Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Saturday 23rd October 2004
Betcom.com Still Running Book on the Apprentice Betcom.com has announced that it will continue to take bets on popular reality TV show, The Apprentice, despite suspicions over insider betting forcing many sportsbooks to close their books. Last ...


Thursday 21st October 2004

Russian Tennis Ace Wins Poker Open Yevgeny Kafelnikov, habitually used to producing a different kind of Ace altogether, has won the Russian Poker Open, outlasting fifty-two players to take a cash prize of over $10,000. The Russian t...

Thursday 21st October 2004

McIntosh Defends Gambling Bill Lord Macintosh, of the Department of Culture Media and sport has spoken out in defense of the Gambling Bill, amid a climate of media hysteria and public skepticism, claiming that everyone seems to...

Thursday 21st October 2004

GamingPromo Partners with PromoMarket IGMD Ltd has announced that GamingPromo, the affiliate program for CityClubCasino.com, RaceTrackCasino.com and Bingo777.com, amongst others, will now be managed by affiliate management market agenc...

Thursday 21st October 2004

OasisCasino.com Crowns Baseball Betting Tournament Winner The Oasis Casino’s baseball handicapping contest, Dog Days of Summer, has officially come to an end with Gregory S. awarded the $1000 first prize. The tournament baseball fans to choose from a ser...

Thursday 21st October 2004

'Dog Days of Summer' Officially come to an End Curacao, N.A. – October 20, 2004 – Today Oasis Casino and Sportsbook (www.oasiscasino.com) announced that Geoffrey S. was awarded the $1000 Grand Prize in the “Dog Days of Summer” contest, a season...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

Victor Chandler Rebrands Bookmaker Victor Chandler will adopt a new brand identity in what the company is calling a new ‘going forward’ image. The new vivid white logo on black background is designed to unite all aspects ...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

Publication of Revised Gambling Bill 1Issues relating to FOBTs/bookmakers and fixed odds games ªFOBTs will now be re-categorised as 'gaming machines'; thus they will be limited to four in any LBO (and the view currently is that they ...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

Leeds United unveil details of deal with casino operator Leeds United has become the latest British football club rumored to be looking into creating an association with the gambling industry. There have been a spate of developments announced in the UK ...

Wednesday 20th October 2004
ISWI announce completion of SportsXction iTV version Interactive Systems Worldwide have announced the completion of the interactive television version of their SportsXction play by play betting game. The new system creates an interface between the Sp...


Wednesday 20th October 2004

ARB Raises Stakes in War against Betfair The Australian Racing Industry’s opposition to Betfair reached a whole new level today, as it threatened to ban all British trained runners from all Australian races unless Betfair is banished from...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

New troubles for Betfair in Australia The battle amongst the Australian gambling industry continues, with the latest news being that English horses could be banned from a major racing event in one of the country’s states. The idea has...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

Online Gamblers are getting themselves into a Royal Flush! Rather than reading the small print, an increasing amount of online gamblers are zipping past the terms and conditions, and heading into the bright lights of the online casino like a moth to a flam...

Wednesday 20th October 2004

Online Gamblers are getting themselves into a Royal Flush Rather than reading the small print, an increasing amount of online gamblers are zipping past the terms and conditions, and heading into the bright lights of the online casino like a moth to a flam...

Tuesday 19th October 2004

GamingPromo new partnership agreement IGMD Ltd has officially announced that GamingPromo, a gaming affiliate program managed and developed by IGMD Ltd, will now be managed by Promomarket, an online marketing agency specialising in affi...