Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Casino scammer hoped for fairytale ending A Chinese man who lives in New York has been put on probation after trying to change his fortunes by committing a scam in a casino. Chen Zhi Qian, a watchmaker by trade, was involved in a scheme ...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Bodog Poker Open Underway The next week will see online poker players will be competing for some serious cash prizes and bragging rights in the inaugural Bodog Poker Open, the biggest and most ambitious poker tournament in...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

WSOP Promotions Announced By Full Tilt and PokerStars Moneymaker, Raymer, Hachem, Gold, Yang… Me? It’s the time of year when we all start dreaming of winning the biggest prize in poker, the World Series Main Event. Of course, stumping up...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Turn Your Hand Histories into Animated Videos Poker players frustrated with trying to describe previously played poker hands with words will find quick relief at PokerHandReplays.com. The newly launched website offers visitors a free online...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Rousso’s Court Date Set In America, a lawyer who filed a motion challenging the constitutionality of a state law forbidding online gambling has had his court date set. Seattle resident Lee Rousso announced that his...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Majority Of Online Gambling Complaints Upheld The independent standards and player protection association eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) has released its annual report for 2007 showing that 68 percent of...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

New Online Casino Unveiled Swedish turnkey provider Net Entertainment has signed a contract to supply Bet-At-Home.com with an online casino using its CasinoModule product due to launch in the second quarter of next year. ...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

CryptoLogic Changes Business Model Online casino software developer CryptoLogic Ltd has announced that it has re-aligned its business model and is actively seeking new licensees as a result of America’s Unlawful Internet...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Swiss Player Gets a Jackpot Hat-trick! Online casino Riverbelle.com has announced that slot player ‘HeinigerJ’ won over $96,000 after winning on three different Microgaming games. The Swiss player’s streak started...

Tuesday 4th March 2008

Premiere Entertainment Productions Buys DigiWave Philippines-listed entertainment group Premiere Entertainment Productions has signed a deal to acquire online gambling software developer Digiwave Solutions subject to the approval of shareholders....

Monday 3rd March 2008

Boris Becker aims to be poker ace Boris Becker may have been the number one of the tennis world for many years, but now the ginger German is determined to become the best at poker. According to this Sunday's edition of Die Welt, B...

Monday 3rd March 2008

Colin Wu Wins GBPT Edinburgh The British poker calendar saw the welcome return of the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour this weekend, as Edinburgh opened its doors to welcome 175 players. The event was a £500 buy in, and it...

Monday 3rd March 2008

Jesus in poker's third coming Poker pro Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson has finally won the NBC National Head's Up Poker Championships at the third time of asking. Finishing as runner up in both 2005 and 2006, in 2008 it was third time...

Monday 3rd March 2008

Bellande Joins Team Bodog He’s young, brash, and a pretty good poker player. He’s also something of a Survivor. American pro and jungle adventurer Jean-Robert Bellande has officially been unveiled as the newest...

Monday 3rd March 2008

Spanish Poker Championship comes to an end in Villajoyosa The Spanish Poker Championship in Villajoyosa came to an end as Juan de Diego took home the first prize of €33,264 as well as the Spanish Championship crown. The event, which was sponsored...