Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 25th April 2007

Digital Gaming Network Announces its Biggest Tourney to Date The Digital Gaming Network (DGN) has announced that on 29 April 2007, it will host its largest online poker tournament to date, with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000. The buy-in to the final e...

Wednesday 25th April 2007

PokerTime Seeks Patriotic Players for Smackdown Tourney PokerTime is asking users to be patriotic and defend their countries in the exclusive World Wide Smackdown (WWS) Poker Tournament. Players from around the world will get the chance to show of thei...

Wednesday 25th April 2007

Svenska Spells Success for Swedish Online Casino Market Swedish state-owned gambling monopoly Svenska Spel, operator of over 20 different online betting games, has announced that its first quarter profits have risen by 22 percent to €157 million, compa...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

Don Cheadle steps up to defend charity title A host of celebrities will be descending on the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Saturday, but they're not there for hanky-panky, but to play a nice sedate game of poker in the name of charity. T...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

Professor Nelson Rose to Address GIGSE Professor Nelson Rose will provide the keynote address at this year’s ninth annual Global Interactive Gaming Sumit and Expo, at Palais des Congres in downtown Montreal from the 5 to the 7 of June. ...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

World Poker Tour Update There were many surprise bust outs from big names as day two of the World Poker Tour World Championship event at The Bellagio in Las Vegas came to an end. The field was reduced from 479 players to ...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

Daniel Negreanu the New Face of I-play Daniel Negreanu will launch the new range of mobile products from I-play, a fast-growing mobile entertainment company. Diversifying into mobile video, the company has managed to win a suitable publ...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

Brian Townsend takes $120,000 from Phil Ivey Phil Ivey has lost $120,000 to and Brian Townsend or ‘Sbrugby’ as he is often known online, in one of their regular clashes. One of the losses occurred in one heads up battle and at $300/600 and th...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

The Grand Performs Well at Tribeca Film Festival Zak Penn’s ‘mocumentary’ The Grand, which will debut on April 27, gathers comedians Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Richard Kind, Michael McKean, Jason Alexander, among others, and gets them to play a...

Tuesday 24th April 2007

The Mafia Online Casino Goes Live The Mafia Casino (www.themafiacasino.com) has announced its launch via the AliQuantum gaming platform. Divided into three main areas, the site offers online poker, online casino games and a commun...

Monday 23rd April 2007

Card sharp dumps cheating wife In a bizarre piece of blogging, Welsh poker wizard Dave 'El Blondie' Colclough announced to the world that he had dumped his TV presenter wife after catching her between the sheets with another man...

Monday 23rd April 2007

Missouri moat claims Kansas fugitive A man drowned in a casino moat in Missouri on Saturday after becoming more than cagey when his ID was questioned by authorities. Anthony D Swopes attempted to enter the Isle of Capri casino, but w...

Monday 23rd April 2007

US laws 'bankrupt' bwin Austrian gambling site bwin has announced that the introduction of the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006 has majorly crippled its profits. After reporting profits of 6.4 millio...

Monday 23rd April 2007

Everest's European jackpot doubles Everest Poker has announced the second of its annual European Cup tournaments and this time double the amount of qualifiers can compete for twice the prize money of 2006. Last year 100 European pl...

Monday 23rd April 2007

World 3D Poker Announce Party Plans for CAC 2007 April 23, 2007 (London, UK) – CAC2007, Platinum Sponsor World 3D Poker, with co-sponsors Zipang Casino and 777 Baby have today announced their Party Plans for the upcoming Spring Convention in Amst...