Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Thursday 17th June 2004

Countdown to the First EU Backing and Laying Championships The countdown to the first ever European horse racing Backing and Laying Championship continues, with just 10 days to go before the first round on 26th June 2004. Already, hundreds of punters from...

Thursday 17th June 2004

Malaysia’s betting beepers Football gambling is a multi-million dollar industry across South East Asia. Now, in a bid to curb illegal gambling and legalize the channels, several governments including Thailand, Malaysia and S...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Poker player finds major prime number Meet Josh Findley, 31, a Portland native and professional poker player and IT consultant. Now, think of the biggest number you can and then double it, triple it, and quadruple it. Findley stands o...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Female online gamers on the rise A report released by UK media consultancy firm Screen Digest, has revealed that 64 percent of online gamers are women. In a fast-growing industry, the number of female players is growing just as ra...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Casino City launches Online.CasinoCity.com Online.casinocity.com, part of the Casino City Network has launched its new Online Casino City website where online gaming enthusiasts can find the most comprehensive directory of 2,000 online gam...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Foreign investors concern over planned UK casino regulations Las Vegas Sands Inc have released a statement on the back of the news regarding the UK government’s planned review of regulations on land-based casinos. Executives speaking on behalf of the US-base...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Thailand blocks gambling sites The Thai police have ordered local Internet service providers to block access to UK-based betting websites in an effort to stem record gambling expected in the kingdom during the ongoing Euro 2004 ...

Wednesday 16th June 2004

Thailand blocks British gambling sites The Thai police have ordered local Internet service providers to block access to UK-based betting websites in an effort to stem record gambling expected in the kingdom during the ongoing Euro 2004...

Wednesday 16th June 2004
Govt regulations for betting exchanges met favourably The UK government has made a ruling this week that in terms of legislation and regulation there should be no difference made between two forms of betting - backing and laying. This decision basica...


Wednesday 16th June 2004
Youbet.com to launch virtual horse racing Youbet.com, the Internet provider of thoroughbred, quarter horse and harness racing content in the US has signed a multi-year agreement with VIS iTV to become the U.S. platform for the launch of I...


Tuesday 15th June 2004

AngelCiti Hope for The Midas Touch George Gutierrez, president of AngelCiti, has announced an agreement to acquire control of online poker company, Midas entertainment. In a statement released today he said: 'This is the first step...

Tuesday 15th June 2004

BoDog and Micropower Corp Agree Poker Deal Gaming giant, BoDog.com, has announced it has chosen the Micropower Corporation to help renovate its online card rooms. BoDog is looking to expand its existing package to help cope with the public’...

Tuesday 15th June 2004

Poker Aces Gather for the Gaming Club World Championships Fresh from a ground-breaking World Series, the planet’s best poker players, along with the now customary army of internet qualifiers, will descend on Dublin next week for the Gaming Club World Cham...

Tuesday 15th June 2004

Man Breaks Poker Playing Endurance Record Larry Olmsted really showed his mettle this week by winning a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest ever sitting at a poker table. Olmsted, from Vermont, endured seventy-two hours o...

Tuesday 15th June 2004

World Poker Tour Schedule Released Organisers of the World Poker Tour have upped the ante and announced an extra stop on the competition’s third season itinerary next summer. The Mirage Poker Showdown will take place in Vegas from t...