Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 5th August 2008

WSOP Europe To Be Held Under One Roof It’s going to save poker fans a few pounds in taxi fares, this one. The organisers of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe have announced that all of the tournaments will be held...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

$1 million Guaranteed Birthday Party This Sunday We all like a good birthday party, and PartyPoker.com are in the mood to celebrate. Seven years old this week, the poker room is counting down to a $1,000,000 guaranteed Birthday Party bonanza...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

North Carolina Bans Internet Gambling Terminals In America, the state of North Carolina has outlawed Internet terminals offering gaming using pre-paid telephone cards, a popular pastime which took the place of video poker in convenience stores...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Online Poker Room Celebrating Olympics Online poker room PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced a series of money-added tournaments branded PPP Olympics to celebrate the Games of the XXIX Olympiad being held in Beijing from this Friday. ...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Online Casino Giving Away Odds Calculator Online casino information portal LaunchPoker.com has announced a deal with Internet poker room LuckyAcePoker.com to give away the Pokerbility odds calculator to valued patrons. LuckyAcePoker.com...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Online Sportsbook Relaunches Experienced online casino, sportsbook and poker website BetUS.com has relaunched following an extensive redesign of its betting engine to offer players a sleeker and more seamless gaming...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Finnish Online Casino Shuts Amid Allegations Finnish online casino operator Aspiritus Gaming has announced the closure of its site at Aspiritus.com amid allegations that Internet casino and poker management company Inside Gaming has...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Boden Appointed Devilfish Executive Chairman London-listed online casino operator Devilfish Gaming has announced that David Boden has succeeded Kevin Leech as Executive Chairman. The Manchester-based firm revealed that Leech would stay on as...

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Online Progressive Tops $3.5 Million Online games developer Microgaming could be about to make one lucky player an instant multi-millionaire as the jackpot for its Mega Moolah four-tier progressive online slot has reached $3.5...

Monday 4th August 2008

888 Reports Improved Operating Income In a move which is probably against the trend in the US, UK based internet gambling company 888 has announced an increase in operating income for the second quarter of 2008. The company saw...

Monday 4th August 2008

Kim not fazed by WSOP attention Kelly Kim, one of the players known as the November Nine who will sit at the final table of the World Series of Poker, has stated that he is not fazed by the attention his position attracts. The ...

Monday 4th August 2008

Taxmen Chasing Finnish Poker Pros? It seems that the taxmen in Finland are creating some confusion after it appeared they are demanding a declaration of Internet and land poker winnings from selected Finnish poker players. Letters...

Monday 4th August 2008

Lead discovered in casino chips Trace quantities of lead have been discovered in poker chips, leading 21 card clubs in California to be required to put up notices informing punters of the potential hazards. The erection of signs...

Monday 4th August 2008

PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship Tour Kicks Off The poker calendar is packed nowadays, with EPT, WSOP and WPT events all year round. The one thing that us European poker players are used to though is the Irish Poker Championship, with the...

Monday 4th August 2008

Pacific Poker profits 'hit by Euro 2008' Pacific Poker’s internet gaming company 888 Holdings have blamed the Euro 2008 football champions for the 10% drop in the company’s net revenue. The $20,000,000 during the second...