Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Supreme Court Rules Against Video Poker The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina has lost a legal battle for their gambling rights. Yesterday, the Supreme court ruled that the tribe cannot operate video poker on the reservation near Ro...

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Police Close Northern Ireland Poker Championships The City North Hotel, located just outside Dublin, Ireland, was specifically chosen for the championship due to some uncertainty over the situation. Poker tournaments with one-off registration fees...

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Calvin Ayre Poker Show Enters Season 2 The second Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker reality show has been launched, following the huge success of the million dollar battle of the bands. 'Season II leaves behind the classic reality TV show fo...

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Former NETteller VP Joins Microgaming Microgaming has announced that Bruce Elliott has been appointed head of business development. Elliott joins a company providing software for some of the industry’s biggest online gaming sites. Al...

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Norway’s Monopoly Passes Go Last week a court in Luxembourg ruled that gaming operator Svenska Spel could maintain its monopoly, as it was likely to prove the most socially responsible operator. While this may sound like ridi...

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Welsh Man Banks £700,000 on £2 Stake Ladbrokes bookmakers report that a Welsh man beat odds of 350,000 to one to win £700,000 from a stake of £2. A spokesperson for the UK firm called the win extraordinary adding that it was the most ...

Monday 19th March 2007

Empire set to launch London's largest casino London's historic Empire Ballroom is due to enjoy a new lease of life as a glitzy new £16 million casino. The Casino At The Empire complex is being created by London Clubs International, with...

Monday 19th March 2007

Police hold up NI poker championships Police in Ireland have frustrated poker players by blocking the Northern Ireland Poker Championships from taking place. The Gardai (Irish Police Force) stopped the championships from going ahead j...

Monday 19th March 2007

Danielle Lloyd given Ladbrokes poker role Ladbrokes has announced that it has appointed model Danielle Lloyd as the face of its successful poker business. The wannabe WAG, former girlfriend of England star Teddy Sheringham, recently won &...

Monday 19th March 2007

Titan Poker Launches Software in Danish and Finnish The site says that these latest additions are part of ongoing expansions and upgrades to the software and they bring the number of languages which Titan Poker is available in to 11, namely English,...

Monday 19th March 2007

Poker Mourns Death of Tom Jacobs Poker pro Tom Jacobs, who finished in the money at several World Series of Poker (WSOP) events, died on 11 March 2007 at the age of 61. Jacobs, who lived in the US, won a WSOP bracelet in the $3,0...

Monday 19th March 2007

Special Welcome Package for New UltimateBet Players PlayGamesWinCash.com and UltimateBet.com have announced a partnership which will offer new poker players a special welcome package. Players who sign up to UltimateBet through PlayGamesWinCash usin...

Monday 19th March 2007

Online Casino Goes Multi-Lingual In a move designed to expand its worldwide player base online gaming site Casino Classic has now launched its casinos in a range of languages. Powered by the successful Microgaming network, the s...

Monday 19th March 2007

$100K Weekly Debuts at Everest Poker Everest Poker has launched a $100,000 weekly guaranteed tournament offering existing and new players a cash-laden challenge they can’t refuse. The tournaments began yesterday and will run every Su...

Monday 19th March 2007

Online Casino Hedges its Bets on New Software BetByInternet, an online gambling site offering online sports betting, online poker and an online casino, has decided to boost its online portfolio by switching software providers. The company wi...