Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Friday 8th June 2007
Interactive Betting Group Announces Record Wagering Figures Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc (ISWI), a developer of interactive betting software, has announced record figures for their monthly betting income, for the third consecutive month, thanks to the ...


Friday 8th June 2007

Vinny Vinh is Still Missing As reported yesterday, at the end of Day one of the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker, Vinny Vinh was second in chips and looking strong. However, he did not return to his ...

Friday 8th June 2007

Irish Poker Open Awash with Leprechauns The Irish Poker Open 2007 Survey has been analysed, and there are some fairly strange results! Out of the 300 players who attended the event, one in five players claimed to have met a leprechaun. T...

Friday 8th June 2007

New Odds on the Poker World The Poker Financial Network has launched a whole new way of betting on poker with the launch of its Wildstakes.com site. The company, which has representatives in New York, Los Angeles and London, ...

Friday 8th June 2007

gambling.com Magazine Goes Online gambling.com has announced that readers of its platinum member’s magazine can now access archive issues of the magazine through the gambling.com website. Once logged on, members can access storie...

Thursday 7th June 2007

'Poker Peek' a total flop The new 'Poker Peek' playing cards that were introduced to this year's World Series of Poker have been withdrawn after a number of complaints that they were confusing. Although the decks had been ...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Sunderland gardener grows jackpot from 9p stake Brian Somers, a self-employed gardener from Sunderland, couldn't believe his luck when he managed to bag a record jackpot $1,092957.68 from just a nine pence stake at an online casino. The 39-year...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Curtains for WSOP poker cheats As fans arrived to watch the next event in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Wednesday, they were astounded to find one of the final tables surrounded by a black curtain, which had been erected a...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Burt Boutin Wins Second WSOP Bracelet Burt Boutin claimed his second World Series of Poker Bracelet when he won the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. Boutin won the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event in 2001, and has competed nine times. This ...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Google Comes Down on Free Play Poker Despite the legality of gambling advertising in Great Britain, Google UK has joined Yahoo! and widened its ban on gambling and online poker-related advertising to include free-play and even educati...

Thursday 7th June 2007

PKR Fattens up 3D Avatar Offering Online poker site PKR.com has launched new and improved software based on player feedback, and its continuing development since inception only nine months ago. The realistic 3D graphics at PKR now ...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Everest Poker Unveil European Cup Qualifiers The EPEC began in May, and will culminate in a series of live tournaments across Europe. Though the event is open and free to all comers, the prize is an impressive €100,000. Live games will take p...

Thursday 7th June 2007

Gardener Rakes in Over $1 Million at Online Casino In the UK, a 39-year-old self-employed landscape gardener from a council estate in Sunderland is celebrating after raking in a PartyCasino.com jackpot of US$1,092,957 off a stake of just 18 cents,...

Thursday 7th June 2007
The Osbournes Set to Star at Online Casino Games developer Microgaming has announced that it has signed a licensing deal with one of the world’s most famous families, The Osbournes, that will see Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly feature in a s...


Thursday 7th June 2007
Online Sportsbook Moves Out of Hell’s Kitchen Online sportsbook Bodog has ceased taking bets on Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen 3 television programme after the website’s security department flagged abnormal betting patterns. Several years ago...