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Thursday 3rd July 2008

Online Casino Sees Massive Win On One Spin A massive win on just one spin of Casino Tropez's new 5-reel 20-line slot machine, Wild Spirt, was recently announced by the company. Andre G. from the Netherlands won his grand prize just four...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

Dual Million-Dollar Progressive Jackpots JackpotCapital truly lives up to its name, offering not one but two gargantuan jackpots that are nearing that magical $1,000,000 mark - both are over $876k and climbing fast. Midlife Crisis and...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

New Asian Hosting Centre For Online Casinos In the Philippines, IPVG Corporation subsidiary IP-Converge has entered into a joint venture with First Cagayan Leisure and Resort Corporation (FCLRC) to create a data centre providing hosting...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

Unibet Going Mobile With Mobenga Swedish mobile games developer Mobenga has announced a deal with Malta-based Unibet Group to develop mobile services for the online casino provider. Mobenga stated that the tailor-made service...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

Intralot Receives Tasmania License Athens-based lottery systems supplier Intralot is set to expand its presence in Australia after receiving a gaming license from the island state of Tasmania last week. The Greek firm is the...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

South Korea Following The Money In South Korea, lawmakers are considering plans from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that would regulate online gambling by further limiting the amount of cash transactions a person...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

Smith New Chairman For The Tote In the UK, former Rank and Ladbrokes Chief Executive Mike Smith has been appointed as the new Chairman of The Tote, the only organisation in Great Britain allowed to run pool betting on...

Thursday 3rd July 2008

Wimbledon Over For British Hope As Nadal Marches On Britain’s hopes at Wimbledon ended last night after Andy Murray was defeated in three straight sets by Spain’s Rafael Nadal in a quarterfinal contest that attracted more betting than...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Halted work on Pittsburgh casino a 'temporary setback' The construction of Pittsburgh's Majestic Star Casino has come to a halt for roughly two weeks until one of the contractors is paid the $10 million (£5 million) he is owed. Bob Oltmanns, a sp...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

WSOP main event 'still the one to win' Despite other prestigious tournaments coming to the fore, it is claimed that the main event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is still the one that most poker players want to win. Victory in th...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Two Progressive Jackpots Approaching a Million Dollars July 3, 2007 (Nicosia, Cyprus) – Not one but TWO progressive jackpots are nearing a million dollars each at Vegas-style online casino, JackpotCapital.com. Both the “Midlife...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Bluff Europe’s July Issue Out Now July 2, 2008 (London, UK) The new July dose of Bluff Europe is on its way to the hands of poker players around Europe as we speak. While they wing their way in one direction, Bluff Europe spoke...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

WSOP Event #50, $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship: Smyth Brings Bracelet Back to Emerald Isle Marty Smyth, winner of the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2007, today won the World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship tournament, becoming the second player after Noel Furlong...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

WSOP Event #51, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E: Schaaf the Champion as Hellmuth Finishes Third By day, James Schaaf works with databases and coding to build navigations software. Last night he managed to steer his way around seven others all after their place on the 2008 winner’s...

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Double Up With PokerStars in July Promotion PokerStars has released details of their new promotion for July. This month you can get twice as much as before with ‘PokerStars 2X’. What’s more is promotions are being offered...