Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Wednesday 9th March 2005

World’s First Cellular Casino Already a Reality in Japan Nicosia, Cyprus – The future of casino gaming has already become a working reality for Japan’s 7.2 million avid cell phone gamers. Since February, Japanese owners of Docomo cell phones have alrea...

Wednesday 9th March 2005

Royal Vegas Poker Begins Search For 2005 WSOP Champion ALBANY, Channel Islands, March 8, 2005 -- Royal Vegas Poker today announced the chance for all poker players, amateur and expert, the chance to win a seat at the 2005 World Series of Poker for just...

Wednesday 9th March 2005

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Wednesday 9th March 2005

UKBetting launches online poker site UKBetting has announced it is jumping on the online poker bandwagon to launch a new poker portal on its European gaming site, GoldBet.com. The new offering presents playing options for a number o...

Wednesday 9th March 2005

Poker Battle of the Sexes Conquered by a Woman Kathy Liebert was handed over the $130,000 prize as she won the Battle of the sexes tournament beating the men who had dominated the contest until then. Settling the debate in the final episode, ...

Wednesday 9th March 2005

PokerStars.com gives NBA superstar World Series seat PokerStars.com gave Shaquille O'Neal a range of poker gifts at his star studded 33rd birthday soiree. Gifts included one year of poker tutelage from 2004 World Series of Poker champion Greg Raymer,...

Wednesday 9th March 2005

Gambling Search Engine Appoints Marketing Agency Casino Agency - formed last year as a marketing, communications and consulting offshoot of High Wycombe-based HPS Group, specialising in online and traditional casino and sports betting - will hand...

Wednesday 9th March 2005
Betfair helps regulate Horse Racing Industry Betfair has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with the US Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau. The agreement allows the Bureau to request from Betfair any information on bettin...


Wednesday 9th March 2005
Sportsbook.com Halts Wagering on CBS' The Amazing Race Sportsbook.com has announced that wagering on reality television series The Amazing Race has been halted due to irregular betting patterns on contestants Uchenna and Joyce. Over a 12-hour period ...


Wednesday 9th March 2005

Woman Wins Poker Battle of the Sexes Kathy Liebert was handed over the $130,000 prize as she won the Battle of the sexes tournament beating the men who had dominated the contest until then. Settling the debate in the final episode, L...

Monday 7th March 2005

Poker Bill Praised by eCogra The online gaming industry’s regulatory body has welcomed the progress of a bill to legislate online poker in one American state. eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance’s (eCOGRA) ch...

Monday 7th March 2005

Online poker champ will attend world series of poker Online poker star poker and texas hold’em author Kim Birch recently launched his winning online poker course and website and has now announced he will be attending his first World Series of Poker l...

Monday 7th March 2005

ESPN Poker Club Opens with Degree All-In Poker Challenge Poker fans will now find an entire section of ESPN.com dedicated to the game they love – including a free online poker game for users over the age of 18. The first 11 weeks of play on ESPN.com w...

Monday 7th March 2005

British gamblers protected from Vegas-style manipulation In new legislation to allow Vega-style casinos to be built in Britain, the casinos will be banned from manipulating tactics to get punters to spend more money. The Government wants to introduce s...

Friday 4th March 2005

New Licensee launched on PokerNetwork PokerNetwork, the poker software licensing company is launching its 10th partner Caribsports.com. In 1993, Carib was the first Sportsbook to be founded in Antigua. In 1997, Carib took an ambitious...