Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Monday 28th January 2008
Smoking allowed in UK Casino's again? SuperSmoker.co.uk have introduced the gaming market to their revolutionary electronic cigarette. Several casinos in the UK are currently trialling the new devices to see if they will help tempt mo...


Friday 25th January 2008

Sly's casino rocks on The rumours of the death of the Hard Rock Casino have been greatly exaggerated, as the mecca has finally won some financial backing. Morgans Hotel Group has just won the right to operate the casin...

Friday 25th January 2008

Brett Faustman Wins the World Poker Open Brett Faustman achieved what looked like Mission Impossible by overcoming four pros and another unknown quantity to win the WPT World Poker Open in Tunica. Deeb, Corkins, Men ‘The...

Friday 25th January 2008

Tran pleads guilty to casino scam A casino cheat has pleaded guilty to charges of taking more than $2 million from Casino Rama as part of a high-stakes gambling scam. John Tran, who is not as good a poker player as his namesake, ...

Friday 25th January 2008

Internet Poker Rankings Announces 2007 Internet Player of the Year Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner has been crowned the 2007 Internet Poker Rankings Player of the Year. To achieve this, Pearljammer surpassed some of the best of the internet poker world in a tight race...

Friday 25th January 2008

Chips Please, Brian! He has a reputation for playing fast, but soon we’ll find out if he serves fast food quickly as well. In a month that has already seen Jay Kwik agree to live in a bathroom for 30 days,...

Friday 25th January 2008

WSOP Satellites Begin on Party Poker Chris Moneymaker famously stumped up $40 for an online satellite and ended up walking away with the 2003 World Series Main Event title and $2.5m. Raymer got in on the cheap, turning his $160...

Friday 25th January 2008

Gambling.com Re-Launches, Now Content-Rich Global search-driven portal Gambling.com has announced a re-launch that has seen it move from a pure search site to a content-rich online community for gambling enthusiasts. Gambling.com stated...

Friday 25th January 2008

Texas Hold ‘Em Goes Mobile Games publisher Hands-On Mobile has announced that UK mobile telephone network T-Mobile is to carry World Poker Tour’s Texas Hold‘em 2 via its Web’n’Walk service. The game...

Friday 25th January 2008

Poker Sites Attracting Record Numbers Over last weekend, a number of online casinos saw their regular poker tournaments attract large numbers of players with major sites such as FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com and PartyPoker.com all...

Friday 25th January 2008

TurfTrax Delays Float Horse racing betting technology firm TurfTrax has delayed its float on the London Stock Exchange while a fund owned by the Government of Dubai with an 11.37 percent stake decides how to alter how...

Friday 25th January 2008

Pitch Gaming Combine Online Casino with Interactive TV Pitch Gaming, a new online gaming brand, has been launched in partnership by the UK’s Pitch Entertainment and Two Way Gaming and combines both companies’ web and television output. ...

Friday 25th January 2008

Philippine Online Casino Row Deepens A dispute has developed in the Philippines over a proposed e-casino office in Angeles City following demonstrations earlier this week by students. First reported here yesterday, students from...

Friday 25th January 2008

French Gambling Law Scrutinised In France, the Court of Appeal of Versailles has called into question the compatibility of the nation’s gaming legislation with European Union law and placed the burden of proof on...

Friday 25th January 2008
Online Progressives Awarding Nearly $16m Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming has revealed that the total prize pool for its Progressive Jackpot Network has passed the $15.5 million mark. A pioneer in online...