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Tuesday 21st October 2008
Player drops $1.4 million Seminole Slots jackpot! For Victoria Gaskin the day started about as bad as it could with the death of her grandfather not to mention an earlier car accident which had left her unable to work for a period. However,...


Tuesday 21st October 2008

Slotland Launches New Affiliate Dashboard to Include New Products 22 October 2008 (London, UK) – Slotland has just launched a brand new Affiliate Program dashboard that combines their new 3D casino, WinADay.com, with their original slots and video poker...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Aberdeen casino prepares for launch The launch of a new gaming venue will bring a fresh dose of casino glamour to one Scottish city next month. Set to open on Friday November 7th, G Casino Aberdeen will be the operator's sixth branc...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Bluff Magazine Announces 2008-09 Bluff Poker Tour October 21, 2008 (Atlanta, US) Bluff Magazine, in conjunction with Players Investment Company (PICClub.com), is proud to announce the schedule for the Bluff Poker Tour (BPT), a series of online...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

PokerStars.com Opens In Italy Isle of Man-based online poker room PokerStars.com as announced its first foray into the Italian market with the debut of PokerStars.it only days after it was granted a license by authorities. ...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Guoco Purchases More Rank Shares Asia’s Guoco Group Limited has again increased its stake in Great Britain’s second largest bingo club and casino owner, Rank Group, from 18.08 percent to 23.19 percent. Rank is the...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Problem Gambling Increases In the UK, a national newspaper has claimed that the numbers of people seeking help for problem gambling has risen by 25 percent since the Government relaxed rules on bookmakers and casinos...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Online Casino Operator Licenses Six Games Dublin-based online casino software developer CryptoLogic Limited has announced a five-year licensing agreement with PartyGaming for the provision of a suite of its top-branded casino games. ...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Tran To Make European Debut At PartyPoker.com Event The Asian Poker Tour has announced that professional player JC Tran will travel to Europe for the first time next month to take part in the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III tournament. ...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

IG Sport Launches First UK Licensed Online Casino London-based spread betting firm IG Sport has launched the first online casino licensed by the UK Gambling Commission powered by software from Canadian firm Chartwell Technology Incorporated. The...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Cantor Signs Atronic Deal Online casino operator Cantor Gaming has signed a deal with leading slot machine manufacturer Atronic that will give it exclusive use of a wider range of games for online and handheld use. The...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

ITV Launching Online Lottery Channel British terrestrial broadcaster ITV has teamed up with Camelot to launch a new online channel featuring the latest lottery news and films of lottery-funded projects in each UK region through its...

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Tampa Bay Are World Series Favourites The Tampa Bay Rays made baseball history Sunday night when they defeated the Boston Red Sox to book their first ever appearance in a World Series. Before the season started, Tampa Bay were 200/1...

Monday 20th October 2008

WPT closes real-money online poker room As we covered yesterday it seems as though the World Poker Tour (WPT) is in serious trouble after news that the group has now closed it real-money online poker room. This room was operated in...

Monday 20th October 2008

Google expands on move to allow gambling ads While it has been known for a few days now that Google was looking to use the UK as a test area for the introduction of gambling and poker adverts to its search engine pages, we now have more...