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Monday 14th January 2008

Professor wins expensive seat At this year's Aussie Millions, the most expensive event to enter was won by Howard 'The Professor' Lederer, although he only had 24 others to beat. Only 25 people risked paying AUS $100,000 for a...

Monday 14th January 2008

Popular Slots Site Launches Free 3D Casino 15 January 2008 (London, UK) – An all new three-dimensional casino with virtual casino employees, realistic lobbies that give a whole new kind of online casino experience, and totally free...

Monday 14th January 2008

Howard Lederer wins Aussie Millions $100k Event The biggest buy in event in the 2008 Aussie Millions saw some of the world’s top stars taking their seats in a bid to win the $1,250,000 first prize. In the end it was Howard ‘The...

Monday 14th January 2008

Everest Poker Finds Nationality Can Influence Playing Style The Swedes are super aggressive, the Italians are tricky and the Germans don’t do things by halves. If you thought you had a hunch about the styles of various nationalities, you might just...

Monday 14th January 2008

Gus Hansen Becomes ThePlayr.com He might already be one of the most recognisable faces in poker, but Gus Hansen is now looking to cement that image by launching his ThePlayr.com website. Reminiscent of Daniel Negreanu’s...

Monday 14th January 2008

Aggression Meets Gamble in Ireland Paddy Power Poker have warned Irish players of an incoming invasion of aggressive Finns in a poker tournament scheduled for May. Ireland’s largest poker room, together with Poker Magazine...

Monday 14th January 2008

Betfair Poker launches weekly $100k Guaranteed Betfair Poker are moving up in the poker world, let’s make no bones about it. The sponsors of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe, Betfair now guarantees $4 million in tournament...

Monday 14th January 2008

Playtech Takes Aggressive Approach Online gambling software developer Playtech has announced that it is planning an ‘aggressive’ acquisition strategy after enjoying strong growth towards the end of 2007. Playtech...

Monday 14th January 2008

Online Poker On The Rise According to figures from the online poker tracking site PokerScout.com, Internet poker has had a flying start to the year with most of the major networks recording all-time highs in the number of...

Monday 14th January 2008

Online Casino Gets 15 Games Online Swedish casino Betsson.com has announced the addition of 15 new titles, the first part of a large two-phase delivery of gaming products from UK firm GTS. Founded in 2001, GTS has built a...

Monday 14th January 2008

Online Poker Room Goes Multilingual Online poker room UltimateBet.com has announced that non-English speaking players could now take advantage of its services after its translation into 14 other languages. The site is now...

Monday 14th January 2008

Seven New Games from RealTime Closely following Microgaming’s release last week of five new games, Singapore-based software provider RealTime Gaming has announced the debut of seven games of its own. Released with...

Monday 14th January 2008

Parlay Entertainment Gets UK License Leading supplier of online bingo software, Parlay Entertainment Inc, has been granted a license by the Gambling Commission to develop, supply, install and adapt gambling software in the UK. The...

Monday 14th January 2008

Online Player Wins Big Online bingo site JackpotJoy.com has announced that one lucky player from England won over $246,000 playing its Diamond Bonanza slot game. ‘Peter K’, who works as a Production Line...

Friday 11th January 2008

Kevin Costner in casino battle Actor Kevin Costner is embroiled in a legal battle over his casino in Deadwood, South Dakota, the Midnight Star. A state judge has just issued an order appointing a trustee to liquidate the casino...