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Will the U.S. Collect From 888.com
Sep 10, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Today is the day that many have waited for, and the United States is among those who have been waiting for the financial report from the Gibraltar based online casino...
Bodog Licenses Trademarks to Canadian Mohawks
Sep 10, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Bodog Entertainment, in an interesting counteraction to the recent loss of its domain names, has li...
Playtech Loses CEO
Sep 9, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Playtech the online gaming websites has had a rough time since last year when they lost their American players and rebounded to show a nice profit in the last finance...
eCOGRA Approves British Gambling Act
Sep 8, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
For its testing approach to online gambling software, the British Gambling Commission won the approval of eCOGRA. Especially pleased are Online Gaming Regulation and ...
Antigua Justifies $3.4 Billion Internet Gambling Claim
Sep 8, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The USTR declined to comment on Antigua and Barbuda's submission to the World Trade Organization justifying their $3.4 compensation claim, according to an art...
Sweden’s Gambling Monopoly Criticised by Local Firms
Sep 7, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Owners of non-profit lottery company A-lotterierna, Sweden's Social Democrat party, are attacking the country's gambling monopolies, such as Svenska Spel...
Cyberslotz Up For The Highest Bidder?
Sep 7, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Cyberslotz is a well known to online gamblers and online casino operators in the U.K., it came on line in 2001 and is currently operated by Talarius and Quicksilver w...
Gaming Software Recovery
Sep 6, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Tuesday showed that the company Playtech is seeing signs of recovery without U.S. funds, they have had an eighty percent hike in their profits and this increase ...
Online Casino Makes a Powerful Start to 2007
Sep 5, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Paddy Power, the largest bookmaker and online gambling provider in Ireland, has announced a 53 percent surge in its first half operating profit hitting €14.8 mil...
Bodog Becomes New
Sep 3, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Bodog users complained of being unable to access the online poker site and website in Tuesday. The ...
Germany Delays Gambling Plans
Sep 3, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Emerging reports from the Bloomberg news service, suggest that the state of Germany's plans to introduce a law upholding a state monopoly on gambling that may ban...
Gambling Partnersips
Sep 2, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
News Group Digital, the company behind the popular Sun Online and other news sites such as Page3.com and newsoftheworld.co.uk, proves to have made a good decision in ...
Cryptologic Buys Media Corp. Casino.co.uk and Related Assets
Sep 2, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Cryptologic reports this week that they have acquired Media Corp,'s well-known gaming portal Casino.co.uk. Also included in the Cryptologic-Media Corp deal are re...
More On Bodog Troubles
Sep 1, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
1st Technology LLC forced the hand of Calvin Ayre and
Taxes Imposed To Limit Internet Gambling In South Africa
Sep 1, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Temporary deputy director of Trade and Industry, General Funghai Sibanda, announced plans on designing tax policies in hopes to hinder the growth of internet gambling...
UK Advertising Starting
Aug 31, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
This weekend, in fact midnight today is the time many online gaming sites have been waiting for if they have been lucky enough to be included on the "white list,...
Antigua and Barbuda Vs. U.S.
Aug 31, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Antigua and Barbuda face off with the United States and the World Trade Organization today, Friday August 31; in the battle that has been ongoing for some time.
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Holland Officials Next to Give Citizens Online Gambling
Aug 30, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The reports coming from Holland are that with the success that the government of Sweden has had with their Internet poker g...
PartyGaming Reports Loss
Aug 29, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Partygaming, the company behind popular Party Poker online poker site, suffered a major setback whe...
WagerWorks Teams with 24hPoker
Aug 28, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
An alliance was announced today between WagerWorks, an English online gambling software provider and Sweden's 24hPoker Holding AB to work together in marketing th...
Brittish Gambling Companies Rush To Purchase TV Ads!
Aug 23, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The new rules in the United Kingdom, as they pertain to online gambling, and the use of the UK W...
Poker Players Alliance Changing Locations and Leaders
Aug 22, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The Poker Players Alliance is both changing leadership and picking up and moving to Washington, D.C. PPA President Michael Bolcerek resigned to spend time with his fa...
Neteller Checks Refused across the United States
Aug 15, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The online e-wallet NETeller began to return millions of dollars to US customer starting on July 30 2007. There were almost immediate results for many of the previous...
Playtech Eyeing European Rivals
Aug 12, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Playtech provides gambling software for websites and gives them such games as blackjack, poker, roulette and more. The internet gaming software firm now is planning t...
Betfair Hires Ex-Virgin Boss
Aug 11, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Oscar Nieboer has been announced to as temporary brand director of BetFair. The leading online gambling group made the announcement today that it has employed the for...
Everest Poker Makes Power 50 List
Aug 10, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
In the July 2007 issue of eGaming Reviews Everest Poker was included in the Power 50 list. Everest Poker ranked 20th in this influential magazine; well ahead of other...
RedKings Poker Mystery Solved; PokerStars Innocent
Aug 8, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Several weeks back, as the WSOPE satellite events and qualifiers were hitting their peak traffic, RedKings Poker and thei...
Ladbrokes First Half Report
Aug 8, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Record profits were posted today by the Ladbrokes but all was not good news. In the report for the...
CEO Poker Tour AND the PPA Part Ways
Aug 3, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The CEO Poker Tour and the Poker Players Alliance are parting ways after some issues have arisen. Their relationship with the CEO Poker Tour was one where they were p...
CAP Euro Convention Attracts Top Industry Leaders
Aug 1, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) convention will be in Barcelona in October, and it already has sold all of the available booth space. This is on track to become t...
The UK Takes a Harder Stance on Gambling
Jul 31, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
If it were possible to go beyond a ban, it appears as though the current british administration and Prime Minister Gordon Brown would do just that.
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Jerry Yang, Family Guy of Poker
Jul 31, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Poker and its place in history, often makes people think of the back room in some bar, or a spot in a dark alley. Often heavy drinking and smoking come to mind as wel...
New Services From eCOGRA 'Safe & Secure'
Jul 31, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The eCOGRA Seal of Approval attributes to the safety, security and high standards of an online gambling operation. With the recent expansion of the company's prof...
Gambling Boom Continues Despite Recent Legislation
Jul 30, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Over the last several years, the internet has seen an enormous boom in gambling related businesses popping up, one after the other. The online poker and gambling...
World Poker Association (WPA) Releases Ethics Code
Jul 29, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The World Poker Association [WPA] has released an Ethics Code for poker tournament players. This new ethics code is designed to provide basic standards for poker tour...
Sports Betting Operator Supports Homeless World Cup
Jul 29, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Copenhagen will soon be hosting the fifth Homeless World Cup, scheduled for August 4, 2007, to benefit homeless across the globe. The seven day event will bring 500 h...
NETeller Distribution Plan
Jul 28, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
NETeller has recently released details of their distribution plan for American account holders. In review, the distribution of the 94 million dollars in US customer f...
NETeller Reinstated to AIM
Jul 27, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Without the possibility of returning to the U.S. markets, and its long term viability being reduced with news from other nations, NETeller still succeeded in getting ...
World Poker Congress Set For November 2007
Jul 26, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The second annual World Poker Congress (WPC) is set to kick off November 29 and 30, 2007 at the Westin Dragonara Resort in St. Julian's, Malta. World Poker Tour p...
PlayTech Reports 2nd-Quarter Revenue Up 76%
Jul 25, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Gaming software developer PlayTech Ltd released a second quarter revenue update today revealing a 76% increase with the exclusion of US-based business. The significan...
PlayTech Software Upgrade Equals 4 New Casino Games
Jul 24, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Online gaming software provider, PlayTech has developed and integrated four new online casino games on their gaming software platform. Two of the games, 21 Duel Black...
Additional Withdrawals For NETeller
Jul 21, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
It appears the NETeller saga continues. As in the United States it has been announced that they will no longer be processing online gambling transactions for any resi...
Inside Gaming Converts To PlayTech; Migration Complete
Jul 20, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Inside Gaming Ltd, specializing in online poker, casino and bingo gaming services, has announced the finalized migration to the PlayTech software platform. The s...
PartyGaming to Meet Earning Forecast
Jul 20, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
PartyGaming PLC has financially had a rough time of late after pulling out on the U.S. market in October announced that it expects second quarter earnings to match it...
NETeller Epic Finally Drawing to a Close
Jul 18, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The epic that has been NETeller is finally drawing to a close, even if that final chapter has yet to be written. The company announced that it would pay the United St...
Big Changes At FunTech, Four Directors Leave Post
Jul 11, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Skill gaming grouped Fun Technologies (FunTech), listed in Toronto and London, has announced the departure of four directors, including the company's accomplished...
Sweden to Tax Gaming Portals
Jul 7, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The Swedish Tax Board has recently released notice of their intentions to begin a concentrated tax collection. This effort will be aimed at the gambling web site port...
Svenska Spel To Introduce AI Anti-Problem Gambling Software
Jul 5, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
According to reports on Radio Sweden, Svenska Spel, a Swedish government online gambling organization, will be introducing a new anti-problem gambling software develo...
Gaming VC Projects 6-Month Trading Ahead Of Expectations
Jul 5, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Online gambling company Gaming VC has released a 6 month trading prediction revealing numbers to be ahead of expectations. The casino revenue has followed in line wit...
GTECH Scoops Up Finsoft In Buy Out
Jul 4, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
GTECH Sports Betting Solutions Limited, a subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., has just acquired the London- and Belgrade-based company, Finsoft Limited. Finsoft provide...
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