Gambling.co.uk: Gambling News Archive

Monday 11th December 2006

Bluff Acquires Tournament Tracking Site Bluff has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of thepokerdb.com, a comprehensive source for tracking online tournaments and players. Eddy Kleid, co-president of Bluff Media, said that ...

Friday 8th December 2006

Team PokerRoom.com Cleans Up at Poker Classic Champs One can practically hear the champagne corks a-popping at Team PokerRoom.com HQ, following a series of triumphs by their players at the final table of the first Ongame Network Poker Classic Champio...

Friday 8th December 2006

Devilfish Takes Home Five Diamond World Poker Classic Title UK poker pro David 'Devilfish' Ulliot upped the proverbial ante this week with a $266,000 win at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic event held in Las Vegas. As well as the whopping cheque, the E...

Friday 8th December 2006

CelebPoker.com to Send Players to Switzerland CelebPoker.com is sending players to the Showdown Poker Tour (SDPT) Montreux Main Event, which forms part of the televised Showdown Poker Tour, taking place between January 31 and February 4 2007. ...

Friday 8th December 2006

Poker Reporter Seeks Sixty Cent Main Event Intrepid poker hack Aaron Todd traded a 60-cent cheque from an internet poker room for a set of 500 poker chips to GoldenPalace.com this week. The transaction is the first step in Todd's goal to t...

Friday 8th December 2006

Ladbrokes to buy 888 Reports are circulating that Ladbrokes’ proposed £490 million takeover of online casino group 888 could be wrapped up as early as next week, following more than a month of talks between the two par...

Friday 8th December 2006

Online Casino ‘Gift Madness’ Online casino and gambling operator 888.com has begun its festive celebrations with the release of its ‘Holiday Gift Madness’ event, promising 22-days of prize giveaways. The promotion starts tod...

Friday 8th December 2006

Ladbrokes to buy Online Casino 888 Reports are circulating that Ladbrokes’ proposed £490 million takeover of online casino group 888 could be wrapped up as early as next week, following more than a month of talks between the two pa...

Friday 8th December 2006

Rank’s Online Focus Following the sale of its Hard Rock Café chain to the Seminole tribe of Florida for $965 million (£490 million), British entertainment company Rank Group has announced that it now intends to focus...

Friday 8th December 2006
UK Government get Shirty with Online Casinos The recent foray by online gambling companies into the world of football shirt sponsorship could be about to suffer a major setback, as an investigation questions whether such exposure encourages ...


Friday 8th December 2006

Online Casino Billionaire’s Peace Offering Israeli online casino entrepreneur, Avi Shaked, has offered to give $100 million to help boost the impoverished Palestinian economy in an effort to bring the Israeli and Palestine leaders...

Thursday 7th December 2006

Poker Room in Swiss Showdown Online poker room CelebPoker.com has announced that it will be sending its online tournament winners to the televised Showdown Poker Tour Montreux Main Event, which takes place between January 31 ...

Thursday 7th December 2006

Game On for Online Poker Players PokerRoom.com was celebrating this week following the impressive performances of five of its online poker players at the inaugural Ongame Network Poker Classic Championship in Barcelona, Spain. F...

Thursday 7th December 2006

WPT Signs with PartyGaming WPT Enterprises, Inc has announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with PartyGaming Plc, owner of PartyPoker.com, to provide international television sponsorship of the WORLD POKER TOUR®...

Thursday 7th December 2006

MaharajahClub.com Backs Pool Sensation Imran Majid December 7, 2006 (London, UK) – Maharajah Club is sponsoring top UK pool player Imran Majid as Europe take on the USA in the 2006 Mosconi Cup in Rotterdam, Holland from December 7th-10th. Majid – ...