Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 4th December 2007

Aussie Online Casino Launches Four New Games Australia-based online casino Lasseters.com.au launched four new slot games in eight different languages this week along with incentivising its marketing affiliates with a $1,000 pre-holiday...

Monday 3rd December 2007

New cards teach poker skills A new deck of cards is hitting the shops this Christmas, which offers poker players tips, game strategies and teaches poker terms. The Texas Hold'em 101 Playing Cards, made by Poker Prima Divas, e...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Genting Purchases Stake in Rank Group According to The Sunday Times newspaper, Malaysian gambling giant Genting has acquired a ten percent stake in the UK’s Rank Group. Rank operates the Grosvenor Casinos chain (the UK’s...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Casino boss wins giant truffle A Macau casino boss has won a giant white truffle after bidding a record $330,00 at an auction. Casino mogul Stanley Ho won the 1.497 kilogram truffle, which was dug up in Tuscany, during an aucti...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Queensland bans breakfast betting Poker fans in Queensland who enjoy playing round the clock will be disappointed to learn that changes to the state's liquor laws mean that their play will be hampered. Premier Anna Bligh announced...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Online Casino Announces Closure Leading online gaming company Universal Gaming Concepts Inc has announced the closure of its Global-Player.com Internet casino after eight years in operation. The company stated that it decided...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Hynes 'made second approach over Irish casino' It has been claimed that Manchester businessman, John Hynes, made two approaches to the Irish government over a planned casino for Phoenix Park. According to the Taoiseach, the former chief execu...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Loyalty Repaid as Poker Player Earns Porsche Online poker site PokerStars.com announced that one lucky player accumulated enough Frequent Player Points to trade in for a new Porsche. Twenty-one-year-old American player...

Monday 3rd December 2007

40-year-old Virgin winner A 40-year-old father of five has won the Virgin Poker Festival, bringing home £7,000 in winnings. David Young, from Dursley, won the competition with a hand of three jacks at the event, whic...

Monday 3rd December 2007

Yarmouth unveils casino plans Yarmouth's Pleasure Beach could be the next Las Vegas if one man's plans for a super-casino come to fruition. The Pleasure Beach's chief, Albert Jones, has announced plans to develop a massive ca...

Monday 3rd December 2007
Online Casino Detractor Wins at the Races In America, one of online gambling's most passionate detractors has reportedly received almost $40,000 in campaign contributions from the horse racing industry, which is increasingly benefiting...


Monday 3rd December 2007
Online Spread Betting Firm Profits from Volatile Year Dublin-based online spread betting firm Worldspreads has announced that pre-tax profits for the first six months of its first listed year more than doubled to over $660,000. The firm’s...