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Tuesday 20th July 2004

Rock Star Poker Hits Vegas Clear Channel Entertainment is offering poker fans the opportunity to play their favourite rock stars in the first ever Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes. Clear Channel has go togeth...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Where will Randy Johnson play for rest of 2004 MLB Season WagerWeb (WagerWeb.com) Zapote, Costa Rica 00000 Tel: 1.866.371.9835 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Zapote, Costa Rica, 12 July 2004)-Snubbed by the ESPY Awards, in spite of pitching a perfect game in...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Online Casinos Take Larger Share of Growing Gambling Market - Better odds, greater trust and security, more variety, lower costs: all reasons why smart gamblers are increasingly gambling online - (London, 21 July, 2004) Online casinos are set to take an e...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Croupier Club to be launched by Nova Internet Nova Internet has developed a new online casino game with an interesting twist. Named the Croupier Club (www.CroupierClub.com), this new site hosts a unique function as it allows visitors to play ...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Intertops.com offering odds on new James Bond Intertops.com is now listing singer Robbie Williams as favourite to be the next James Bond. The internet site is well known for the unusual wagers offered to its visitors, and has a comprehensive l...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

The Secrets of Cold Tables Pssst...! Wanna know a secret? How about the secret of profiting from cold tables? It's not hard to find a cold table. Just look for quiet tables with lots of empty spaces and somber looking peo...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Asian betting industry worth US$100 billion in 2004 Online gaming is still a legal grey area in most Asian countries except Hong Kong, where legislation forbids punters to bet with anyone except the Hong Kong Jockey Club. However, that appears to ...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Australian online betting site victim of extortion Owner of Australian online betting exchange CentreRacing, Terry Lillis has spoken out about recent extortion attempts made on his site. Lillis bought the horse racing division of Centrebet, one of...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

US Racinos enjoy rapid growth in past decade A recent study in the US has found that racinos as they are known, have experienced a faster growth than casinos in the past decade. It is ten years since horse racing tracks began to introduce ca...

Tuesday 20th July 2004

Single Dad Sends Daughter to College with Online Jackpot Online casino player and single father known by the screen name “JeromeD” has won enough in a single online jackpot to send his daughter to college. JeromeD managed to wrestle a princely $270,453 f...

Tuesday 20th July 2004
Odds equalise on Bush vs Kerry Updates on the monitoring of the forthcoming US federal election being done through online betting exchanges, reveal that the odds are closer than ever. Kerry has closed in on Bush, with most onli...


Monday 19th July 2004

80 million now playing poker in the States The rise in popularity of Poker continues, with it now being estimated that as many as 80 million Americans now play the game- either in tournaments, online or just at home. Many reasons have been...

Monday 19th July 2004

Coral Eurobet record loss in first year of new ownership Bad financial news for Coral Eurobet this week, as they released figures which revealed that they are now operating in the red. It is the first year of performance since being taken over by Charter...

Monday 19th July 2004

CryptoLogic shares continue to perform well Shares in CryptoLogic, a software provider to the online gambling industry, have risen further to 825p/share. The company’s financial strength is a reflection of the booming industry as a whole, a...

Monday 19th July 2004

Record year for US Casino industry Deutsche Bank Securities have released figures regarding the value of mergers and acquisitions in the US casino industry so far this year. At a total of US$21 billion, the figure for the year so f...