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Wednesday 9th June 2004

UltimateBet.com Announces Tropical Island Poker Tournament The online qualifying tournaments are now underway for the UltimateBet.com Poker Classic. The No Limit Texas Hold'em event, which is part of the World Poker Tour, will return to the tropical paradi...

Wednesday 9th June 2004

Ladbrokes Announce Poker Cruise Ladbrokes poker has announced it will be sending 200 budding Internet card-sharks on a glamorous seven-night poker cruise around the Mediterranean. As well as meals and entertainment, winners will ...

Wednesday 9th June 2004

New Gambling regulations in Victoria, Aus New legislation in Victoria, Australia, dictates that venues known affectionately as “pokie parlours”, will have to limit the number of signs advertising their sites. The draft law, which has yet ...

Wednesday 9th June 2004

AngelCiti purchases company from investors AngelCiti Entertainment’s management has purchased a controlling stake in the company, which was previously owned by an investment company. President of the company George Gutierrez issued the foll...

Wednesday 9th June 2004

SGC extends US$10 million online lottery contract Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), the supplier of instant tickets and wagering systems to pari-mutuel operators has extended its online lottery contract with the West Virginia for two more years,...

Wednesday 9th June 2004

Dutch ruling in favour of Ladbrokes The first ruling has been delivered in the long running case De Lotto brought against Ladbrokes, regarding the right of the British company to offer online gambling in Holland. The judgement has be...

Tuesday 8th June 2004

LegalPlay to purchase copper stake After announcing their intention to try and diversify as a company last month, LegalPlay Entertainment Inc have revealed that they are negotiating taking over a stake in a Mexican copper project. A...

Tuesday 8th June 2004

Net Entertainment Sells Casino Module to MrBookmaker.com Net Entertainment, a leading provider of non-download Internet casino software has signed an agreement regarding casino games with the Internet bookie MrBookmaker.com Mr Bookmaker is a major Europ...

Tuesday 8th June 2004

Singapore contemplating legalising Casinos Singapore seems to be rethinking its stance on outlawing land-based casinos. They are currently forbidden as the government fear the social impact they perceive introducing land-based casinos coul...

Tuesday 8th June 2004
BetEuro announces Euro 2004 site BetEuro.com has released details of the contest they are offering for the Euro 2004 games. The contest can be entered either for free or for real money, and there are a range of prizes being offer...


Monday 7th June 2004

US Justice Department seizes online gambling ad cash The US Department of Justice seized $3.2 million paid to Discovery Communications by Tropical Paradise sportsbook for advertising, a report in the New York Times said this week. The report said DO...

Monday 7th June 2004

Betfair celebrates its 4th Anniversary It was on Oaks Day at Epsom four years ago that Betfair.com was originally launched and since then Betfair has gone on to become the biggest and most successful on-line bookmaker in the world. The...

Monday 7th June 2004

Casino pepper spray attack An Australian casino was evacuated on Sunday night after a suspected pepper spray attack. A man was seen spraying an aerosol container close to a table at the Burswood casino just before 5pm Sunda...

Monday 7th June 2004

MGM Mirage bids $4.5bn for Mandalay MGM Mirage on Friday tabled a takeover bid of $4.85bn for rival Mandalay Resort Group, which if successful would leave MGM as the dominant player in the US casino market. MGM and Mandalay are two ...

Monday 7th June 2004

Cockfight Club A Philippine ISP is planning what it believes will be a winning combination of Internet technology and gore-frenzied butchery, with the launch of an online betting site devoted to cockfighting. P...