Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
Mobile gambling technology provider and Microgaming associate Spin3 is set to exploit the user excitement and demand surrounding Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch handsets with the launch of the first commercially available play-for...
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GamesGrid, a subsidiary of the UK skill games provider GameAccount has added Domino Duel, a real-money, peer-to-peer online version of dominoes, to its range of skill games.
A statement from the provider this week claims that the company has given the ageless game a slick modern treatment, empowering players to create or join a table and play head-to-head by laying down virtual domino tiles on the board. "When you have played all of...
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A new Betfair policy scheduled for implementation September 22 has stirred up controversy on Sportblog at the UK newspaper The Guardian.
Blogger Greg Wood writes that in nine years Betfair has grown from a tiny startup to one of the world's largest betting companies worth over a billion pounds sterling, yet has always managed to make its members feel loyal...
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Early reports suggest that the Dutch Senate cleared a proposed gaming taxation bill this week that will enable the government to tax games of chance, including those provided by foreign online operators whom the Dutch have hitherto prosecuted as 'illegal' in defence of the state monopoly. The bill is also reported to contain provisions targeted on individuals who win at foreign online gaming sites.
Dutch politicians appear to widely...
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Although still too early for full details, it appears that a lucky Portuguese player, DuarteF, has hit the Europa Casino progressive slot 'Global Traveler' for a useful Euro 501 000. Duarte is apparently a regular at the casino and is reportedly 'stunned' by his unexpected win.
Global Travel...
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Nine survivors of a tough two day competition in the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour High Rollers tournament started an 11 hour final table battle for supremacy this week, seeking to unseat a dominant chip leader in David Steike
In two days of play, the 61 players who had paid an e...
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Online poker action continued to deliver major winning payouts this week as events in the PokerStars 2008 World Championship of Online Poker concluded.
Event 6 - the $530 buy-in NLHE online tournament at the WCOOP attracted a massive entry of 7 351 players for Sunda...
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In trouble since at least August last year, USDBet.com appears to have finally bitten the dust, with visitors to the website redirected to the Yahoo.com portal for some weeks and an unknown number of players still awaiting payment.
The Futurebet-powered operation told respected sportsbook portal Sports Book Review less than three months ago that it was now under new (but unspecified)...
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The stellar gathering of poker pros at the recently concluded Asian Poker Tour Macau proved to be a fruitful recruiting ground for London-listed Asian Logic, which announced this week that JC Tran, Quinn Do and Nam Le have signed up to represent the APT on the world poker market.
The deal was off to a flying start with Nam Le winnin...
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The US-facing and based PurePlay online poker company, which claims to be legal in the United States, reports that it has expanded its player ranks to over 1.5 million competitors and has disbursed more than $4 million in cash prizes since Novermber 2005.
"We are committed to staying at the forefront of legal o...
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Isle of Man based e-cash processor Neteller plc and the Europe and Asia facing BORN (BornForSports) e-commerce group, signed a five year payment and joint marketing agreement this week. The agreement provides for the exclusive use of a version of Neteller Payment Suite inside the BORN group network of merchants and brands. Included is a co-branded e-wallet to...
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In a tough four day tournament characterised by long hours at the felt, Frenchman Alain Roy was victorious in the Partouche Poker Tour Cannes Main Event over the weekend, beating a field of 480 entrants that included top global players like Gus Hansen, Scotty Nguyen, Robert and Michael Mizrachi, Noah Schwartz, Jeff Madsen, David Williams, Alexander Kostritsyn, Pascal Perrault, Nicholas Le...
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The European gaming operator Gaming VC has appointed Lee Feldman as non-executive chairman, in place of Adrian Smith. Feldman was previously a non-executive director of Gaming VC.
Feldman has wide executive experience and is a corporate lawyer by profession. He is a partner in Softbank Capital - a US private equity fund focused on technology and media, and has a wide knowledge of private equity investing as well as corporate and bus...
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The executive committee of UK online and land gambling group Ladbrokes' has reallocated management responsibilities, with the md of remote betting and gaming, John O'Reilly, taking on additional responsibilities.
Going forward, O'Reilly will aditionally head up the company's trading operations and lead Ladbrokes' development activities in Spain.
Alan...
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The Reuters news agency reports that Vienna listed online gambling group Bwin Interactive Entertainment has flagged a Euro 2.25 million ($3.22 million) hit after a project to obt...
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