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Thursday 7th August 2008

UltimateBet Sponsoring First Annual Tony and Eva Parker Charity Night UltimateBet today announced the sponsorship of the first annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night benefiting Eva’s Heroes. Founded by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria,...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Fox Poker Club To Be Present At Poker In The Park Fox Poker Cluba private company and the owner of a recently-granted casino license in London, are to launch a major recruitment drive at Bluff Europe and PKR’s Poker in the Park festival on...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Online Gambling Bill Put On Hold In America, a bill sponsored by Nevada Representative Shelly Berkeley that would commission a full and independent study into online gambling and its implications for American citizens has been...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Brunson To Attend APT Macau The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced that Doyle Brunson will be attending its Macau tournament being held at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino beginning on August 27. The Macau event is...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Online Casino Launches New Faster Service Gibraltar-based RomeCasino.com has launched new US-friendly software that gets players directly to the action quicker and easier than any other online casino. The Internet casino was designed...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Online Slot Player Bags $567,000 Cyprus-based French-language Casino770.com has announced that one lucky player walked away with over $560,000 after winning on two of its 20-line slot machines. Player ‘Christophe R’...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Tipp24 Announces Modest Rises German online lottery operator Tipp24 AG has reported that revenues rose by 20.1 percent to $33.32 million for the first half of the year while its consolidated net profits rose 75.2 percent to...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Online Bookmakers Fear Swimmer Could Win Eight Gold Medals The Games of the XXIX Olympiad are set to begin tomorrow in Beijing and American swimmer Michael Phelps could depart China having won eight gold medals. Baltimore native Phelps is arguably the...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Portsmouth And Manchester United Battle At Wembley In England, the traditional start to the soccer season kicks off this Sunday with Wembley Stadium hosting the Football Association (FA) Community Shield game between Manchester United and...

Thursday 7th August 2008

Youbet Gets Back In The Black American online horse racing and wagering site Youbet.com has announced its results for the previous quarter showing gross income from continuing operations of just over $2.28 million. The...

Thursday 7th August 2008

William Hill Interested In The Tote Britain’s second largest bookmaker, William Hill, has announced its first-half earnings for the year revealing profits were down by ten percent to $287.3 million, which was in line with its...

Wednesday 6th August 2008

Fox To Broadcast ClubWPT.com In America, World Poker Tour (WPT) Enterprises Incorporated has announced a deal with Fox Sports Net to create a television series based on its ClubWPT.com subscription and sweepstakes games...

Wednesday 6th August 2008

Betsson Posts Second Quarter Growth Swedish online gambling group Betsson has released its financial results for the second quarter showing that revenues increased 63 percent to $38.76 while operating income increased 29 percent to...

Wednesday 6th August 2008

Poker In The Park Tournament Schedule Announced Europe’s largest poker festival, 'Poker in the Park' hosted by Bluff Europe magazine and innovative 3D poker site PKR, will take place in Leicester Square, London, on Friday the 15th and...

Wednesday 6th August 2008

Bluff Europe Magazine Give Away Tournament Seats Popular poker magazine Bluff Europe have teamed up with the world’s largest poker site PokerStars to offer free seats to the site’s flagship tournament series the World Championship of...