Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Betfair Unite Football and Poker It’s been a blistering tournament so far, and for once we’re not talking about the World Series of Poker. No, we’re not just poker junkies here, also appreciating some of the...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Negreanu Releases New Poker Book Cardoza Publishing has announced the release of professional poker player Daniel Negreanu’s latest book, Poker Hold’Em Strategy, and stated that it is confident the effort will soon...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Sky Offering Interactive Bingo British Sky Broadcasting has announced the launch of Sky Bingo Interactive, which allows viewers to play bingo while watching their favourite television programmes at the same time. To take...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Flack Wins World Series Of Poker Event 34 In America, Layne Flack won his sixth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet last week in Las Vegas after beating 319 players in Event 34, the $1,500 pot limit Omaha with re-buys. With the win,...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Pentasia Champions League proves a winner for iGaming players The inaugural Pentasia Champions League was declared a roaring success at an annual award ceremony organised by the leading iGaming recruitment specialists. Swedish outfit Betsson Malta -...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

New Owners For Ascot Malaysia’s Berjaya Group has revealed the new owners of AscotSports.com and AscotECasino.com online gambling sites following its decision last month to exit the Internet gambling market. ...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Ukraine Getting Tough On Advertising In the Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance has begun a public consultation process on its proposals for the regulation of casinos and gambling advertising and has set a deadline for responses of July...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Playtech’s Latest Slot Releases Isle of Man-based software provider Playtech has announced the release of two new five-reel online slots to its already extensive catalogue of games. Silent Samurai is a 20-line video slot...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Dutch Rule Against Ladbrokes The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that bookmakers Ladbrokes cannot offer gambling in The Netherlands without a permit and had broken the law by allowing national residents to place bets on its...

Tuesday 24th June 2008

Spain Completes Euro 2008 Semi-Final Line-Up Spain laboured hard to break through a stubborn Italian defence on Sunday night at Euro 2008 but eventually won through on penalties to complete the semi-final line-up and rewrite the record books...

Monday 23rd June 2008

Pacemaker Causes Controversy At Royal Ascot Unfortunately UK horse racing is hitting the headlines for all of the wrong reasons with the controversial win by Haradasun on the opening day of Royal Ascot under intense scrutiny. The race has...

Monday 23rd June 2008

Fearless Freddie Dies Aged 65 Maybe not so well know away from racing circles, fearless Freddie Williams the infamous bookmaker who took on racing legend JP McManus a number of times, has died after suffering a heart attack at...

Monday 23rd June 2008

Why Croupier Intimidation Is Wrong In the world of casinos it can often be the croupiers who have to handle intense abuse and intimidation at the tables. Often thought of as an urban myth, a number of casino croupiers have...

Monday 23rd June 2008
Euro 2008 Coming To A Surprise Close While the Dutch team seemed to be on fire in the earlier group games they were heavily beaten by the Russian team who took up their place in the semi-finals. Many peoples favourites the Czech...


Monday 23rd June 2008

A Casino For Smokers - Whatever Next? In a move which initially received mixed results it seems as though redevelopment plans for the Star City Casino are set to go. Just recently we have seen the release of plans for a shopping mall...