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Thursday 15th May 2008

Womens Poker Takes The Spotlight While you could be forgiven for thinking that all of the high profile Poker tournaments are dominated by the men, this is not the case! Ladies Poker has been one of the fastest...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Big Brown Heads Field For 133rd Preakness Stakes In the aftermath of the Eight Belles tragedy at the recent Kentucky Derby many people may not actually be aware that it was Big Brown who won the race. However, hot on the heels of that great win...

Thursday 15th May 2008

PurePlay Beats The US Online Ban While many of the lawmakers in the US may still be rubbing their hands with glee that they managed to close down an online sector which threatened their traditional Casino industry, it seems that...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Is Jamaica Set To Become The Next Macau? It has the sun, it has the sea and it has the tourist numbers, so why are there so many objections to the plan to introduce a casino to Jamaica? The Jamaican government have gone on...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Binger and Winston the new Nguyen's? Several poker players have made a side living from coaching others down the years. Perhaps the most famous of these is Men Nguyen, who has trained several members of his family into world class co...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Internet gambling 'is secure' A leading internet gaming industry expert has spoken out about the security of online gambling. Brian Wright of the Remote Gambling Association said that people do not need to be worried about the...

Thursday 15th May 2008

OPoker.com Agreement For CryptoLogic Dublin-based software developer CryptoLogic Limited has announced a three-year licensing contract through its WagerLogic subsidiary with OPoker.com, a new online poker site launched by a group of...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Poker keeps Lycos 50 place Poker has maintained its run inside the Lycos 50 for another week. The card game has now spent 21 days on the list of most commonly typed internet search terms after a brief period outside. It re...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Amsterdam Master Classics – Get Registering Now! Coming into its seventeenth year, Holland Casino has announced the registration details for the 17th Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam later this year. The event, which runs from 7th -15th...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Bodog offering WSOP Prop Bets If I had a pound for every time I had to write about some sick prop bet, I’d be rich. Then I would go and gamble it away on some sick prop bet myself. Now Bodog have caught on to the fact...

Thursday 15th May 2008

WPT Set to Return to Spain Kicking off all-new action in Season VII, World Poker Tour returns to Casino Barcelona next week for the second WPT Spanish Championship. Held from 21st – 27th May, the Second WPT Spanish...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Management Change At Boss Media Swedish online gambling software provider Boss Media has announced that former Chief Executive Officer Michael Hallen has officially handed over his duties to Rahul Parekh. Parekh formally...

Wednesday 14th May 2008

$1.3 Million Jackpot Welcomes Yet Another Online Slots Player to the Millionaires Club Millionaires Club, one of the internet’s most popular progressive slot games, has awarded more than $1.3 million to one very lucky online slot machine player. Millionaires Club, available...

Wednesday 14th May 2008

Netherlands To Crack Down On Online Gambling Dutch authorities are aiming to launch a new campaign to eradicate illegal gambling websites in Holland. High up on the list of targets are thought to be Swedish company Unibet and Dutch firm...

Wednesday 14th May 2008

Hoosier Park Racing Set To Open Casino Venture In a move which is set to create up to 500 new jobs, the owners of Hoosier Park Racing are set to introduce a casino operation to compliment the horseracing business. This will be the first time...