Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Thursday 6th March 2008
New fantasy football game from Jadestone launched by bwin Jadestone has a long history as a provider of fully managed fantasy games to leading media companies in Europe. With the bwin partnership, Jadestone has taken an important step in widening the...


Wednesday 5th March 2008

Online poker players 'promiscuous' Internet gamblers are promiscuous when it comes to online casinos, and will search many gaming sites to find the best bargain, experts claim. However, in other ways online gamblers can be very con...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

WPT Crowns Its First Female Champion It’s one of the most exclusive events on the schedule, and now it will be known as the tournament which crowned the first ever female champion. Van Nguyen won the Celebrity Invitational at...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Mirage casino's Bare Lounge is back For those who like to cool off after a heated game of poker, the Mirage casino in Las Vegas is again opening the doors of its Bare Lounge this March. From 11am to 7pm seven days a week, punters ca...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Pre-Registration Opens for 2008 WSOP Harrah's Entertainment have announced that pre-registration for the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light is now open. Players will be able to pre-register online at...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Play a golf-poker hybrid for $250k An innovative Las Vegas event may have punters puzzling over whether they're teeing off or going all in as it combines the skills of golf and poker. The World Series Of Golf will be played at Las ...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Jonathan Little Dropped By Full Tilt Poker No matter who you are, terms and conditions apply to every online poker player. It seems that Jonathon Little is one who has fallen on the wrong side of Full Tilt Poker though, after he was let go...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Ladbrokes’ Strong Remote Gambling Results UK gambling group Ladbrokes has delivered an impressive set of full-year results revealing a 60 percent rise in pre-tax profits and an almost 30 percent growth in gross wins. The firm stated that...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Online Tournament Hits The Heights Online poker room PokerStars.com announced that a record entry field of 8,063 registered players took part in its Millions tournament over the weekend. The Isle of Man-based site revealed that...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Mobile Poker Game Recognised San Francisco-based Hands-On Mobile’s World Poker Tour (WPT) Texas Hold'em 2 mobile poker game was recognised in two categories at the recent AT&T Best of 2007 Awards. The mobile games...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Online Casino Has License Terminated Isle of Man-based turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that it has terminated its gambling software license with Australia-based Tusk Investment Corporation Ltd, the owner of a number of...

Wednesday 5th March 2008

CryptoLogic Appoint New CEO as Aziz Retires The Chief Executive Officer for Dublin-based online casino software developer CryptoLogic, Javaid Aziz, has announced his retirement ‘to spend more time with his family’. Crypotlogic...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

'Mad punter' smashes up bookies for £1.50 betting loss While losing a bit of money on a gamble can be annoying, one punter took things to extremes when he lost out on £1.50 on a horse racing bet. On being told that he would receive £1.50 le...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Bluff Europe Hosts Freerolls for World Poker Crown Tournament March 4, 2008 (London, UK) It’s the biggest online poker tournament ever, with a guaranteed $3 million prize pool. The first ever 888.com 'World Poker Crown' competition promises to be...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Casinos give boost to New Jersey horse racing Casinos in Atlantic City have agreed to continue subsiding the horse racing in New Jersey and will offer even more funding than they have previously. The state's three horse racing tracks will rec...