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Thursday 28th February 2008

American Gaming Association Spends Big on Lobbying The American Gaming Association, a trade group representing the casino industry in the United States, spent $1.7 million in 2007 lobbying the Federal Government on online gambling legislation. ...

Thursday 28th February 2008

TST Opening London Facility Australian software testing house Technical Systems Testing (TST) has announced that it is to open its newest test facility in London in March to assess the fairness and accuracy of both online and...

Thursday 28th February 2008

Cryptologic Chooses New Leadership for Global Growth February 27, 2008 (Dublin, IRELAND) – CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet gaming software, today announced the appointment of Brian Hadfield as the company’s President and...

Thursday 28th February 2008

Online Bingo continues to explode and reaches the top in 2008 The explosion of internet sites across the European iGaming space… the continued rise of internet penetration in Central and Eastern Europe… Proactive marketing campaigns deployed by...

Thursday 28th February 2008
FIFA To Examine Sportsbetting The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) global soccer authority is stepping up its efforts against match fixing by extending its early warning monitoring system. Early...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Commission’s Final Warning The European Commission is expected to step up legal action against the Netherlands and Greece this week over competition restrictions in their gaming markets. The action for restrictions in the...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Strategic alliance formed between leading online Mahjong provider and World Series of Mahjong February 27, 2008 - Macau: Mahjong Time, the premium online mahjong platform provider, has been selected by the prestigious World Mahjong Limited, founder of the prevailing World Series of Mahjong...


Wednesday 27th February 2008

Couple makes poker boob A Delaware couple have got themselves into hot water with the police after hosting high stakes topless poker games in their home. After being made redundant, William Shane Anderson decided to turn...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

L.A. Poker Classic Day 4: Two Phils Rise To The Top Day 4 started with a bang, as eighteen of the 58 remaining players being out before the end of the first level of play. One man who was busy in that time was Phil Ivey, who had begun the day on...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

Hollywood casino 'too popular' After only two weeks in business, bosses at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course said that they may need to install more slot machines after the mecca proved more popular than they had...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

Quarter of Swansea uses casino The number of people that have signed up to become members of Swansea's £13 million Aspers casino is equivalent to a quarter of the population of the city. According to the Swansea Evening Po...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

Titan Poker to Send Players to Million Dollar Tournament in Russia Titan Poker will send players from their site to Russia for the first time ever to compete in the White Night Millions in the heart of Saint Petersburg. The White Night Millions is anticipated...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

Regional casinos 'too much of a gamble' Even though the government has approved the building of 16 small regional casinos across the UK, most of them may never be built as operators have doubts about their profitability, the Financial ti...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

PlayersOnlyVIP.com Announce Freeroll with $75,000 First Place Prize New online poker site PlayersOnlyVIP.com has announced that the top finisher for this month’s edition of its Million Dollar Freeroll poker tournament will walk away with $75,000. Daily...

Wednesday 27th February 2008

Parisian Poker Festival at the ACF Announced Of all the European poker venues, the Aviation Club is one of the most opulent on the continent. The Parisian venue has announced that it will be welcoming its flagship tournament, the Grand Prix...