Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 17th February 2004
Pull-Tab Gambling Pulled The Indianapolis Star has reported that “leaders” in the state senate have decided they want no expansion of gambling in Indiana and electronic pull-tab gambling has to go before it ever gets there...


Tuesday 17th February 2004
Intertops releases odds on retired players & telly survivors Internet bookmaker Intertops.com has released the odds this week on fighters of two kinds. The online bookie is offering betting options on the retirement of two boxing giants, that they will retu...


Tuesday 17th February 2004
Betting on a dead horse A London, South Quay-based bookie made the embarrassing discovering that it's not possible to bet on a dead horse. Capital Sports, the operator blamed an administrative error for offering odds on...


Tuesday 17th February 2004

Online Horse Info State & National Global Horse Network has announced the launch of its new site, www.globalhorsenetwork.com, which is already providing “national equestrian content and resources, while individual state sites such a...

Monday 16th February 2004

Boss Media sells Gold Club Casino Boss Media has sold its Gold Club Casino, to an unnamed buyer. The news follows the sale of its online casino portal Casino.com in autumn last year, as part of Boss’s policy of concentrating on it...

Monday 16th February 2004

French punter wins $19 million in first Euro-Lottery draw The winner of the first Euro-Lottery draw picked up $19 million on Friday – a day which is regarded as bad luck. It was the first ever trans-national lottery draw for punters in France, Britain and...

Monday 16th February 2004
SAGE appeals Philippine online gambling ruling Online gambling in the Philippines is at risk in the ongoing battle between Sports and Games Entertainment Corp. (SAGE) and the country’s Supreme Court. SAGE has asked the court to reverse its rul...


Monday 16th February 2004
Sportingbet stalked by Russian businessman Sportingbet, the UK-listed online betting company, was the subject of takeover speculation last week as rumours swept London’s Stock Exchange that a consortium of Russian investors was looking to ...


Saturday 14th February 2004
Will The Rangers Make The Playoffs? The last time the New York Rangers made the NHL playoffs we were all 6 years younger. It has become somewhat of a joke for the league's landmark franchise, which consistently has one of the league'...


Friday 13th February 2004

Super Bowl Streaker Returns Home in Triumph “Exposure is good”, say online casino GoldenPalace.com as they welcomed home their Golden Boy – streaker extraordinaire, Mark Roberts - the man who single-handedly upstaged Janet Jackson and the P...

Friday 13th February 2004

Couple Win Kiwi Double Terry and Deborah, a Bingo mad couple from Maryland USA, have defied belief by doing the double over kiwibingo.com. Last week Terry won almost $11,000 on Kiwi Bingo’s biggest ever ‘Day of the Week...

Friday 13th February 2004

Washington DC: Capital City of Online Gaming A surprising new survey conducted by America Online Inc (Aol) has revealed that, despite the disapproving Senators on their doorsteps, residents Of Washington DC are America’s most devoted online ...

Friday 13th February 2004

BoDog.com Go RealTime Gaming In an attempt to bolster the casino side of its online gaming operation, BoDog.com, one of the world’s largest online sportsbooks, has announced plans this week to incorporate the RealTime online ...

Friday 13th February 2004
Sierra Design Shuts Down Online Casino Sierra Design has announced this week that they have pulled the plug on www.prizegames.com after moves by Missouri regulators to revoke its gambling license in that state. Sierra, who operated the...


Friday 13th February 2004
Capital Sport’s Dead Cert UK bookmakers, Capitalsports.com, attempted to disprove the old adage that ‘there’s no such thing as a dead cert’ last week by offering odds on a horse called Behrajan. What they failed to realise...