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Friday 13th June 2008

Canadian Casino Expansion C$49 Million Over Budget As if C$49 million was only a drop in the ocean, Kelly McDougald of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp admitted that the Caesars Windsor Casino, formerly the Casino Windsor, came in at a final...

Friday 13th June 2008

Are Casino Repeat Play Bonuses The Way Forward? In a move which we are likely to see repeated in many other areas of the casino industry, Gila River Casinos has announced plans to reward repeat visitors to their three venues on the outskirts of...

Friday 13th June 2008

Manchester will not pursue legal action as super-casino abandoned Manchester city council has announced that they will not be taking legal action against the government after they abandoned plans to build a super-casino in the city. It was hoped that the casino ...

Friday 13th June 2008

Governor accepts 'problematic campaign contribution' from tribal casino Governor Chris Gregoire has accepted $650,000 (£325,000) towards her campaign from Indian tribes. The tribes benefited from her ruling to not go ahead with a gambling compact in Washington in...

Friday 13th June 2008

WSOP Event #20, $2,000 Limit Hold'em Final: Negreanu Wins Bracelet, Ivey Owes Him $200k Daniel Negreanu has won his fourth WSOP bracelet, $204,784 first place prize money and $200,000 from Phil Ivey after the two had a side bet where each pays the other $200k for each bracelet the...

Friday 13th June 2008

Negreanu takes fourth WSOP bracelet Poker legend Daniel Negreanu has taken his fourth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in the $2,000 limit hold'em event. The Canadian beat eight other men on the final table, all of whom were lo...

Friday 13th June 2008

PartyBets Offering Prices on WSOP Main Event PartyBets.com is pleased announce that betting on the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is online. Initial markets posted include: to reach the final table, top British Isles player, top...

Friday 13th June 2008

Titan Poker Announce $2,500,000 Prize Tournament Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is set to stage its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament on the 7th of September 2008, a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize...

Friday 13th June 2008

PokerStars Announces EPT Season Five Schedule Following on from what was an incredibly successful Season Four, the EPT has announced the much-anticipated line up for next season's tour. PokerStars.com have continued as the sponsors of the...

Friday 13th June 2008

Online Gambling On The Rise In Korea In South Korea, a growing number of people are gambling online with the help of illegal money dealers that change virtual winnings for real cash. According to a piece from The Korea Times, online...

Friday 13th June 2008

Win a WSOP Investment with Bluff Europe Common practice amongst the gamblers that play in the World Series of Poker is to make a variety of side-bets, most relating to how you and your peers perform in the tournament. One such method of...

Friday 13th June 2008

WSOP Bracelets for Old Hands and Young Guns Alike Many followers of professional poker often lament the apparent lack of well-renowned players at the WSOP final table – they are of course talking about the $10,000 Main Event, but in each of...

Friday 13th June 2008

Brenninkmeijer Joins PacificNet Board Hong Kong-based gaming technology provider PacificNet has announced the appointment of Harmen Brenninkmeijer to its Board of Directors following the firm’s successful acquisition of Octavian...

Friday 13th June 2008

ICEi Gets A Makeover The organisers of January’s International Casino Exhibition Interactive (ICEi), Clarion Gamming, has announced that next year’s show will be re-branded as the International Gaming Expo...

Friday 13th June 2008

Billionairio Beats National Lotteries At Their Own Game Tonight’s Euro Millions jackpot is a rollover, so a flood of ticket sales is anticipated ahead of the multi-millionaire-making draw. For those of us who wish to improve our odds, however, a much...