Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Friday 29th December 2006

PokerHound to Launch Version 3.0 Software PokerHound, a company with its sights set firmly on revolutionising poker software, has announced that version 3.0 of its software will be unveiled in a matter of weeks. What apparently marks Poke...

Friday 29th December 2006

Live Poker Launches Poker Podcasts Online poker community site, Live Poker, has announced that it is launching a free series of original podcasts designed to help online poker players improve their game and enhance their online expe...

Friday 29th December 2006

French Company Launches 3D Real-Money Poker Site Mekensleep, a French video game developer, has launched a new real-money poker site, pok3d.com. The site features a three-dimensional environment and boasts customisable avatars which can apparentl...

Friday 29th December 2006

PartyGaming Empire Strikes Back Online gambling firm PartyGaming has confirmed it is to buy the gaming assets of rival firm Empire Online for £19.2 million, in a deal that will see the company take charge of sites such as Noble P...

Friday 29th December 2006

Ladbrokes and William Hill Get the Italian Job According to state betting agency AAMS, British based gambling companies Ladbrokes and William Hill were among several bookmakers to be awarded licences for sports and horse betting over the Intern...

Friday 29th December 2006

Online Casinos’ Italian Job According to state betting agency AAMS, British based gambling companies Ladbrokes and William Hill were among several bookmakers to be awarded licences for sports and horse betting over the Inter...

Friday 29th December 2006

Online Poker isn’t a Wire Act Allyn Jaffray Shulman, a respected American legal figure, this week took an objective look at the 1961 Federal Interstate Wire Act for online poker room Card Player.com, in an article that points ...

Friday 29th December 2006

Everest Poker Announces $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament Everest Poker has announced a $100,000 guaranteed no-limit Hold’em poker tourney to be held on January 27, 2007 at 14:00 GMT. As with all guaranteed tournaments held at the online poker room, this ...

Friday 29th December 2006

CEO Poker to Hold May Tourney at Trump Taj Mahal CEO Poker has announced that Atlantic City’s prestigious Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort will host one of its 2007 tournaments in May, with additional US casino venues to be announced shortly. “The ...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

PokerStars Steals PartyPoker’s Crown The decision by PokerStars to continue to accept American players, despite the passing of legislation which effectively bans online gambling in the US, means that the site has now replaced PartyPok...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

Dobrosoft Acquired by Digital Gaming Network Though full terms of the sale were not disclosed, it has been confirmed that the assets of Gibraltar-based poker software firm Dobrosoft, which was one of the first companies to launch multi-player...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

European Everest Poker Players put in a Good Effort in Paris Everest Poker is celebrating the success of 12 of its players at the recent Euro Finals of Poker in Paris. The players qualified for the tourney via Everest Poker and took their seats at the Paris...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

Stuff Turkey with Titan Poker’s Ultimate Tourney Titan Poker is encouraging online poker players to put down their turkey sandwiches and play a hand as the site continues its hunt for 10 additional poker players to compete in its forthcoming $1,0...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

Lanir Sells Empire Shares to PartyGaming Israeli online poker and gambling entrepreneur and marketing expert Noam Lanir has sold his remaining shares in Empire Online to Party Gaming for $40 million, according to the Y-news site. More t...

Wednesday 27th December 2006

PokerStars is No 1 Online Operator A new study by WhichPoker.com has declared that since the signing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in the US, PokerStars has become not only the world's largest tournament...