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Monday 2nd June 2008

Records broken at WSOP $1,500 no-limit hold'em This year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) broke its first record when an unprecedented 55 bracelet events were announced and three days in, two more have been broken. The number of players this yea...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Start of Caesars Palace Mega Stack Series Legendary Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace started its Mega Stack Series over the weekend. The series will run until July 9th and will feature 43 no-limit hold'em events with blinds lasting for 50...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Alea casino to open in Leeds Plans for a £15 million casino on the waterfront in Leeds have been confirmed. Its opening in September is due to coincide with the unveiling of other leisure facilities which will form part ...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Slotland’s New Slotris Slot Machine is Reminiscent of Iconic Falling-Blocks Video Game 3 June 2008 (London, UK) – Slotland.com’s new Tetris-like online slot machine is two games in one, both inspired by the popular game of falling-blocks considered by some to be the best...

Monday 2nd June 2008

David Saab Named Champion Of Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2008 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...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Medic! Pro Player wins Opening Event at WSOP 2008 The sun is out (well, sort of), the birds are singing, and all is right in the world again as the 2008 edition of the WSOP awarded it’s first bracelet this morning.  The $10,000 Pot Limit...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Team Full Tilt gets even scarier: Antonius joins their ranks! It might just be the biggest poker signing of the year: Patrik Antonius will now join the elite club of Team Full Tilt which includes fellow poker luminaries; Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Kathy Liebert Joins Team PokerStars Kathy Liebert, fresh off the back of her third place finish in the opening event at the WSOP 2008, has signed up with Team PokerStars. This will be the second stint with Stars for one of the...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Major Online Casino Jackpot Hits $2m 888 Casino have a dozens of casino games, one of the more popular ventures for punters being the many slot machines. Their low-cost high-reward Millionaire Genie slots recently saw the jackpot...

Monday 2nd June 2008

WSOP 2008 Kicks Off With Victory For Nenad Medic The first event of the 2008 World Series of Poker saw a big payday for Nenad Medic, who took down the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold ‘em event last night, earning $794,112. The...

Monday 2nd June 2008

New Player Hits Jackpot Before Even Making a Deposit June 3, 2008 (Cyprus) – A new player at JackpotCapital.com online casino has won a large progressive jackpot without wagering a penny of her own money. She won the $14,593 progressive jackpot...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Sportingbet Employees Detained In Turkey Two UK-based employees of online sportsbook and casino operator Sportingbet were detained last week in Turkey along with a number of people related to the firm’s Turkish facing business,...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Gaming VC Settles With Fort Knox Curacao-based online gambling operator Gaming VC Holdings has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Fort Knox Consulting in the US District Court of Massachusetts. Gaming VC stated that Fort...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Half Dollar Investment Wins $5.5 Million At Blackjackballroom Finnish gambler Klaus E told of his shock at winning over $5m on a tiny bet at BlackJackBallroom – thinking that the string of numbers flashing up on his screen was a telephone number. ...

Monday 2nd June 2008

Revenues Up At Bingo.com Bingo.com Limited has revealed that its total revenues for the first quarter of the year rose by 18 percent to over $1.3 million while operating costs for the period decreased by three percent to...