Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 30th January 2008
A One In Ten Million Win In America, a 92-year-old grandfather defied odds of over ten million to one last week to win in excess of $21 million playing International Game Technology's Megabucks slot machine. Elmer...


Wednesday 30th January 2008
Antigua Reports White-List Progress In the UK, the exclusion of Antigua from the Gambling Commission’s ‘white-list’ of approved online advertisers could be overturned following a meeting between ministers of the two...


Wednesday 30th January 2008
Washington’s SuperBowl Warning In America, the Washington State Gambling Commission has issued a special warning to potential online gamblers reminding them that all online gambling activity is illegal in the state. The...


Tuesday 29th January 2008

Gang 'involved in casino chip scam' Police are blaming an international crime ring for a scam which saw fake casino chips being used to raise cash at Kangwon Land in Gangwon Province. South Korea's only legal casino caught three peo...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Year of the Bodog for China? Although China is not officially open to online poker, it hasn’t stopped Bodog Entertainment from announcing they will be pursuing an aggressive advertising campaign in the country. A new ad...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Baseball stars play poker for kids The first Geoff Jenkins Celebrity Poker Tournament has seen star baseball players raise $60,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs in the Phoenix area. New Philadelphia outfielder Geoff Jenkins joined 4...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Minieri Wins Yet Again on PokerStars He ended 2007 on a high note, winning three tournaments in one day. It seems like Dario still has that winning feeling though as 2008 gets warmed up. A win this weekend for $100.000 followed on...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

PartyPoker.com Poker Den: Big Game II Returns Tomorrow night sees the return of the Poker Den: Big Game II to UK television. The $20,000 buy in cash game was filmed over a continuous 24 hour period in London last year by Barry Hearn’s...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Sports-Style Poker Database On The Way In the United States, the World Poker Tour has announced that it has partnered with Stats LLC in hopes of producing the poker industry's first sports-style database. Steve Lipscomb, Chief...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Obrestad’s Online Information Site Annette Obrestad, the 19-year-old Norwegian online poker ace, announced that she has increased her stake in the Poker Manager information website at Pokermanager.com to five percent. Obrested...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

$120,000 Caribbean Jackpot for Lucky Player Online casino BodogLife.com announced that one lucky player won more than $120,000 over the weekend after hitting the jackpot on its new Caribbean Hold’em progressive game. ‘Mark...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Online Venture From WPT In the United States, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced that it will soon unveil a subscription-based gaming platform allowing players to participate online legally for as much as $100,000...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Mixed Response To Finland Online Casino Call There has been a mixed response to comments made by Finland’s Minister for Culture and Sport last week calling on his Government to run an online poker service in order to encourage players...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Online Poker Network In Trouble According to numerous reports from members of Dynamic Gaming Systems (DGS), the troubled poker network has ceased payouts with many operators looking for new homes with the reportedly fast-growing...

Tuesday 29th January 2008

Dicks Back With Sportingbet Online casino Sportingbet.com has announced the appointment of Peter Dicks to the role of Non-Executive Chairman along with the selection of James Wilkinson as the site’s Group Finance...