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Thursday 17th March 2005

Poker’s ‘Best College Player in the Country’ Announced World Poker Exchange have announced that Nate Belt, from the University of Kentucky, is the winner of their Intercollegiate Poker Championship. Belt competed against five other regional finalists ...

Thursday 17th March 2005

EA Launches Games for March on Club Pogo and Pogo.com Electronic Arts Inc, the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, have announced the March launch of four new online games: Poppit!, Lottso!, 6th Street Omaha Poker and Casino I...

Thursday 17th March 2005

Mario Vazquez pulls out of American Idol competition New York, March 15, 2005 – Money was lost by both bettors and bookmakers Monday when Mario Vazquez, the American Idol contestant from New York, suddenly pulled himself out of the competition. Sport...

Thursday 17th March 2005

Canadian turns $4 tournament into $605,000 San Francisco, CA – Mar 15, 2005 - Jay Martens, an online ParadisePoker.com player who lives in Prince George, British Columbia placed second at the final table of the WPT Shooting Stars Tournament...

Thursday 17th March 2005

Gaming VC Holdings S.A. announces a trading update Casino Club Average daily net revenue for January and February was Euro 130K compared to Euro 108K in the comparable period of 2004. Average daily net revenue for November and December 2004 was Eu...

Thursday 17th March 2005

Turkey Gets Tough on online Gambling Turkey has vowed to get tough with online gambling, threatening this week to prosecute ‘any individual’ flouting anti-gambling laws with ‘fines or imprisonment’. This would seem to suggest that the...

Thursday 17th March 2005
PXP ‘In Game Betting’ Roll Out Continues Software provider PXP Play by Play has launched its new ‘in game betting’ product through their very first licensee, CyberSportsBook.com. The launch date is set for March 17, 2005 and the start of ...


Wednesday 16th March 2005

$5,000 Freeroll Tournament from Poker Partnership Online poker room Noble Poker (www.noblepoker.com) have joined forces with Pokernews.info (www.pokernews.info) to bring poker players their favourite thing – Free Money. The No Limit Texas Hold E...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

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Wednesday 16th March 2005

Online Poker Bill Debated in North Dakota Senate by Kevin Smith, RiverCityGroup and iGamingNews.com Seven representative from the I-gaming industry made their voices heard Tuesday in North Dakota, where the state's Senate Judiciary Committee hel...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

$10 million up for grabs in Perfect Bracket Challenge New York, NY– March 15, 2005 – Think you know your college hoops? Sportsbook.com is offering $10 million to anyone who can predict the winner of all 63 games in the 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tour...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

CyberBingo Announces Launch of Weekly Bingo Games CyberBingo, recently voted Top Bingo Site by Gambling Online magazine, has announced the addition of a new bingo game where players will have a chance to win $10,600 in cash every week. This $10...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

Interactive Gaming Holdings acquires Heathorns International Interactive Gaming Holdings, a company focused on consolidating quality gaming related media and technology companies, has announced the acquisition of Mathew Simmonds International Limited and its...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

GameAccount Pays out over $1 million to Skill Gamers March 16, 2005 (London, UK) - Last month alone, GameAccount (www.gameaccount.com), Europe’s biggest supplier of online skill gaming, paid out over $1 million in cash winnings. GameAccount’s hub of...

Wednesday 16th March 2005

Name Change for Remote Gaming Networking event The Virtual Gaming Forum (VGF), run by Osney Media, announced today that it is changing the name of this year’s event to The Remote Gaming Forum. The new name reflects that the event is a business ...