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Monday 4th August 2008

Club PKR Members To Cash In Every Month Coming hot on the heels of the launch of its ground-breaking loyalty programme and customer magazine, there's more good news for PKR players as the next-gen poker room announced the start of...

Monday 4th August 2008

Creed Replacing Birch At Leisure And Gaming London-based Leisure and Gaming has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Henry Birch, has decided to step down in order to pursue other interests. Birch assumed the role in 2006 after...

Monday 4th August 2008

Lottery Announces Record Revenues The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has announced record revenues of $2.6 billion for the past year, $64 million more than expected, due to higher takings from bingo halls. The result...

Monday 4th August 2008

Major Poker Site Offer WSOPE Qualifiers Major online poker site Bodog is offering a series of qualifiers for the prestigious £10,000 ($20,000) buy-in World Series of Poker Europe tournament in September. The inaugural tournament last...

Monday 4th August 2008

Online Poker Room Host Exclusive Tournament UK-based online poker room 10KingsPoker have confirmed that they will be sending ten online qualifiers to an exclusive tournament in Liverpool. With £12,000 guaranteed as well as a range of...

Monday 4th August 2008

Online Casino Release New Slots Game Friday will be the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, a competitive event dating back over 2,500 years to Olympia in Ancient Greece. Golden Tiger Casino, a popular online casino from the...

Monday 4th August 2008

Blackjack Strategy Guide Can Beat The House BlackjackRadar are a freeware designed to calculate basic blackjack strategies to give the player a higher return than expected when playing against the house, which has a slight edge against the...

Monday 4th August 2008

Online Casino Announce Weekly 21 Tournament Casino Tropez have confirmed that they will be running a 21 tournament every Tuesday at their popular online casino. All blackjack players at their casino will be entered into the 24-hour...

Monday 4th August 2008

Betfair Signs Flourish Deal Online sportsbetting firm Betfair is set to launch its Together We Make Summer Better advertising campaign after signing a deal with direct marketing agency Flourish. Flourish was tasked to create...

Monday 4th August 2008

Gross Wins Up At William Hill British gaming and sportsbetting provider William Hill has released its interim results for the first half of 2008 showing a four percent rise in overall gross wins compared to the same period last...

Sunday 3rd August 2008

UK Gambling Commission Gives Go Ahead For New Casino Games In a sign of the times the UK Gambling Commission has given approval to an array of new games for the UK arena. The new games include Pai Gow poker, Let It Ride poker and four new variations of...

Sunday 3rd August 2008

Does Mobile Gambling Have A Place In The Future? The last few months has seen a substantial increase in the number of mobile phone gambling and betting games with the iPhone the latest to join the party. However, there is a growing debate as to...

Sunday 3rd August 2008
Is Gambling On F1 The Ultimate In High Risk Stakes? While it was a McLaren that took the chequered flag at today’s Hungarian GP, few had expected the face of Heikki Kovalainen to be the one emerging from the winner’s helmet at the end of...


Sunday 3rd August 2008

Ontario Lottery Police Back Down Amid Controversy The Ontario Provincial Police have attracted a mass of unwelcome press coverage after news that their ongoing investigation into a number of suspect Lottery wins in the state collapsed with...

Sunday 3rd August 2008

Irish Eyes Smiling With 15 Million Euro Win Irish eyes will be smiling somewhere in Tipperary this weekend with news that one lucky punter will be taking home 15 million Euros when they decide to step forward and claim their win. One lucky...