Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 30th May 2007
Gambling Commission Reviews Legitimacy of Novelty Bets Offbeat bets such as which footballer will receive the first yellow card in a match could be banned if a campaign by the Gambling Commission is successful. The Commission has announced that it is ...


Wednesday 30th May 2007
Gary Kaplan To Fly the Coup US federal prosecutors have alleged that BetOnSports’ founder Gary Kaplan had made plans to escape to a neutral country that wouldn’t hand him over to US authorities, in their bid to prevent his r...


Wednesday 30th May 2007
Novelty Wears off For Gambling Commission Offbeat bets such as which footballer will receive the first yellow card in a match could be banned if a campaign by the Gambling Commission is successful. The Commission has announced that it is...


Wednesday 30th May 2007

FlopTurnRiver.com Adds More Hand Converter Compatibility FlopTurnRiver.com (FTR) has announced the addition of Full Tilt Poker to its list of compatible poker rooms for the site’s ‘Hand History Converter’. ”The FTR Hand History Converter accepts the raw...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Tahiti dreams of casino tourists According to a Gallup poll, 85.8 per cent of tourists said that Tahiti would be a more attractive holiday destination if casinos were built on the country's islands. Onlytahiti.com reports that on...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

eCOGRA says player beats the house Online gambling watchdog eCOGRA's Fair Gaming Advocate (FGA) has revealed that in 54 per cent of disputes between in the first quarter of 2007 were settled in favour of the player. Although there ...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Vilela pips pop star to win South African Poker Open The first international poker tournament in South Africa saw Jaime Vilela win after a head's up battle with South African pop star Danny K. As many as 105 poker hopefuls descended on the MonteCasi...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Kansas Lottery Choose GTECH to Monitor Poker GTECH Corporation has been selected to negotiate a ten-year contract with the Kansas Lottery, in a deal which will provide the state lottery access to GTECH’s Keno and poker monitors. Primarily, GT...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Dena Leath Rises to the Nguyen Challenge Dena Leath was understandably “thrilled” by her victory at the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge $1000 no-limit Hold‘em tournament, and described it as “a real confidence builder”. Little wonder; havin...

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Regulatory Body Publishes Fair Gaming Stats eCOGRA’s Fair Gaming Advocate (FGA) has published its latest dispute statistics showing that 54 percent of disputes over the period between January and April this year, were settled in favour of th...

Tuesday 29th May 2007
Webroot Software Warns of Identity Crisis on Derby Day Webroot Software Inc has reminded consumers that online gambling, particularly via horse racing sites, can attract fraudsters and online identity thieves. System and keystroke monitoring are the t...


Tuesday 29th May 2007

Online Casino Body Publishes Fair Gaming Stats eCOGRA’s Fair Gaming Advocate (FGA) has published its latest dispute statistics showing that 54 percent of disputes over the period between January and April this year, were settled in favour of...

Sunday 27th May 2007

William Hill and Bluff Europe Unveil $2,500 Freeroll One of the industry’s most respected online gaming operators William Hill, has joined forces with Bluff Europe to offer its readers a guaranteed $2,500 freeroll which gets underway later today at 1...

Friday 25th May 2007

$3.3 million blackjack cheats nabbed Twenty-four people, alleged to have used technology and bribery to cheat casinos out of $3.3 million over five years, have finally been arrested by Canadian police. Members of the Tran Organisatio...

Friday 25th May 2007

Church won't praise bookie's Sunday bets The Methodist Church in Northern Ireland is not all happy-clappy about the proposals for bookmakers to open on a Sunday, according to the Belfast Telegraph. In June, the Church will present a rep...