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Wednesday 17th September 2008

Online Poker Tournament Pays Out Six Six-Figure Sums One of the highlights of PokerStars’s World Championship of Online Poker, and indeed the online poker calendar in general, is the 2-day event hosted at the world’s largest poker site....

Wednesday 17th September 2008

IGT Restructuring UK Business Reno-based International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it is restructuring its UK business with its WagerWorks online casino software developer being integrated into the firm’s...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

CryptoLogic Signs With Ethoca Dublin-based online gambling software developer CryptoLogic Limited has announced that its WagerLogic subsidiary has joined the global fraud-fighting community operated by Ethoca Limited. ...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

New Online Casino Offers Huge Bonus Online Vegas Casino is a new website who plan to, in their own words; “blow your socks off.” They have a point – whereas most casinos offer bonuses of anything in the range of...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Online Casino Hails Football Season One of the most popular sports in the USA kicks off in the form of the NFL season this month, and to celebrate online casino Bodog are offering a fantastic 100% match bonus on new deposits to...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

UK’s Online Casino Industry Predicted To Expand Strong growth has been predicted for the UK online casino sector, owing to a lack of restriction on the industry coupled with the wide availability of high-speed broadband. Dave England, a...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Suitors Emerge For La Francaise Des Jeux Following yesterday’s news that the French Government is planning to privatise national lottery company La Francaise Des Jeux, publishing firm Lagardere SCA has emerged as a major contender...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Russian poker is now a sport While President Putin was fighting the new cold war and trying to play poker with the West over some very serious issues, he was also addressing the problem of poker in the country itself. In a...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

McCain hits out at casino culture on the financial markets As AIG is saved at the very last bell we have seen presidential candidates Obama and McCain come out and criticise traders on the financial market with McCain describing an alarming ‘casino...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Stars line up for the Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge While Super Bowl week may still be some way off it looks as though plans are already a foot to make it one of the busiest weeks in the Poker and charity calendar. The Joyner-Walker Foundation has...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Congress takes step towards legalised online poker in the US In a move which has surprised many it was announced that a bill will be going through Congress over the next few days which could see online poker in the US back alive a kicking over the next few...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

UK gambling firms 'turn attention to Sweden' Some gambling firms from the UK, such as online casino groups, may be considering recent developments in Sweden. According to Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) senior executive Andrew Lyman,...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Slotland Celebrates 10th Birthday at CAP Euro 17 September 2008 (London, UK) – Old-school slots and video poker site Slotland.com will celebrate its 10th birthday at CAP Euro with a contest and special birthday bonuses for players and a...

Wednesday 17th September 2008

Poker luck considered Luck is a "major component of success" in poker tournaments, according to Alan Bowden, editor of InsidePoker magazine. Players will find that "so much depends in the turn of a card&...

Tuesday 16th September 2008
What odds on a Gordon Brown exit before the end of 2008? While just a couple of weeks ago the Gordon Brown camp were privately boasting about seeing off an expected leadership challenge it appears that it is literally all to play for now, with a number...