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Friday 17th June 2005

47-Year Old Day Trader Wins WSOP Seat Online Bryan Awai, 47, from Valrico, Florida won a sponsored seat in the World Series of Poker main event by playing in an online poker tournament. He now has a chance to win a cool $10,000,000 when the c...

Friday 17th June 2005

Thepokerweb.com Offers WSOP 2005 Poker Video Updates Thepokerweb.com has announced that it will provide free access to the latest up-to-the-minute poker video updates of every event being played at The World Series of Poker 2005, taking place in Las ...

Friday 17th June 2005

Erik Seidel Wins 7th World Series of Poker Bracelet Full Tilt’s Erik Seidel has bested a field of 1,402 of poker's best to take the top prize in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em event at the World Series of Poker of 2005. Seidel took home $611,795 the l...

Friday 17th June 2005

PokerRoom.com Awarded “Play It Safe” Seal Following closely on the heels of eCOGRA's recent approval and acceptance of poker software supplier Ongame as a member, the online gambling regulatory body has announced the award of the 'Play It ...

Friday 17th June 2005

Getminted.com launches £90M Player Club Getminted has opened doors to its Player’s Club for existing and new users. Current members of the Club have won over 90 million pounds from the site so the club was set up to honour their achievem...

Friday 17th June 2005

72-year old Online Casino player wins big Vivian W., went from 'Rags to Riches' just one week after she signed up. The 72 year-old jackpot winner from the United States cashed in $105,518.87 playing the Rags to Riches Progressive Jackpot, ...

Friday 17th June 2005

Sportsbook.com Releases Odds on Golf's Heavy Hitters The first round of the 105th US Open began on June 16th with tournament favourite Tiger Woods gunning for his third US Open title and second golf Major of the season. With all eyes on Woods and th...

Friday 17th June 2005

Youbet's Belmont Race Day Handle Rises 33% Over 2004 Youbet.com says that it handled $3.4 million in online and telephone wagers on Saturday, June 11th, including the 137th running of the Belmont Stakes. The total, which was 33% higher than the $2.6...

Thursday 16th June 2005
PinnacleSports.com opens betting on Wimbledon Championships PinnacleSports.com have released odds on who will win the Men's and Women's single titles at Wimbledon. Although the draw for the world's most prestigious tennis tournament hasn't been set yet, Pin...


Wednesday 15th June 2005

Interactive Gaming Council Backs Utah’s Criticisms of WTO The Interactive Gaming Council has shown its support to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who denied the World Trade Organization’s ruling that allows foreign Internet gambling companies to tra...

Wednesday 15th June 2005

GameAccount Signs Deal with Global Scandinavian Player UK-based skill gaming supplier, GameAccount has signed a strategic contract with GII Entertainment Corp. a subsidiary of GII Investments Inc. a leading provider of technology driven products as Con...

Wednesday 15th June 2005

CryptoLogic adds 14 more games to its portfolio CryptoLogic has announced the introduction of 14 new casino games to its expanding product suite used by many of the world's top Internet casinos. Bonus Pack 7 debuts 12 new variations of highly-p...

Wednesday 15th June 2005

Online Casino Sponsors Spiderman's Skyscraper Ascent French climber Alain Robert scaled Hong Kong's 62-story Cheung Kong Center skyscraper with his bare hands on Saturday, with the tattoo of online casino GoldenPalace.com on his naked torso. Police ...

Wednesday 15th June 2005

EGET launches comprehensive upgrade EGET announced the latest release of its WinOne™ Mobile Gaming Platform, giving gaming operators a compelling reason to expand their businesses into the mobile channel. EGET will be demonstrating t...

Wednesday 15th June 2005
UK's hopes for online casino domination dashes offshore Britain's hopes to dominate the world of online gambling are sliding away as existing UK sports books announce plans to relocate. The government had outlined plans that would encourage online gamb...