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Thursday 7th August 2008

Jonathan Kalmar Returns Home Empty Handed He hit the headlines last year when he managed to bag $1.28 million at the WSOP event but this year it seems that the luck has temporarily ran out for Chorley based Jonathan Kalmar. Better know by...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Ben Grundy Hoists The Union Jack Higher Than The Rest Even though there has been a massive rise in the number of online poker games such as PLO and HORSE games, these have been dominated by US players until now. The emergence of UK superstar Ben...

Thursday 7th August 2008
Stan James Steps Into Takeover BetterBet Sportsbook While the Playtech backed white label sportsbook venture BetterBet may only have been around for a very short time it has been revealed that Stan James – a UK bookmaking group – has...


Thursday 7th August 2008

Don’t Discount The Deposit Bonuses Even those new to the online poker industry are not taking up their entitlement to the array of deposit bonus offers on the market. More and more people appear to think that there is some catch,...

Thursday 7th August 2008
Ladbrokes Announce Profits Fall At Half Year Mark Ladbrokes, the UK bookmaker and casino group with online and offline exposure, saw profits fall by 30 percent in the first half of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. The reduction was a...


Thursday 7th August 2008

Ladbrokes Considering Accepting US Poker Bets Whether the possible move to accept US poker bets, in defiance of current US regulations, is born out of desperation or a move to reignite the ‘illegal’ blocking of online poker...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Is California Set To Legalise Online Poker? News that there is a bill going through the halls of power in California which could legalise the sport of online gambling, including poker, has received many headlines in the press but is it...

Thursday 7th August 2008

All In For Cerebral Palsy Poker Tournament Is A Winner News that the All In For Cerebral Palsy Poker Tournament winner Sam Simon donated all of his winnings to the One Step Closer Foundation has received warm applause across the US. The One Step...

Thursday 7th August 2008
Who Do You Fancy For The Football Champions League? As we enter the third qualifying round for entry to the Champions League proper it is interesting to see some of the well known names of European football desperate to snatch a place in the league...


Thursday 7th August 2008

Royal Ascot results hurt bookmaker Results at the 2008 Royal Ascot meeting have been blamed for the drop in profits experienced by Ladbrokes during the first half of this year. Christopher Bell, chief executive for the betting comp...

Thursday 7th August 2008

UltimateBet sponsored casino evening sells out A charity casino event sponsored by UltimateBet and hosted by Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria has sold out. Dubbed the First Annual Tony & Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night, the occa...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Bodog Casino Rocks! The Bodog Casino is one of the oldest and most popular online casinos in the world. They’re best known for three things: More games, more excitement – they have 100+ games, from Blackjack to...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Upcoming poker events pulling in the stars There will be no shortage of star names at the upcoming Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and Asian Poker Tour (APT) tournaments. The next LAPT stage, which gets underway in Uruguay today, has attr...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Bodog Casino The Bodog Casino is one of the oldest and most popular online casinos in the world. They’re best known for three things: More games, more excitement – they have 100+ games, from Blackjack to...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Poker In The Park 2008: Entertainment & Exhibitors Details Poker in the Park will fill London’s Leicester Square’s north and east quadrants with the biggest poker fair in Europe. The centre of attention is sure to be the PKR-sponsored...