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Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Asian Poker Tour Raises Prize Pool For Macau Event June 3, 2008 (London, UK) - Elated with the success of its Manila event, the Asian Poker Tour has upped the ante and announced a US$1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool for its next event in Macau. ...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

WSOP 2008: Event 3 Final Table Still Not Decided You would have guessed that the fourth largest live poker tournament ever would take a while to get to its conclusion. So it has proved, as the 3,929 player field has been thinned down to just 18....

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Spaniard Takes $200,000 Everest Poker Avalanche Jackpot Ismael Arribas Munoz, 26, from Madrid, became the 2008 Everest Poker Avalanche Champion by outplaying and outlasting competition from four Germans, two French, two Dutch and a Swede for the...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Virgin Poker Festival hits Nottingham Following the success of the previous Virgin Poker Festivals in Birmingham and Newcastle, Virgin Poker has announced that the next poker extravaganza will take place at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

David Saab Wins the Asian Poker Tour's Opening Leg An ace in the flop sealed the win for David Saab and the Korean-born Australian walked away as the first champion of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour taking home the US$280,000 first prize. From a...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Online Community Launched At DealToPlay.com A new online, social-networking community designed for professional and amateur online poker and casino players has launched at DealToPlay.com offering competitors a chance to have fun, learn,...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Net Entertainment Reveals Casino Module Client Swedish online gambling turnkey provider Net Entertainment has revealed Bertil.com as the mystery client that purchased its Casino Module software package earlier in the year. Bertil.com is a...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Zacharopoulos Is New Watchdog In Greece, Economy Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis has appointed Costas Zacharopoulos as the nation’s new watchdog for games of chance including the State-run OPAP gambling monopoly along with...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

June Offers from Mansion.com Gibraltar-based online casino Mansion.com has announced a plethora of offers for June beginning with a 25 percent reload bonus every Monday. From now until June 30, members can receive the 25...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Lottomatica Purchases Toto Carovigno Lottomatica Scommesse has announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with Totosi Holding for the purchase of its Toto Carovigno division for an estimated $63.7 million. Lottomatica...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

William Hill Has Advert Banned The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned a television commercial from online bingo operator William Hill and stated that the advertisement should not be run again in its current form. ...

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Messenger To Present Bingo Night Live In the UK, television broadcaster ITV has announced that celebrity presenters Melinda Messenger and Michael Underwood will front its new free-to-play Bingo Night Live programme. Available after...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Why Is Greyhound Racing Failing To Catch The Crowds? As news filters through to the market that Walthamstow greyhound track has been sold to a property developer, bring to an end decades of dog racing in the area, many are starting to wonder why dog...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Scarborough Receives Green Light For Second Casino Venue While probably better know as a holiday town, the council of Scarborough has received the green light from the House of Lords for a second casino in the area. The debate about a new...

Monday 2nd June 2008

New Zealand Casino Operator Plays For The Big Time While SkyCity may be the biggest name in the Australian / New Zealand casino market it has failed to attract the worldwide players it needs to go global. However, the company has recently...