Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 27th October 2004

Australia’s PBL holds AGM and talk of future plans In Australia, PBL has just held its annual general meeting where recent performance and immediate plans were discussed. The chairman of the company, James Packer, son of Australia’s richest man Ke...

Wednesday 27th October 2004
Professor explains percentage offered on Bush Thomas Rietz, an associate professor of finance at the University of Iowa and a co-director of the Iowa market has spoken out about putting too much weight into the current predictions found on th...


Tuesday 26th October 2004

UK government deny claims of tax deals with US investors In the UK the fallout after the release of the government’s planned changes to gambling laws continues. The latest development is accusations leveled at Tony Blair’s party, that they have struck d...

Tuesday 26th October 2004

Vegas Partner Lounge pledges donations to HIV/AIDS charity Vegas Partner Lounge has announced that it is again to contribute to the Nebraska AIDS project. The announcement comes in the lead up to World AIDS Day on December 1st. Inspired by the severity of...

Tuesday 26th October 2004
Microgaming releases new slot game based on Tomb Raider Microgaming has revealed that it has won the licensing right to hugely popular video game, Tomb Raider. The Tomb Raider brand is owned by Eidos, a leading developer and publisher of entertainment s...


Tuesday 26th October 2004
Betcorp sell of Sportsbet to Australian businessman Betcorp have sold of its Australian based brand Sportsbet to Australian businessman John McDonald. The decision to sell the brand was one forced by the ruling of the Northern Territory Licensing Co...


Monday 25th October 2004

Gaming Transactions Inc purchase Keno Limited Gaming Transactions Inc have announced that it has purchased UK company Keno Limited. Gaming Transactions is a provider of management systems for online gaming portals, Keno Limited is the company ...

Monday 25th October 2004

Bingo Gets Upgraded to First Class London, 25 October 2004 – Cyberslotz.co.uk, the UK’s leading online games and slot machines website, has today launched the first turbo-charged bingo-style game on the web. First Class pays out jac...

Monday 25th October 2004

UK gambling industry release comments on new legislation In the UK reaction has been forthcoming following the release of the proposed new gambling legislation last week. Representatives from the gambling industry have been making statements to press f...

Monday 25th October 2004
World Famous Tomb Raider Licensed by Microgaming October 18, 2004 – Isle of Man - Leading turnkey provider Microgaming has licensed the Tomb Raider™ brand from Eidos, one of the world’s leading developers and publishers of entertainment software....


Saturday 23rd October 2004

‘Poker Updates’ Internet TV Show Airs An all new poker webcast, the first of its kind has launched at www.pokerupdates.com. The first magazine style show, from DoubleBellyBuster Productions, offers a look at Howard Lederer's Poker Fant...

Saturday 23rd October 2004

More Than Four Million Britons Gamble Online, Says Report A report published this week by Nielson/NetRatings, the Internet traffic measuring company, has revealed that more than four million Britons, in a population of 60 million, regularly gamble online....

Saturday 23rd October 2004

UK Gambling Stocks Fall The UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper has reported that share prices in the nation’s bookmakers have taken a tumble, this week as investors express their fears about the ramifications of the UK Gambl...

Saturday 23rd October 2004
Online sportsbook has Kerry taking marginal lead We all know that the sportsbooks are far more reliable than the Gallup polls in forecasting the future and, in what is proving to be the most bet on political event ever, Sports Interaction have c...


Saturday 23rd October 2004
Betmaker.com Rethinks Customer Service Sportsbook, Betmaker.com, has announced a new approach to its customer service department which it hopes will help it assure ‘the best customer service in the industry’. The company has hired and r...