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Monday 17th March 2008

Tabatabai Wins All Africa Poker Championships He’s one of the bright young stars to have emerged from the English poker game. John Tabatabai was the runner up to Annette Obrestad at last summer’s World Series of Poker Europe Main...

Monday 17th March 2008

Duke admits she's poker tease Poker pro Annie Duke has admitted that she uses her feminine wiles in order to be the best at poker and dismisses claims that poker is anything to do with luck. Speaking to the Ottawa Citizen, the...

Monday 17th March 2008

Sun Poker Repeating WSOP Promotion Online poker room SunPoker.com has announced that it is giving away a total of $300,000 in packages for the upcoming World Series of Poker (WSOP) in July. The Malta-licensed site is repeating a...

Monday 17th March 2008

Petersfield poker fan sees stars A man from Whitehill couldn't believe his luck when he found himself playing in a poker tournament which saw him coming face to face with some of the biggest names in poker. Relative amateur Kevin...

Monday 17th March 2008

Online Casino’s Eggstravaganza Online casino LittlewoodsPoker.com has announced a special Easter-themed promotion for one of its regular $20,000 guaranteed weekly tournaments. The Littlewoods’ Easter Eggstravaganza...

Monday 17th March 2008

Madrid Open Qualification Begins Online casino TitanPoker.com is now holding qualifying satellites for its Eurocity Poker Tour (ECPT) Madrid Open with winners able to receive a prize package worth $3,000. The ECPT is to have a...

Monday 17th March 2008

Russian Laws Should be Relaxed According to Russia’s Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union, a law forcing gambling out of Moscow and St Petersburg from July next year will deter investment in the industry and should be...

Monday 17th March 2008

Advert Upsets Bingo Association In the UK, bingo operators have been upset by a government-sponsored television advertisement they claim is making fun of an industry brought to its knees by Westminster policies. The commercial...

Monday 17th March 2008

Argentina’s New Anti-Fraud Laws The Government of Argentina has announced that it is committed to stamping out money laundering in gambling and could be about to initiate new controls in a bill designed to forbid the activity in...

Monday 17th March 2008
Microgaming Releases Two New Slots Following its release last week of the ‘Tomb Raider: Secret of the Sword’ video slot, software developer Microgaming has released two additional games, ‘Rainbows End’ and...


Friday 14th March 2008

Rule Amendments for 2008 WSOP Announced Harrah’s Entertainment have released the 2008 edition of its rulebook, which has made some changes to the way people can play – and celebrate – their poker. In a move which might...

Friday 14th March 2008

Negreanu to Play Poker with Superhero Out of the well-known comic book characters, Wolverine is one of few known to enjoy a game of cards. It has now been announced that his on-screen counterpart will be doing the same in X-Men...

Friday 14th March 2008

Sportingbet Has Good Second Quarter Online gambling group Sportingbet has released the financial results for its second quarter ending in January showing profits up 275 percent. The Alderney-licensed firm revealed that group...

Friday 14th March 2008

Positive Results For GigaMedia Revenues for Taiwanese online gaming software firm GigaMedia Ltd rose 73 percent from last year driven by the continued growth of its Internet poker software business in continental Europe. The...

Friday 14th March 2008

Madrid Open Sponsored By Titan Online casino TitanPoker.com has announced that it is to sponsor the first of many land-based tournaments beginning in May at the Casino Gran Madrid. The Playtech-powered site has already started...