be Unveiled By CasinoRewards The CasinoRewards group of online casinos, one of the largest casino Microgaming operators on the internet, has announced they reveal a new online casino in November of this year. The new casino...

Friday 29th August 2008

Leisure And Gaming Reveals Profits In the UK, publicly traded online gaming and sportsbetting firm Leisure and Gaming has announced an operating profit of $2.06 million for the first six months of 2008 after posting a loss of the...

Friday 29th August 2008

Parlay Settles Patent Infringement Suit Canadian online and television bingo software solutions provider Parlay Entertainment Incorporated has signed an agreement with 1st Technology to settle an ongoing patent infringement case. 1st...

Friday 29th August 2008

Premiership Football - Curbishley Leading ‘Sack Race’ Only two games into the season and Alan Curbishley, the manager of English Premiership soccer club West Ham United, is leading the pack as far as who bookies think will be the first to get fired....

Thursday 28th August 2008

Seminoles 'important' to Florida gaming The Seminole Tribe's importance to Florida's gaming industry has been acknowledged in the lead-up to an industry event in the state. Joseph Weinert, senior vice president of Spectrum Gaming Group,...

Thursday 28th August 2008

'Wizard of Oz' to play poker Ozzie Smith, known by some baseball fans at 'Wizard of Oz', will be involved in a golf and poker tournament in Tampa, Florida next January. It has been announced that the former San Diego Padres a...

Thursday 28th August 2008

Troubles Continue For Betbrokers UK-based sportsbetting brokerage and clearinghouse Betbrokers Limited has announced the suspension of its shares, three days after going into administration. Betbrokers served as a middleman...

Thursday 28th August 2008

Quinn Do takes down APT preliminary Quinn Do warmed up for the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau main event yesterday with victory in a Texas hold'em tournament put on for charity. The World Poker Tour (WPT) titlist outlasted a host of ...

Thursday 28th August 2008

Online Casino Offering Special Competition Kahnawake-licensed online poker room TitanPoker.com is reminding players in France and Italy that they have only three more days to take advantage of its special nightly tournaments with a low...

Thursday 28th August 2008

War Artist "deserves" Group One win South African race horse War Artist is overdue a Group One victory, his trainer has suggested. In an interview with At The Races, James Eustace implied the horse has a big race in him and that he...

Thursday 28th August 2008

New Online Backgammon Site Premiered Online casino operator Club World Casinos has announced the launch of its latest site at ClubWorldBackgammon.com offering the ancient skill game of backgammon spiced up with the immediacy of the...

Thursday 28th August 2008

Intralot Joins FIFA’s Early Warning System Greek sportsbetting and lottery provider Intralot has signed an agreement with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) that will see it become part of a global effort to...