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Thursday 13th September 2007

South Africa to join the online fun South Africa is set to join the online poker community, as the government decides to legalise web-based gaming. Following a hard-fought battle between the South African Parliament and the Departme...

Thursday 13th September 2007

Cheeky job cuts on the cards Just two months after the Cheeky Girls helped to open the new Isle of Capri casino at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, staff have been told that they may be sacked. The casino's managing director Chri...

Thursday 13th September 2007

Pamela Anderson beds poker hotshot Pamela Anderson has got engaged to a professional poker player after he offered to clear her poker losings in return for some intimate action. Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres chat show, the form...

Thursday 13th September 2007

Online Casino Slammed for 9/11 Promotion The Costa Rican-based online casino Virtual Group has run into criticism this week for a special promotion that recalled the terrorist tragedy of September 11, 2001, which left almost 3,000 people...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Online Casino Firm’s Revenues Soar Online gambling giant 888 has announced that it has bounced back after last year’s profit slump with a 298 percent rise in pre-tax profits from continuing operations, hitting a total of...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Aussies Turn Poker into Extreme Sport Six Australian poker buffs are set to readdress poker as a game of chance by taking part in a spot of Texas Hold’em while dangling 90 metres above the Pacific Ocean. The daring group will...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Online Poker Tournament Holds $1 Million Trump Card Leading poker room, casino and sportsbook, PlayersOnly.com has announced that it is giving players the chance to put a smile on their poker faces with its first Million Dollar free roll tournament...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

888 Reports Rise in Pre-tax Profits Online gambling giant 888 has announced that it has bounced back after last year’s profit slump with a 298 percent rise in pre-tax profits from continuing operations, hitting a total of...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

PlayersOnly.com’s Million Dollar Series Online poker room PlayersOnly.com has announced its first Million Dollar Freeroll Tournament Series, with ten monthly finals and the winner of each taking away $75,000. Part of the...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

CarbonPoker’s First Caribbean Stud Winner Online poker room CarbonPoker.com has announced that it has given away its first Caribbean Stud jackpot of over $20,000 to a player from Belgium. The player, ‘Yvetje’, won $20,318.75...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

IGREA Gets Another Co-Sponsor Another member of America’s Congress has agreed to co-sponsor Barney Frank's proposed Bill to legalize and regulate online gambling in the United States. Democrat Robert Scott has agreed...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Poker Players Alliance Reaches Out In America, a senior member of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has announced that he would like to appoint a member of the 2+2 online poker playing community to the lobbying group’s Board...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Extreme Poker’s “Cliff Hanger” Comes to Sydney September 11, 2007 (Sydney, Australia) - Extreme Poker is all about keeping your cool under extreme duress. Combining the skill of cards with the challenges of extreme sports, six Australian...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

New and Improved Design for ASOP Winners Bracelet 12 September 2007 -- Organisers of CAP Euro unveiled today a brand new design for the winners bracelet of the Affiliate Series of Poker. Following the first two successful Affiliate Series of...

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Russia Answers Sealand’s Internet Gaming SOS The 'principality' of Sealand, the world's smallest state located off the UK’s Eastern shores, has announced that it has received a multi-million dollar investment offer from a Russian...