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Friday 6th June 2008

Online Bookmaker Announce Soaring Profits SportingBet plc reported that an increase in Australian and European players has led to a rise in profits in the third quarter, to £0.06 a share or £3.4m net income. This comes compared to a...

Friday 6th June 2008

Disappointing Betbull Figures UK-based online and retail bookmaker Betbull has reported that net gaming revenues for the first quarter of the year rose by nine percent compared with the last quarter of 2007 to $5.8 million. ...

Friday 6th June 2008

Fluxx Changing Name German online gaming operator Fluxx AG has announced that it will be changing its name in the next six weeks to Jaxx AG in an effort to capitalise on the strength of the gaming brand in its home...

Friday 6th June 2008

Hedge Your Euro 2008 Bets With VC Even without England, Euro 2008 is shaping up to be an exciting display of international football, and as always money will fly over the internet, across bookie counters and around pub tables as...

Friday 6th June 2008

Online Casino Introduces New Bonuses Mansion Casino, one of the most trusted names in the casino gaming industry, is set to open new promotions for this coming month. Players now have a wider range of promotions to choose from in...

Friday 6th June 2008

BingoNexus Launching This Summer Canadian online games developer Chartwell Technology has announced a deal with Ontario’s Parlay Entertainment to launch an online bingo network branded BingoNexus. BingoNexus is to be...

Friday 6th June 2008

Gala Bingo See £187,000 Win A 43-year-old woman from rural England who only entered her bingo club to use the toilet has earned a staggering £187,000. She decided to play a little bingo to pass the time while her son and...

Friday 6th June 2008
Sportingbet Revenues Up By 29 Percent Online casino and sportsbook operator Sportingbet has revealed that their net gaming revenues increased by 29 percent for its third quarter to $79.5 million with operating profits up 143 percent to...


Friday 6th June 2008

New casino planned for Birmingham UK casino operators Genting Stanley will be partnering with the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) group to build a £90 million entertainment complex at the NEC site in Solihull. The new develo...

Friday 6th June 2008

WSOP Event #5, NLHE W/ Rebuys Final: Michael Banducci Wins $636k Michael Banducci has joined Erick Lindgren and David Singer as recent recipients of a WSOP bracelet. Banducci took down Event #5, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys, maintaining his overnight...

Friday 6th June 2008

Jessica Simpson wins in Vegas US singer Jessica Simpson has revealed that she has had success on Las Vegas's blackjack tables. In a recent interview the star told Extra, a US TV show, that she had netted an impressive $7,000 ...

Friday 6th June 2008

Erick Lindgren wins first WSOP bracelet Poker pro Erick Lindgren took his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in the $5,000 (£2,500) Mixed Hold'em event. The bracelet was one of the few notable prizes the star had failed to...

Thursday 5th June 2008

Crown Ltd Las Vegas Casino Project Derailed In a move which many had predicted some time ago it has been announced that plans by Crown Ltd to build the world’s tallest casino have been derailed. While the project has been many months...

Thursday 5th June 2008

£90 Millions Casino Complex Announced For The Midlands Proposals for a new leisure and casino complex in the Midlands took a step closer this week with news that NEC has chosen Genting Stanley Limited as their preferred casino partner for the venture....

Thursday 5th June 2008

Grant Hinkle Sits Top Of The WSOP Leader Board While we are only in the early stages of the 2008 WSOP event, relatively unknown Kansas Poker player Grant Hinkle sits proudly at the top of the leader table after hitting the jackpot and banking...