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Wednesday 3rd August 2005

Monte Carlo Millions Makes History Again WHAT:Registration for the 2005 Monte Carlo Millions, the world’s most exclusive poker tournament, has begun. Last year, Monte Carlo Millions was the first poker tournament to ever be held in the ...

Wednesday 3rd August 2005

Golden Palace Online Casino home of BIG PAYOUTS The last few months at GoldenPalace have been especially exciting. Talk about breaking the bank...check out what these lucky players have done. Richard C. from the US won a combined $85,000 on Dia...

Wednesday 3rd August 2005

An Online Casino offering just a Little Bit More In a bid to make their online casino just that bit different, www.nine.com have come up with what they are hoping is the complete interactive online package. Nine.com believe that their new look w...

Wednesday 3rd August 2005

Irish Tycoon Wins Online Poker Tournament Billionaire Irishman, Alan Smurfit, cleaned up at the Palm Beach Casino on Sunday by winning the CelebPoker.com Classic No Limit Hold’em Tournament. The former packaging tycoon, who sold his comp...

Wednesday 3rd August 2005

Can Players Take Advantage Of Mistakes? The situation has been exacerbated by the increased popularity of automated games and gaming devices. Human dealers do make mistakes, but they know the difference between a quarter and a dollar. Th...

Wednesday 3rd August 2005

Online Casino and Bingo big Hit with Women says Hitwise The phenomenal success of online gambling seems to have been mirrored by another unpredicted rise, the unprecedented number of women now being drawn to bingo websites. A survey carried out by Hi...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005

Online Casino CEO set to make $60 million The CEO of Cassava Enterprises, owner of online casino 888.com, is set to make $60 million when the company floats on the London Stock Exchange next month. This happens just several months after t...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005

ISC Entertainment Acquisition By Sportingbet Sportingbet, owner of several online poker sites, has announced it has bought ISC Entertainment Inc, owner of such gaming marketing companies such as mysportsbook.com and worldwidegamble.com, for $...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005

Interactive Gaming Holdings Take Over Premier Bet Limited Interactive Gaming Holdings has announced that it has taken over the businesses and assets of Internet bookmaker, Premier Bet Limited. The acquisition, at consideration of £1 million, has been issu...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005

$1,067,836 Jackpot won at Most Honored Online Casino This winning game, developed by Cryptologic the largest publicly listed gaming company, is found on the industry leader site, InterCasino.com. The payout is one of the largest in the history of onl...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005
Betting On P Diddy’s New Name Takes Over on Bodog.com The odds for Sean “P Diddy” Comb’s new name have been released by Bodog.com after the rapper and record producer announced he was ready to change his name last week. The new name favourite for the ...


Tuesday 2nd August 2005

ISC Entertainment Acquisition by Sportingbet plc Sportingbet, owner of several online poker sites, has announced it has bought ISC Entertainment Inc, owner of such gaming marketing companies such as mysportsbook.com and worldwidegamble.com, for ...

Tuesday 2nd August 2005

$1,067,836 Jackpot Won on Most Honored Online Casino Sometimes when you number’s up, it’s up. And it certainly came up in a big way at 11h10 on the July 27th for new millionaire Richard R., the lucky winner of a staggering $1,067,836.00 on the Millio...

Monday 1st August 2005

Sportsbook Sees Heightened Pre-Presidential Race Activity Although the 2008 presidential race is still three years and four months away, wagering activity is significant on both the candidate and the projected political parties according to Robert Spencer...

Monday 1st August 2005

Coral Eurobet valued at £800 million Bookmaker Coral Eurobet was today said to be gearing up for an £800m stock market flotation. The group, which operates some 1,260 betting shops in the UK, has reportedly appointed bankers to look ...