The online website Royal Flush Club provides players with an online poker club and poker school. The site offers instructional poker videos and an exclusive poke...

Several stories have been circulating about Sharhram Sheikhan, otherwise known as Shawn or Iron Sheik, and his past. Apparently in 1995 Shawn served nine months ...

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling(FCCG) are calling out the State government today in hopes that the State will set aside funds that would go toward gam...

Germany and Sweden have taking measures over the past few months to restrict or completely ban online gambling companies from servicing their citizens. For the m...

The Bet365 Online Poker Leaderboard Challenge of 2007/2008 has come to an end, and Cecilia Borg, hailing form the Province of Västerbotten in Northern Switz...

Tomorrow begins a host of promotional offers and online casino tournaments at Mansion Casino, providing members with a chance to win special offers, incredible c...

Another tournament is open for registration on PTSeats.com that will take place at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. The Taj Mahal was the first casino to offer re...

PartyPoker sponsored The Big Game II, which took place in East London last year. The Big Game II is a continuous poker cash game that takes place for 24 hours. M...

32Red Casino, winner of both "Best Casino" and "Best Customer Service" awards in 2007, have further innovated their casino products with the ...

Several online jackpots have been busted recently with many online players winning hundreds of thousands of dollars. Millions of online gamblers flock to the pro...

Major League Baseball player, Geoff Jenkins, hosted a charity poker tournament to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Phoenix, Arizona on Monday. Jenkins had play...

Digitaria announced recently that they would be providing the World Poker Tour Enterprises with their services. Digitaria is a full-service digital marketing and...

While China does not yet allow legal online gambling, Bodog is anticipating this to change in the near future, turning their marketing campaign in that direction...

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced its intentions to unveil an online poker site for US customers as a subscription-based program. This would eliminate the...

The Aussie Millions was a dream come true for Alexander Kostritsyn, a young poker player from Russia. Alexander came to the Crown Casino in Melbourne to try his ...

The popular online community, Facebook, has added a new poker application to their website. The new application was created by the Ujogo online poker site. Ujogo...

This March a poker mockumentary called The Grand will be released in select theaters. A mockumentary of course is similar to a documentary except that it is maki...

Over the past year 888 has been signing deal after deal with different groups to build their selves back up after the losses from the passing of the UIGEA. One s...

With the increase in poker popularity an increase in the desire for professional poker players is created. Since poker has become more mainstream many pros have ...

Online casino software developer, Wagerworks, in conjunction with IGT casinos, has announced the release of its highly anticipated "Elvis Multi-StrikeT"...

Paddy Power, the largest betting operation with 220+ facilities across Ireland and the UK, not to mention its online operations, has embarked on a new marketing ...

Sometimes, it seems, getting an ear full for a week from a girlfriend can pay off big. Sammy Zabib forgot to buy her a pair of designer jeans she spotted in a ...

Mansion Poker launched a new VIP Loyalty Club designed to offer special awards to players who regularly play on their site.

The New Mansion Poker V...

The 2007 Internet Poker Rankings Player of the Year Race was won by Jon "Pearljammer" Turner. This race was very tight and Jon beat out some of the b...

The European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open is set to take place on February 19th through the 23rd. The tournament will take place in Denmark at the Casino Copenha...

The MANSIONPOKER website has decided to up the ante when it comes to player benefits. The site recently launched a VIP Loyalty Club that will reward players who ...

Casino Unreal has unveiled a new online video Keno game title, Lightning Ball Video Keno. The online casino game features all of the basic components of online K...

As many members already know, the Big Juicy Odds (BJO) online gaming operation has been undergoing a poker network transition, leaving behind Dynamic Gaming Syst...

The Austrian Lotteries and Casinos Austria are going to merge together to form a new online poker site called Win2Day. The two companies have chosen Boss Media t...

32Red Plc operates the online casino 32Red and the UK poker room 32RedPoker, both award winning sites. The Company has now decided to take their operations to th...

The list for the upcoming 2008 National Head-Up Poker Championship has been released and there are quite a few big names listed. From poker players to celebritie...

A new online poker room, T6Poker, has entered the market with a bang, offering a plethora of promotional offers to encourage new player sign-ups.

In recent news, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland was planning on introducing a new amendment that would essentially leave Finland online gamb...

The VCPoker online casino has joined forces with Initial-Poker to create a new Action Point loyalty redemption store. VCPoker is currently running their point st...

Annette Obrestad has steadily been making a name for herself in the poker world. Whether it is at live events, online events or her investments she is making som...

ButcherPoker, LTD has entered into an agreement with VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC that will allow ButcherPoker to create an online poker academy featuring the &...

Online gaming company, Ultimate Blackjack Tour (UBT), has employed the geolocational services of Internet security provider, Quova, to ensure the absence of frau...

WPT Enterprises, Inc. has created and launched a subscription based online club, called CLUBWPT, that will give United States players a gaming platform that they...

Lisa Tenner is a member of the Queen of Hearts Team and has been recognized by Global Gaming Business Magazine as one of Twenty Five People to Watch in 2008. The...

It was announced yesterday that the Western State College of Colorado Extended Studies would begin immediate enrollment for their non-credit Casino Gaming progra...

It was recently announced that the MarathonBet website has now been added to the CakePoker Networks long list of partners. Marathon is a sports betting operator ...

Starting this past December, The Orleans in Las Vegas hosted a tournament for the Ladies International Poker Serie...

Over the weekend it was announced that PokerTek Inc had made a deal with the Société des casinos du Québec (SCQ) that would enable the Poker...

The Aussie Millions 2008 tournament series has seen its share of losses over the past few weeks but nothing compares to what Jason Potter endured this past week....

Once again, the biggest names in the online poker industry - Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars and Party Poker - have seen the biggest Sunday tournaments exceeding th...

There will be a new game on TV tonight in Sweden anyway, as PartyPoker will start airing the Scandinavian Poker Masters - The Game. This will be the first Scan...

CelebPoker announced starting February 1st 2008 the launch of a new online poker league. To help kick off this new le...

The online casino 888.com has announced that it will be sponsoring Shane Warne, a famous Australian Cricket player as he embarks on his professional poker care...

Titan poker has concluded its promotion of the Top Canadian Titan tournament and it was James Galvin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who came away the winner....

It was announced yesterday that the World Series of Poker Academy will now have a new class available for poker players to step up their game. The Academy has ad...

The 2008 Irish Open schedule was announced today by Paddy Power Poker. The website announced the full timetable for the tournament which includes side events, sa...

February 1st through the 8th is the set dates for the European Open IV. The PartyPoker event will be commentated by Jesse May who will be joined by Phil Hellmuth...

Richard Read, of Plymouth, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 50 years behind bars for the murder of Brian Raboin. Read stated that he was playing online poker t...

Poker legend Sam Farha published his own poker strategy guide late last year, "Farha On Omaha", which has been receiving great reviews from readers and...

U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul has taken an affirmative stand on Internet gambling, but will it sway enough voters to win him the election? According to ma...

Representatives from both the United States and Antigua are supposed to meet today and discuss the online gambling issues between the two countries. The World Tr...

The gaming industry in Asia is booming. Many online operators are moving into the Asian market to take advantage of the increase in interest and activity. It was...

The World Series of Poker Circuit has made its stop in Tunica, Mississippi at the Grand Casino. The tournament is making its way toward the Championship Event an...

Online gaming software developer Wagerworks has announced the release of a new 5-reel, 40-payline slot machine game titled, "Wolf Run". The introductio...

Titan Poker held its Top Canadian Titan tournament last Sunday, crowning online poker player James Glavin, of Nova Scotia, Canada, the winner. Glavin has been pl...

2007 was a difficult year for those with a stake in the online gambling industry - the players, the operators and the gaming licensors alike. From the UIGEA to the...

Over the past few months several other countries have followed in the footsteps of the United States and placed some sort of ban or restrictions on online gambli...

Shane Warne, Australian cricket player, has signed a deal with an Internet poker company to represent them at the World Series of Poker this year. Warne retired ...

On January 1st a ban went into effect in Germany that prohibits online gambling. Because of this the European Gaming and Betting Association has filed a complain...

Jesper Kärrbrink, CEO of Svenska Spel, confirmed during the latter part of 2007 that Austria would be launching the next state owned online poker site. He a...

The UK WhiteList, as it has become known, defines what jurisdictions can and cannot legally advertising online gambling operations in the UK. Newly added to the ...

A new online casino has hit the virtual air-waves with an impressive, 3D virtual design - WinADay Casino. The operators of Slotland Online Casino have worked dil...

The online gaming website Redbet has launched a new online casino, poker and sportsbook website called Whitebet. In mid November of last year Whitebet was soft l...

Recently the group, GamCare, moved to a new facility in South London. The new facility is closer to the capital and the transport networks. GamCare, who works to...

Free online poker community Ujogo has announced the first free poker application to provide rewards and prizes with the integration of the Facebook Platform. Alr...

The anticipation has been building for many months and the wait is finally over. The Aussie Millions have begun and many people are in Melbourne Australia enjoyi...

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure brought in 2008 with a bang. The event hit a record high 1136 players boarding the ship to try their luck at the multi-million...

In the past few months several poker sites have been providing their customers with different language sites. The online poker websites have recognized that poke...

The 888 Holding plc and Entertasia Technology Company Ltd have joined in a partnership agreement that will develop a live casino service in Asia. Entertasia Tech...

Sports fans will have a busy weekend starting February 1st. Not only will the NFL Super Bowl XLII be taking place but the Poker Celebrity Bowl will be kicking of...

The Poker Royale Casino in Wiener Neustadt, Austria will be hosting the European Poker Championships this year. The Poker Royale is known for having the largest ...

The developer and marketer of the online casino and online poker room smart tool, B4Playing, and 888.com has made pla...

The audit by Gaming Associates is complete and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has released its report regarding the Absolute Poker cheating scandal that occur...

Since its launch 1 ½ years ago, PKR Poker has continued to grow steadily with a rise in sign ups and users contining to grow and this pass week, it pass...

Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen, professional poker player and multiple WPT champion is not only taking on the worlds best poker players but also the

Greyhound Poker, a new online poker room launched December 11th, 2007, has reported great success in its first month. The online gaming company provides a strong...

On January 12th a charity poker tournament will be taking place at The Joint, inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. UltimateBet announced recently that Scott Ia...

Betfair, the online gambling operator, recently released a statement announcing that the site has seen an increase in popularity since they improved their softwa...

Mark your calendars folks, this February 6th; Full Tilt Poker will be starting their seventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The event is held three times a year ...

Online gaming company, William Hill Plc, has faced a heavy loss for its recent attempt to develop its own online gaming software, "NextGen". The projec...

According to online poker room, Betfair, its regular players are quite pleased with a recent upgrade to the online poker software platform. Updates to the paymen...

The poker website Poker Source Online has added yet another language to their long list of available languages on their site. Poker Source Online has continued t...

The popular backgammon site, Backgammonmasters, have recently remodeled their lobby. On the heels of the remodel will be a fully integrated

It was announced this week that the site, PokerSitesUK.co.uk, will have a new toolbar available that will help online poker players keep up with live daily tourn...

The Tatts Group, an Australian gaming firm formerly known as Tattersalls, has acquired full ownership of online gaming company, European Gaming Group. This lates...

Leading online gaming software developer, Playtech, has revealed its intent to take an aggressive stance towards acquisitions in 2008. The company began a substa...

Female poker players are becoming more and more prevalent in today poker tournament industry, and the World Poker Tour (WPT) has responded accordingly, officiall...

Since late 2006, experts of the online poker industry have stated time and again that online poker will see a significant decline in activity. In 2007, reports c...

Pamela Anderson and current husband, Rick Salomon, are headed to the land down under, where Salomon is said to be a definite started in the 2008 Aussie Millions ...

The PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship has come to an end and the winner is none other than a local of the area, Jude Ainsworth. Jude managed to outlast 298 oth...

Players have been qualifying for some time now to win their spot on the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise. This Friday, players will have one last chance to qualify for the...

It was announced yesterday that a person had been selected to provide on-air commentary for the Vega Latin American Poker Tour. Vega Promotional Systems Inc, hav...

The winners of the 2007 Oggs Online Casino Awards were announced today with awards honoring operators, casinos and games. Several awards were received by those w...

The website 888 started a tournament series at the beginning of last year titled Poker Pro For A Year. It would be a series of events in a series of six that wou...

A new poker website, T6Poker, was marketing nonstop to reel in players for their January 2008 start date. The site did some testing and they found that their exi...

Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, is an avid poker player hoping to become the 44th president of the United States. Last Thursday, Obama won the Iowa State Cau...

Online money transfer and payment processor, NETeller, announced Monday that the web site has undergone a complete overhaul, giving the payment portal a whole ne...

The Genting Stanley National Poker Championships (GSNP), a ten-week series at 23 casinos spanning the United Kingdom, got underway Monday, January 7, 2008. The 3-f...

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This past weekend the preliminary events began for the Aussie Millions. Many professionals as wells as regular Joes showed up for the event to try their luck. On...

A new series of poker will begin tonight as the Late Night Poker show begins airing on UK television. The new series will begin with a celebrity version that wil...

This past Friday it was announced that women will soon have their own Poker Hall of Fame. The Ladies International Poker Series, otherwise known as LIPS, Tour wi...

Playtech Limited, considered strongly within the online gambling industry to be one of the top two designers and developers of online casino,

On January 12th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Randy "The Natural" Couture will be hosting a charity poker event. The event is titled ...

The NBC Poker After Dark series will have two new poker players making their first appearance on the popular show this week. This Monday at 2:05 am David Oppenhe...

Two weeks from now the WPT World Poker Open will officially begin. In the meantime preliminary events are set to take place starting today. The first event is a ...

Everest Poker decided to bring back their Avalanche tournament for 2008. The tournament was a success last year and this year the website has made the tournament...

Online poker room Titan Poker, is gearing up for a March madness of their own this year when it w...

The highly anticipated Aussie Millions Poker Championship is set to kick off this Saturday, January 5th, at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. A host of p...

Online poker player, Josh Field, at only 18 years of age, will no longer be able to hold an account or play poker at PokerStars. The lifetime ban was handed down...

AsianLogic Ltd an online casino developer has been listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London. This makes it the first major Internet gaming com...

Norway has enacted a new Responsible Gambling Code in an effort to avert the proposed Norway UIGEA. The proposed ban would prevent their citizens from transferri...

Amateur poker players have a fantastic place to learn and play in tournaments at a modest price at FlopTurnRiver.com. At the present time, FlopTurnRiver (FTP) bo...

Despite all the bad press regarding Absolute Poker during the latter part of 2007, it was still a profitable year for their poker players. The online poker site...

Betting Terminal Inc, a London based software developer, has teamed up with the Backgammon Master website and signed a deal. Betting Terminal Inc will use the we...

Many countries seem to be following the United States footsteps by banning online gambling in some form or fashion. Norway was the first after the US and then Tu...

Net Entertainment AB signs yet another casino to their repertoire for the operation for their Casino Module™. Glimmer Ltd., is the lastest to sign-up under Net E...