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Friday 13th June 2008

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Friday 13th June 2008
Giant-Killing Croatia Defeat A Stunned Germany Croatia, the underdog team pipped by many pundits to be the surprise of Euro 2008, fulfilled their backers’ predictions by astonishingly beating pre-tournament favourites Germany 2-1 in...


Friday 13th June 2008
Bet365 Advertising Updating Live In the UK, online sportsbook Bet365.com is taking advantage of new gambling advertising rules for the first time with a television campaign starring Burt Kwouk encouraging viewers to bet by...


Friday 13th June 2008

Italian Licenses Up For Bids After losing a lengthy European Court of Justice case over the renewal of its horseracing concessions, the Italian Government plans to launch a public tender for the 329 disputed allowances by the...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Microsoft Hits The Casino Scene Is there no area of the economy safe from the clutches of Microsoft? Is there no escape from the Bill Gates affect? It seems not............ The Rio All-Suite Hotel and...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Are US Budgets In Trouble With Casino Tax Declining? The Nevada casino industry is suffering from a slowing economy which is starting to filter through to casino players. The Gaming Control Board has reported a five percent fall in ‘club...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Obama Leading After Clinton Concession Following last Saturday’s concession by Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, online bookmakers WillHill.com have installed Illinois Senator Barrack Obama as its 9-4 favourite...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Leapfrog Releases MegaBingo Online operator LeapfrogGaming.com has announced the launch of the new MegaBingo room on its network, which includes sites such as KingJackpot.co.uk, BingoLiner.co.uk and BingoCafe.com. ...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Atlantic City casinos report revenue growth Casinos in America's second biggest gambling centre Atlantic City have reported an increase of 1.6 per cent in revenue over last May's performance. This will be particularly welcome news as only ...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Ex-New York community worker wins WSOP bracelet The World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1,500 no-limit hold'em shootout event was won by Jason Young, who recently gave up his job working on community projects and after school activities to pursue a ca...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Patrik Antonius Issues Challenge to Online Superstars On the back to a promising start to the World Series, Patrik Antonius has decided to offer another challenge. While only weeks back Antonius offered to play heads-up with Doyle Brunson, he’s...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Decline in winnings for Nevada casinos For the fourth consecutive month Nevada casinos have reported a year-on-year decline in their winnings. April's figures show a five per cent decline, leaving the casino's winnings down compared w...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Bluff Europe Announces ‘Piece of the Action (Jackson)’ Tournament – 16 June; 8:15pm; DTD Poker June 12, 2008 (London, UK) With the World Series in full swing, players and poker fans around the globe are starting to turn their attention to The Big One – this year’s $10,000...

Thursday 12th June 2008

WSOP Event #20, $2,000 Limit Hold'em: Negreanu On The Final Table The tournament started with 480 players containing a mix of well-known limit instructors and big cash games players combined with the usual ‘big name-pros’. As Day 2 progressed one...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Man vs. Machine Match Announced in Las Vegas Just the name of the computer makes it sound like it should be good at poker. The Polaris 2 is one of the most sophisticated poker AI machines in the world, and it will be representing the silicon...