Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Friday 9th July 2004

Germany’s Biggest Ever Jackpot InterCasino has announced that Germany’s biggest ever Jackpot has been won at its German language site www.Deutsch.Intercasino.com. A player known by screen name, Kurt, walked away with 158,067.93 ...

Friday 9th July 2004

LasVegasfromHome Introduces First Ever Rake Free Poker Room LasVegasFromHome.com has announced the launch of its new concept in card rooms this week, www.zerorake.com. Rather than charging the industry standard rake or commission on every winning hand, pla...

Friday 9th July 2004

Ladbrokes Poker Million Enticing Poker Punters Ladbrokes has said that its poker tournament, The Ladbrokes Poker Million II – The Masters, has been attracting a lot of betting interest, particularly on the web, thanks in no small part to exten...

Friday 9th July 2004
WGI And Victor Chandler - New Online Sportsbetting Deal Half a million members of World Games Incorporated will have a myriad of new opportunities to win millions online following an affiliate deal with International Bookmaker Victor Chandler. In a gro...


Friday 9th July 2004
BetEuro Adds European Soccer Leagues BetEuro hit the back of the net this week by becoming the first European betting site to offer a comprehensive book for the English, Italian, Spanish and German soccer leagues. The sportsbook, whi...


Friday 9th July 2004

Jockey Club Ban Owner for Betfair Wager A Jockey Club disciplinary panel has banned Joss Naylor’s owner, Darren Mercer, for six months after finding him guilty of betting on his own horse to lose through his Betfair account. Mercer left...

Friday 9th July 2004
Expos Walk The Plank MLB – Bonus MLB Report on Pittsburgh -126 - Line available at Pinnacle Sports - Burnett & Hill - Listed Pitchers - Game goes at 4:05 PM PST., 7:05 PM EST. We played this same...


Thursday 8th July 2004

Mine’s King Solomon’s King Soloman’s Casino, one of the oldest and most trusted casinos on the web, is due relaunch this month with new Real Time Gaming software. The new look King Soloman’s will be one of the first on...

Thursday 8th July 2004

Cinematic commercials show that poker’s a bit like life The Gambling Exchange said it wanted a fresh new angle for its new poker commercials, so it hired innovative writer/director team, the Goetz brothers, to help create something a little bit differe...

Thursday 8th July 2004

Gambling Exchange.com’s New Commercials The Gambling Exchange said it wanted a fresh new angle for its new poker commercials, so it hired innovative writer/director team, the Goetz brothers, to help create something a little bit differen...

Thursday 8th July 2004

PokerStars.com’s World Championship of Online Poker PokerStars.com has announced it is running satellites for qualification into its World Championship of Online Poker, the Internet’s biggest poker tournament. The tournament will run from July 28th ...

Thursday 8th July 2004

Claws Come Out in Celebrity Poker World Acting is a notoriously catty profession; so given Ben Affleck’s recent triumph at the poker tournament it was only a matter of time before the venomous backbiting started. The New York Daily News ...

Thursday 8th July 2004

‘Poker Kings’ Film Released After two and half years of shooting and editing, Poker Kings, a documentary following the fortunes of five poker players on the road to the 2003 World Series of Poker. Directed by award winning fi...

Thursday 8th July 2004

World Poker Tour Company To Float on Stock Exchange Lakes Entertainment Inc, the company that owns roughly 80% of the World Poker Tour, has announced that it’s to be listed Chicago Board Options Exchange and that trading equity options on Lakes Ente...

Thursday 8th July 2004
UK Government Hits Back At Bill Critics The UK government is strongly defending the proposed Gambling Bill against its detractors, describing reports that new legislation will lead to a large increase in problem gambling as ‘slipshod’. ...