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Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Progressive Jackpot Hits $3.5m At Online Casino It’s not unusual for progressive jackpots to hit hundreds of thousands of dollars – life-changing sums of money. That is dwarfed, however, by the rare sight of a behemoth jackpot such...

Wednesday 23rd July 2008

UK Government Announces Tote Sale Plans In the UK, the Government has announced plans to sell The Tote, the only organisation licensed to run pool betting on horseracing, in the autumn if market conditions were right. According to The...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

WSOP 2008 Hits The Screens With A Bang Now that the starter is over for WSOP 2008, with millions waiting for the main course, the ESPN television network has begun to show highlights from the early stages. The event so far has been...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Is Joe Calzaghe Struggling To Make His Last Fight? He has been the longest running undefeated boxing champion of the modern age but it seems as though Joe Calzaghe is struggling to make his last fight against Roy Jones. The eagerly awaited fight...


Tuesday 22nd July 2008

CryptoLogic Cracks The Betsafe Code CryptoLogic, one of the leading developers of online gaming software, has today announced that it has managed to integrate the Betsafe sports book operation into Betsafe’s online eWallet...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Russian-speaking players 'on the increase' More and more poker enthusiasts from Russian-speaking nations are signing up to play the game online, it has been suggested. According to Titan Poker, its website is proving so popular with easter...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Cryptologic Integrates Poker Site Into Betsafe eWallet July 22, 2008 (Dublin, IRELAND) – CryptoLogic Limited, a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today announced the complete integration of its poker site into...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Kamberis bursts into OPOY contention Alex Kamberis, known in internet circles as AJKHoosier1, has rocketed up Card Player's online player of the year (OPOY) table to take third position. The professional won a large number of points ...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Macau looks set to break $14 billion revenue mark Macau looks on course to shatter revenue records again this year, with $14 billion a very real possibility. The latest figures from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reveal that the re...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

CanAffco Affiliate Boot Camp to run during CAP Euro Following growing success at the CAP London and Amsterdam conferences, CanAffco will be hosting their next event on Saturday, September 27th at the CAP Barcelona affiliate event which is set to be...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

APAT UK Team Championship: Bristol & South West Are The Kings The APAT Poker Association & Tour held the inaugural United Kingdom Team Championship in the G Casino Blackpool on 19th & 20th July. The event had 200 entries, in teams of ten drawn from 20 UK...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

New Poker After Dark Show Sees 'Nets vs. Vets' In another originally named show, Poker After Dark have paired up three of the young online talents in the game against three Main Event champions in a ‘Nets vs. Vets’ match-up. As is...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Titan Poker Say ‘Da’ To Russian Poker Players Titan Poker has announced they will now be offering their software and website in Russian, allowing those in the country to shuffle up and deal. The online poker room is already available in a...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

BetFred Signs Multi-Year Skill Games Deal Online sportbetting provider BetFred has signed a multi-year software licensing agreement with London-based GameAccount, a leading Internet software developer for the virtual gaming industry, for...

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Online Poker Player Wins Almost $210,000 PokerStars.com has announced that a player from Switzerland won its Sunday Million tournament and took home nearly $210,000. Online player ‘Sam66’ walked away with $209,571 on Sunday...