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Thursday 12th July 2007

Gordon Brown’s U-Turn on Super Casinos In statements made in Parliament today, new Prime Minister Gordon Brown has signalled that plans for the UK’s first super casino could be at an end. Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions, Br...

Thursday 12th July 2007

French Court Rules Against Online Monopoly France's top court has added to pressure from the European Commission for an end to the State’s monopoly by overturning a decision that banned a Maltese company from offering online betting on hors...

Thursday 12th July 2007

Online Casino Providers Combine Online gaming software manufacturer Playtech Ltd has announced a licensing agreement with Mansion Ltd that will see it provide its downloadable casino portfolio of over 90 games and integrate its b...

Thursday 12th July 2007

Online Canadian Casino Awards Ace Jackpot Online gaming room Imperial Casino has announced that a player won over $77,000 after hitting a jackpot on one of its Space Ace slot machines. The Canadian online casino said that the French play...

Thursday 12th July 2007
SkillGround.com to Provide Video Games for Sportingbet Leading online games arena SkillGround.com has announced an exclusive partnership to provide head-to-head video games for Sportingbet, the online sports and betting site. SkillGround.com is a whol...


Wednesday 11th July 2007

Championship not going for Gold Last year's World Series Of Poker (WSOP) champion Jamie Gold will not be able to defend his title after he busted out of 2007's Main Event in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Despite this, and p...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

Novelli opens Circus Casino Jean-Christophe Novelli has opened a new mecca in the city of Edinburgh called the Circus Casino, the Scotsman reports. The celebrity chef's £7 million investment, which is located in Founta...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

The World Poker Store’s Famous Board Members Poker merchandiser The World Poker Store has announced that the appearance of its newly appointed advisory board members at Las Vegas’ Gaming Life Expo had an instant impact. The St Paul-based fir...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

Poker Tax For Sweden According to several local reports, Sweden plans a special tax collection effort aimed at operators of poker websites serving as entryways to sites for on-line gambling. The Swedish National Tax B...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

WSOP Sees NHL Interest A former National Hockey League (NHL) player that pleaded guilty to charges of financing a nationwide sports gambling ring, took part in this week’s World Series Of Poker (WSOP) event in Las Vegas....

Wednesday 11th July 2007

Bad Beat Jackpot Offers Another Record Prize Online poker website Absolute Poker has announced that the prize pool for its latest Bad Beat Jackpot game has grown to over $320,000. 'Somebody call Guinness and Ripley's,' said David Clainer, Vi...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

MySpace Queen Tila Tequila Builds Online Empire The global online appeal of MySpace diva Tila Tequila has again been boosted by the success of her online casino and poker rooms, TilaCasnio.com and TilaPoker.com. Ms Tequila has had a busy month...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

One Online Gaming Law to Rule Them All New online gambling laws that are set to be introduced into the UK in September will put Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs), such as the Lord of The Rings online, under the same guidelines ...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

Online Bingo Calls in a Five-Figure Number BingoHouse, a leading online bingo site, has announced that it will be hosting a series of cash-laden tournaments for its July Promotion. Visitors to the site will be given the chance to get thei...

Wednesday 11th July 2007

Big Month for Tila Tequila, TilaCasino.com Host & MySpace Diva July 11, 2007 (London, UK) – MySpace diva Tila Tequila has a lot to celebrate these days. She’s on the covers of both Penthouse and Black Men Magazines this month, “Tila’s Mansion” has just opened ...