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Playersonly $1 Million Freeroll Series Finals Starts Today

Sep 30, 2007

Playersonly has started a new freeroll series that will kick off its finals today. For the next ten months there will be one final a month with each final boasti...

European Poker Tour Comes to an End

Sep 30, 2007
The European Poker came to an end in London yesterday with Joseph Mouawad coming out victorious. Mouawad managed to outwit 391 other players to take the win and a fir...

£10bn Gambling Habit in United Kingdom

Sep 30, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Although the British government had pushed through their Gambling Act in 2005, they have failed to address some serious issues. The cause of more gambling woes are th...

Betfair’s Revenue Soars

Sep 30, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
There have been some major changes with the online betting exchange Betfair as their annual reven...

Hollywood Poker Freerolls to WPT Barcelona

Sep 30, 2007
The past two months have been lucky for some new online poker players giving them the chance to play in a freeroll poker tournament at Hollywood Poker. All the play...

The Battle Continues Between U.S. AND EU

Sep 30, 2007
Earlier in the week the United States and the European Union talks had come a stand still, Friday the United States came back with their offer which the European Un...

The 3rd Annual eGaming Award Winners

Sep 30, 2007
Category: Poker Industry

The third annual eGaming Awards was held Friday night. Betfair took top prize as the gambling industry took center stage at this award party and celebrated anoth...

It Will Soon Be Time For The ECOOP

Sep 30, 2007

November is fast approaching and excitement is in the air when it comes to the European Championship Of Online Poker and for the UK online poker players who will...

Online Gambling School Starts Open Enrollment

Sep 29, 2007
When you think of college, you think of hard Math and English courses...but what about online gambling courses? Yes, as of 9/29/07, the Los Angeles Valley College has...

RedKings Offers Seats on the European Poker Tour

Sep 29, 2007
A seat at the final table of the European Poker Tour is a dream come true for many poker players. Who wouldn't love to be on camera playing poker in a beauti...

European Union Claims US owes $100 Billion

Sep 29, 2007
Because of the ban on online gambling companies in the United States, online gaming sites in the European Union say that the US owes them about $100 billion ...

Ladbrokes Hires New Managing Director For Its Poker Division

Sep 29, 2007
Category: Poker Industry

Edward Ihre, former Poker Room and ...

Play For A Seat At The EPT In Prague

Sep 29, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
RedKings is hosting a Poker tournament for the chance to win a seat in the Live European Poke...

U.S. Regulations To Be Made Public

Sep 29, 2007

It seems that the official word will be made public shortly about the regulations that the United States has in the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act and there i...

Playwise Has Not Faired Well In Past Year

Sep 29, 2007
Category: Poker Software
The report is in and Playwize, just as many other companies and operators for online gambling, have not faired well in this past year since the Unlawful Internet Gamb...

The Luck Of The Irish and Online Poker

Sep 29, 2007
Twenty-two year old James McManus of Dublin Ireland is a recent college graduate in math, and he is now also nearly $100,000 richer than he was two months ag...

Will Norway Be Next To Ban Online Poker

Sep 28, 2007

Just a few weeks ago one resident of Norway Annette Obrestad made news as the youngest winner of one of the largest poker tournaments in Europe, and now word fro...

Lobbyist for the American Gaming Association

Sep 28, 2007

Political Lobbyist are required to divulge information for actions taken or services rendered that could influence members of the executive and legislative branc...

$15,000 Bugsy's Loyalty Freeroll

Sep 28, 2007
What poker player doesn't like a little competition? Online poker room BugsysClub.com has found a successful way to repay loyal players. Hold a No Limit Tour...

Asian Pacific Poker Tour Ready to begin

Sep 28, 2007
What a week for poker - the European Poker Tour (EPT) London event is already being played, the World Championship of Online Poker has been bringing in record numbers...

New Strategy For Online Tournament Play

Sep 28, 2007
There is a new strategy in online poker tournaments for sites like Hollywood Poker, they have a new format that will be used in the seventeenth edition of the Grand T...

ECOOP at Titan Poker

Sep 28, 2007
The Titan Poker tournament is coming up which will run for ten days and will have ...

Fireswirl Technology Launches

Sep 28, 2007
Category: Poker Software
Fireswirl Technology is a poker software developer. They have launched its first channel partner Program. Their goal is to provide online poker solutions for the UK a...

No Increase in Online Gambling Addicts Since 1999

Sep 28, 2007
While the Interactive Gaming Council, (IGC) and others had fears of increased gambling problems among British citizens due to online and mobile gambling, it seems tha...

PokerStars EPT Day One (A)

Sep 27, 2007
The Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London was the host for the Pokerstars European Poker Tour and day o...

Massachusetts Representative Delahunt Supports IGREA

Sep 27, 2007
William Delahunt signed on as a cosponsor for his fellow Massachusetts Representative Barney Franks online gambling bill. This will be the 37th signature since the bi...

Dusk Till Dawn is the UKs First Legal Poker Club

Sep 27, 2007
Dusk Till Dawn received its casino license on Wednesday September 26th making it the first legal poker club in the UK. It will also be the largest poker club in Weste...

Antigua Battles the US - The WTO to Follow

Sep 27, 2007
The dispute between the small island governments of Antigua and Barbuda fought the US to a standstill, in the continuing dispute over the US unilateral withdrawal its...

PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Day One (B)

Sep 27, 2007
After day one A saw 178 players take to the poker tables, the second half saw 215 players pay the £5,200 entry at the

IMEGA and Ogilvy Working Together To Bring Awareness

Sep 27, 2007
The company of Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association has hired Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and while iMEGA is a non-profit organization their ...

Could There Be Light At The End Of The U.S. Ban

Sep 27, 2007

It has been reported that talks between Washington and two UK online gaming companies, PartyGaming and Sportingbet have broken down. The talks with the EU attorn...

Online Gambling Watching iMEGA Before iGaming Expo

Sep 27, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Next week many online gaming operators will be keeping a close eye on IMEGA and the United States Government, some of these companies are PartyGaming, Paddy Power and...

New Poker League resembling Round-Robin

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Industry

Bally’s Las Vegas location launched an innovative way to find the best of the best in team poker competition. The U.S. Poker League, formed in January 2006...

Largest Poker Room Gets License

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Industry

Much to the dismay of three casinos; London Clubs International, Gala and Stanley Leisure the Nottingham based poker club Dusk Till Dawn was granted a license to...

FullTilt Refunds for Bot Intrusion

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
In an effort to address recent accusations, FullTiltPoker.com, a leading online poker site

Most Lucrative Place for Poker Bad Beat Jackpot?

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Miami’s Absolute Poker has emerged as the most lucrative place to be for Bad Beat Jackpot....

Online Poker Powerhouse VC Profits Greatly

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

German based VC, an online casino and poker site reported ...

Ultimate Bet Launches Bad Beat Jackpot

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
UltimateBet.com recently announced its new feature The Ultimate Bad Beat Jackpot. It will allow the unlucky players a chance to win a nice size pot. Bad Beat Jackpot ...

Taj Mahal Using Online System for Poker Tournament

Sep 26, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Many people love to play in poker tournaments. But they do not like having to wait in long lines to register for these tournaments. Waiting in line is looked at as a ...

2007 First Annual California Poker Players Conference (CPPC)

Sep 25, 2007
Category: Poker Industry

Hey all you poker players! Whether you play by cash, tournament, or Internet or are just new to the game, Listen up! Here is something you won’t want to mi...

Poker and Obama - Things That Make You Say Hmmm

Sep 25, 2007

2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate , Obama Barack does not accept political contributions from lobbyists or political action committees.  However, when ...

Winner World Championship of Online Poker

Sep 25, 2007
We Have a Winner! Event #14 of the WCOOP boasted a guaranteed $2 million dollar prize so it was no surprise that over 3,000 players signed up fo...

California State Poker Championship Results

Sep 25, 2007

Eric Crisp was the last man standing when he beat out the 362 poker players in t...

Emanuel Karlen to Play Doyle Brunson for $25,000

Sep 25, 2007
Category: Poker Players
Emanuel Karlen, otherwise known as “ManneKK”, was the winner of the Doylesroom.com $25,000 Summer Series Freeroll Grand Finale. With this win com...

PokerStars Giving Away PokerNews Cup

Sep 25, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

Want to join one of the most exciting Live Poker Events from down under? PokerStars has been running freeroll promotions for entry. The bulk of those freerolls h...

United States Low Ball Antigua Over Poker Ban

Sep 25, 2007

Pertaining to the claim, the United States has maintained the position that the requested 3.4 billion dollar estimate is unreasonabl...

US Responce to the Online Gambling Ban Claim by EU

Sep 25, 2007

The European Union has been contesting a number of trade areas with the United States for the last number of years. As the United States released their brief and...

Dolly and DiCaprio - Pardon me?

Sep 24, 2007

With the launch of the global warming documentary, an unlikely partnership became reality. The 11th Hour, a film funded in part by pro poker player Doyle Bruns...

NRL - For now still dependant on Poker Machines

Sep 24, 2007

Hollywood actor and Co-owner of the South Sydney Rugby team, Russell Crowe continues to express his annoyance on the National Rugby Leagues’ dependence

Swedish Gaming Group undergo reorganization

Sep 24, 2007
Category: Poker Software
24hPoker is a developer of proprietary software applications for online gaming operations, as a part of the Swedish gaming group.

...

Online Poker is heating up!

Sep 24, 2007
Online poker tournaments have added new dimension to online entertainment. And the Heat is on.   'H...

GLI Online Server Based Casino Software Launched

Sep 24, 2007
Category: Poker Software

Innovative GLI-Certified Server Based Gaming System Launched


In Lima, Peru, Monday, September 24, 2007, one of the largest international cas...

iMEGA v UIGEA to be heard

Sep 24, 2007

Lawyers representing the United States government agencies met the deadline to file a brief outlining why the case brought against t...

Online Poker Site to Fly Players to Aruba

Sep 24, 2007

Ultimate Bet, a major online poker site, has announced that the players competing in...

PokerStars EPT: London's Largest Poker Tournament?

Sep 24, 2007
Tuesday is the start of the Pokerstars European Poker  Tour (EPT) in London. The worlds best poker players, over 400 of them, are expected to compete in this eve...

PokerStars Takes Player Protection to a New Level

Sep 23, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

Any person will tell you that their personal information should remain just that, personal. Many people have problems with their personal information leaking ove...

European Championship of Online Poker In November

Sep 23, 2007
VC Poker, a British gambling group, is starting a new poker competition called the European Championship of Online Poker otherwise known as ECOOP. VC poker will spons...

Lee Rousso v Washington State Update

Sep 23, 2007
The Washington State Lawyer, who is challenging the validity of the states online gambling law, has hit a bump.

Evidently the State of Washington is in...

More TV Time at Poker News Cup

Sep 23, 2007

The opportunity to become known by poker fans across the world just got better!


In a recent on site announcement, PokerNews announced additio...

PPA Let the campaign begin!

Sep 23, 2007

In an effort to stay on top of lawmakers apposed to the online gambling industry, the Poker Players Alliance has moved its headquarters to Washington D.C.

100,000 dollar cash event series at CakePoker

Sep 23, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
CakePoker is operating their premier Million Dollar Freeroll tournament schedule. The series consists of 10 $100,000-guaranteed tournaments wherein the winne...

PokerStars has a plan

Sep 23, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
While sponsoring two of the most expansive on going tournaments, PokerStars has devised a method of...

Poker Bots Busted On Full Tilt Poker

Sep 22, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

For months now, Full Tilt Poker (a us poker site) has been investigating the believ...

B4Playing Acquires GWS

Sep 22, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
In understanding their affiliates play a major part in their marketing activity, Friday, September 21, 2007, B4Playing acquired The Gambling Webmaster School site (...

Roy Winston Claims Major Win

Sep 22, 2007
Category: Poker Players

Roy Winston, a medical doctor and poker pro, won over 1.5 million dollars in the 2007 Borgata Poker Open at the World Poker Tour in New Jersey.

Win...

Absolute Poker Offers Great Incentive For Creativity

Sep 22, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Absolute Poker announced yesterday that they will be awarding $100 to three of its players who produce the most creative avatar. The avatar is a character a ...

2008 Irish Open - 3 Million Guaranteed No Limit Hold’em

Sep 22, 2007
The €3 Million ($4,228 Million US Dollars) Guaranteed Freezeout 2008 Irish Open was announced by PaddyPowerPoker.com September 23, 2007. Freezout is the...

Poker Expansion in US State of Illinois

Sep 22, 2007
A new method of funding for Illinois State construction projects and more has been approved, a...

UK Gambling Commision Report Supports Regulation

Sep 22, 2007

Recently the Gambling Commission released a study regarding internet and other new forms of gambling. As these items have become more readily available, the ex...

The World's Next Top Celebrity Poker Player

Sep 21, 2007
Can months of impassioned competition paired with unparalleled online activity result in the next poker superstars? Well, Team CelebPoker will try to prove just that....

Pennsylvania and a Poker Table

Sep 21, 2007

Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final...

Sheikhan Facing Deportation

Sep 21, 2007
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, high-stakes poker regular Shahram "Shawn" Shei...

Governor Renegs - PPA Campaigns

Sep 21, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Governor Ernie Fletcher has reneged on his promise to allow Kentucky residence to vote on a proposal to legalize table gaming in the state. As a result, the U.S. Po...

Knowing When To Pay Your Poker Taxes!

Sep 21, 2007
Beginning in 2008 land based casinos and poker card rooms will be required to hold back 25% of your poker tournament winnings if the prize won is more than $5000....

Annie Duke hosts $100,000 Hold'em in California

Sep 21, 2007
World Series of Poker Bracelet Holder and poker diva, Annie Duke has agreed to host the $100,000 Hold’em Poker Tournament ...

Poker and Racing, a match in NASCAR History

Sep 21, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

The popularity of Poker is growing, and so is the NASCAR brand. It was only t...

IMEGA Hires Oglivy Public Relations Worldwide

Sep 21, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Oglivy Public Relations Worldwide, a New York-based public relations firm was chosen to represent The Interactive Media Entertainments and Gaming Association (IMEGA...

Foxwoods Charity Poker Champion - Franklin Becker

Sep 20, 2007
The Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival drew a crowd of more than 5,200 people to enjoy three days of festivities including celebrity chef demonstrations and book signing...

UIGEA brought to YouTube

Sep 20, 2007
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is getting some hard hitting attention from YouTube visitors.


Earlier this week the Association ...

Absolute Poker in question

Sep 20, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
The internet is buzzing about the recent concerns on Absolute Poker and the cash players on the ...

104 Year Old Gaming Law Challenged

Sep 20, 2007
Five men arrested Saturday Sept 8th, during a friendly Texas Holdem game with a $100+$10 buy in, appeared in court on September 13th. The men were arrested fo...

Large Pots Generous Hearts, Hold'Em 100

Sep 20, 2007
Beginning in 1995 Conrad Brunner organized a group of poker players to start a charity tournament which was expected to attract 100 players, titled 'Hold'em 1...

Further Poker Backlash from South Carolina

Sep 20, 2007
South Carolina authorities recently charged fourteen people with participation in illegal gambling activities. In Greenville County deputies dealt out 14 citations at...

2007 Aruba Poker Classic & UltimateBet.com

Sep 20, 2007
From September 29th through October 6th, The 2007 Aruba Poker Classic will be underway at the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino. What does this mean for fellow onlin...

Slotland Online Slots Player Survey

Sep 20, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Betting habits, memorable wins and strategies for winning are the focus of the Slotland Online Slots Player ...

Team Pokerstars Adds New Players To The Lineup

Sep 19, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
The worlds largest online poker site announced on Tuesday that they are adding four new players to ...

Greg Raymer Wins WCOOP Event 6

Sep 19, 2007
Greg Raymer, otherwise known as "fossilman", was one of ten players left in the 2007 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournament when h...

DTD Trying to be UK's First Legal Poker Club

Sep 19, 2007
Europe's Largest Poker Room in Next Stage of Battle to Become UK's First Legal Poker Club

Nottingham Magistrate Court will be the place on Sept 24th th...

Will Italians Deem Poker A Skill Game?

Sep 19, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
It wasn't long ago that Italy rejected all considerations of licensing and regulating online wagering operations. In a surprising turnabout, the Italian governmen...

Chipleader brings Jet Promo to CAP Euro

Sep 19, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
The Casino Affiliate Program Euro Barcelona has the attention of the most active and driven affiliates in the casino market, online and off. Each year this event draw...

South African Poker Open

Sep 19, 2007
Last year the world had only heard about the South African Poker Open. This year is different because South Africa has their Poker Champion, Raymond Rahme. This South...

Cardinal7 Wins WCOOP In Limit Hold’em

Sep 19, 2007
Event # 7 in the World Championship of Online Poker ended in victory for Cardinal7. He defeated TheMasterJ33 to win the title and take home almost $68,000. More t...

Who gambles online? 3.5 million Britons do...

Sep 19, 2007
According to British Gambling Commission, some 3.5 million Britons make a regular habit of gambling online. Over five years, the number marked a six-fold increase, st...

Big Names on High Stakes Poker

Sep 18, 2007
High Stakes Poker on GSN continues tonight with none other than the poker legend Doyle Brunson making his season four debut.


With 10 WSOP bracelets to h...

Time is Up at DoylesRoom for $25,000

Sep 18, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
If you're a poker fan, or player, you know how competitive Doyle Brunson is, and the opportunity to play against him live and online, is almost over. The Summer S...

PokerSchoolOnline Signs TJ Cloutier

Sep 18, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

TJ Cloutier is the newest poker professional to join the ranks at Poker School Online. It has been announced that Cloutier will join Team PSO as a content writer...

IGREA on Hold, but not dead

Sep 18, 2007
The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) has stalled in the United States House of Representatives, as was recently disclosed by Congressmen Barne...

Bodog Was Newbodog and Now BodogLife

Sep 18, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Reading a popular forum today, there was a thread that hinted that bodog.com might be back shortly, some even believed it would be back to its old form as soon as tod...

Crowe vs Poker Machines

Sep 18, 2007
Hollywood has always had the activist crowd, now they are spreading abroad. Australian actor Russell Crowe has been reportedly speaking out against the South Sydney L...

Players Only Sends Winners to Canada

Sep 18, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Players Only, the Antigua based us online casino, is sending tournament winners to the Wor...

PKR Signs Its One Millionth Player

Sep 18, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Since PKR's August 6th release, players have been signing up in record numbers. After little over a year of operation the site received its one millionth sign-up ...

Video Games Meet Online Gambling

Sep 17, 2007
Category: Online Casino
There is a new video game in the works that could merge online video gaming with online gambling and this software in the development state by a company known as Canb...

Macau: Gambling Pleasure Zone

Sep 17, 2007
Category: Online Casino
The heart and soul of gambling has been set in a small Nevada town for decades now. Las Vegas is often the first thought in the mind of any player around the world, n...

Did Online Gaming Get Their Man?

Sep 17, 2007
Word is out that there might be a replacement for Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General who will be leaving office this week since resigning. This replacement leads a...

Ladbrokes Poker Going 3D

Sep 17, 2007
Category: Poker Sites

Soon Ladbrokes Poker will be 3D. The parent company, Ladbrokes International Ltd, signed a...

$1,000 Freerolls From Pokerstars And Pokerlistings

Sep 17, 2007
Starting this October, Pokerlistings and Pokerstars are stepping up their game by giving its players 25 days of $1,000 cash tourneys. The freerolls are available ...

New Online Casino Slot Machine by Rival Gaming

Sep 17, 2007
Category: Online Casino
USA Online Casino players now have more games to pick from as Rival Gaming has announced t...

Illegal Gambling in Iowa Update

Sep 17, 2007

With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the limits until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, wh...

Internet Gambling Has Taken A Life

Sep 17, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Whether you use Internet gambling for entertainment, extra pocket change, or as a means of income, you probably set aside plenty of time in your day for other things....

Aussie Millions Date Set for 2008

Sep 16, 2007
Aussie Millions poker tournament is set to start a few months from now in Melbourne, Australia. Many pro players will making the trip "down under" to partic...

Pennsylvania and a Poker Table

Sep 16, 2007

Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final...

Iowa Woman Arrested for hosting Illegal Cash Game

Sep 16, 2007
With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, when the polic...

North Carolina arrests Poker Stars for Illegal Activity

Sep 16, 2007
Johnston County Sheriffs Office and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol partnered with the North Carolina State Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to execute a raid...

France, The EU, The Meeting Place

Sep 16, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Coming up soon will be the meeting between France and the European Commission where France will need to justify why they have a monopoly in online gambling. At this m...

Big Game II Today

Sep 16, 2007
Today is the day that the Big Game II begins at PartyPoker's Poker Den, and has a minimum ten thousand dollar buy-in.


This game is pulling in some o...

WSOPE Champion is Now Queen of Poker

Sep 16, 2007
An impressive stride into history, Annette Obrestad the new Queen of European Poker, took home the first ever WSOPE bracelet. She stands out for many reasons. Her gen...

The Perfect Summer Job

Sep 16, 2007
For most teens their summer job consists of doing yard work or flipping burgers, but one teen and the sun of a kindergarten teacher his summer job was playing

Online Casino Will Feature New Spider-Man Slot

Sep 15, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Spiderman isn't the first ever Marvel game to make it to an internet casino, in fact, ...

WSOPE Final Table is Set

Sep 15, 2007
The final table at the WSOPE is set and well start at 2 p.m. GMT September 16 at The Casino at the Empire on Leicester Square.


Officially not one high p...

New LazerWager Gets Experienced Managers

Sep 15, 2007
Category: Online Casino
LazerWager.com has new managers. Not just any managers but five former executives of Nine.com, BetOnSports, Evolution Software and others. Combined that is 50 years o...

Playtech's Shuki Barak Resigns

Sep 15, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
According to an article written on accountingweb.co.uk, Shuki Barak has resigned as Playtech's chief operating officer. Barak spent only 18 months in this positio...

Reputation Damaged In Online Betting Case

Sep 15, 2007
Category: Online Casino
The twenty-six year old Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko arrived in China from the United States where he had lost in the U.S. Open semifinal to Roger Federer....

Taking poker to the Extreme

Sep 15, 2007
What is Extreme Poker? Well, so far they have played poker in the Arctic, in a plane and underwater. Now they will play in Sydney, Australia on October 4th, while dan...

Skill Game Protection Act Gets Another Supporter

Sep 15, 2007
Robert Wexler introduced the Skill Game Protection Act on June 7th of 2007. At that time the bill only had 1 sponsor, and now 3 months later it has reached 13. One of...

Online Poker Rooms Recruiting Young Guns

Sep 15, 2007
Online poker rooms are finding it harder and harder to recruit big name players for their sites. The top online poker players normally have already signed lucrative s...

The Alaskan Poker Showcase

Sep 14, 2007
Bob Elyard, a Lazy Mountain Television producer is betting on the fact that viewers will tune in to see local poker players go head to head and hopefully ride the pop...

Is Online Poker The New Income For Teenagers?

Sep 14, 2007
It seems every year teenagers are becoming smarter and learning new ways to make money. As for one California teen, he has found the perfect way to earn an income fro...

$5000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls

Sep 14, 2007
Saturday Sept. 22, the first of two $5,000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls hosted at the online poker site Hollywood Poker. Players will have until Sept 19th to...

The Supreme Court, Arkansas and Gambling

Sep 14, 2007
Thursday was a big day for gambling in the state of Arkansas, the voters and the Family Action Council Committee. Each side brought their evidence and opinions to the...

2008 World Poker Showdown Bahamas Poker Open

Sep 14, 2007
A $7000 prize package and a chance to play poker in paradise is what Titan Poker is offering its players. Titan Poker is now running qualifying tournaments to win...

Gambling Bust in Indonesia

Sep 14, 2007
Category: Online Casino
There have been reports recently in several countries of crackdowns on gambling the latest to join in is Indonesia. In the capitol city of Jakarta, the police busted ...

AP Enhances the Poker Experience for US Players

Sep 14, 2007
Category: Poker Software
Absolute Poker, one of the most popular

Everest Poker Avalanche Final Event Scheduled

Sep 14, 2007
The final for the Everest Poker Avalanche poker tournament will be held at 15:00 GMT. The online poker main event which is a $5,000+$300 buy-in will no longer...

China Makes a Firm Stand Against Online Gambling

Sep 13, 2007
North East China is seeing a rise of illegal gambling, however recently there was a mass arrest of thirty-two individuals for playing online. The total amount of yuan...

E-Check Returns to PokerStars for US Players

Sep 13, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Go to the PokerStars website, and find the cashiers station. Posted there is a message to their pla...

California Gambling Control Commission Loses Revenue

Sep 13, 2007
After a recent court hearing it has come to light that the California Gambling Control Commission did not approach the California casinos that are run by the twenty-e...

Gambling Pill Tested

Sep 13, 2007
A recent study was done at the University of Minnesota involving gambling and a supplement known as N-acetyl cysteine. This was an eight-week study that included twen...

A Woman wins Big with Caribbean Stud

Sep 13, 2007
Category: Online Casino
CarbonPoker recently announced that their first Caribbean Stud Jackpot, was awarded to a Belgium Player.


The winner who goes by Yvetje, a woman, won 20...

SportsBook Company Sponsors Million Dollar Series

Sep 13, 2007
Category: Online Casino
"We've got a couple of poker tournaments going right now where the prizes are trips, one to the WPT Turks and Caicos and another to baseball's World Seri...

Support Builds Against UIGEA

Sep 13, 2007
On April 26th of this year, Representative Barney Frank proposed the bill that will overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). This bill...

PPA's voice on 2+2

Sep 13, 2007
Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is reaching out to the broader poker player base. In the effort Executive Director, John Pappas recently posted a very engageing message ...

Betfair.com Wins Court Case

Sep 12, 2007
A court case has been won by Betfair, which is a part of Sporting Exchange, the online gambling company against their former CEO of operations in Ireland. Although Be...

The Battle Goes On Over Online Gambling

Sep 12, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
There has been more news surfacing in the newspaper in Antigua about the showdown between the United States and Antigua, in the court battle that is before the World ...

Sweden Still On The Hunt

Sep 12, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Reports of recent days has been about Sweden, who has seemed to be changing some of their ideas about gambling, some of this may be attributed to the monopoly on gamb...

Is Sealand A Go ?

Sep 12, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Will Sealand Casino become a reality, this time around? It is a plan that has been the in the works for sometime and though the U.S. and the U.K. applied pressure in ...

Another Gambling Act Approved

Sep 12, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
South Africa is now the latest in the long line of countries to decide how they will handle online gambling, and to answer this they have approved the National Gambli...

Roulette Gone Live

Sep 12, 2007
In a press release the company Zone 4 Play has said that they have releasing two new television shows on the Winner Channel. These two shows are being telecast live, ...

Online Gambling Alive and Well in U.S.

Sep 12, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
After the ban in the United States for online gambling, while many online casinos have made public their profit statements from this past year and are only now beginn...

New Partnership for Card Player

Sep 12, 2007
Card Player has done it again. They have contracted with one of the major tournaments in the United States to be an exclusive media partner. Card Player and Caesars P...

Competitive Sponsorship for WSOPE

Sep 11, 2007
Category: Poker Players
Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. announced it would be hosting Bob Clarke, AKA Bob the Butcher, a renowned UK Poker Pro, adding another prominent showing for UK poker p...

The Face of Million Dollar Poker - Gus Hansen

Sep 11, 2007
'The Great Dane' is showing his talents in new ways. He created a name for himself as an aggressive, motivated and yet serious poker player through high stake...

24hr Cash Game Returns

Sep 11, 2007
Poker Den: The Big Game II is in place and ready to play. On Monday, September 17th 2007, PartyPoker's 24 hour cash game event will be played. This years event is...

The WSOPE Main Event Has Begun

Sep 11, 2007
The No Limit Texas Hold'Em tournament, has a 10 thousand GBP buy in. The registration showed 350 players to compete in the week long event with a prize pool of 3....

GamedayPoker.com gets into Australian Culture

Sep 11, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
International poker room GamedayPoker announced a multi-year partnership with Australian V8 Supercar Championship team PWR Racing. The deal will see the cars of PWR R...

Poker Skill Transcends All Forms of the Game

Sep 11, 2007
Sit n Go Poker website, Sitandgoplanet, recently released astounding results from a broadly conducted survey. The survey was designed to uncover the actual winners an...

Online Casino Industry Healing Slowly from UIGEA

Sep 11, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Several companies have incurred astounding financial loss as a result of the serious repercussions the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (

Lights, Camaras and Online Casino Action

Sep 11, 2007
Category: Poker Industry
Those in the industry believe there'll be a surge in casino ads by the Christmas period now that onli...

Historic Europeans Win First WSOP Europe Bracelets

Sep 10, 2007
German player Thomas ‘Buzzer' Bihl, sponsored by Betfair.com and Italy's Dario Alioto of Palermo, got the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe off to a f...

India Online Gaming Company To Launch Luxury Gambling Vessel

Sep 10, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Rival of some of the best Las Vegas has to offer, India has decided that it is time to expand their gambling world and, further threatening Vegas' long time stran...

IMEGA Anti-UIGEA Hearing Postponed

Sep 10, 2007
According to IMEGA, all parties, including - the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors agreed to the las...

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...

Online Casino Deal Gets Progressively Longer

Sep 10, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Leading international supplier of integrated online us casino and jackpot management system solution...

Online gambling site launches WSOP Academy Aruba Edition

Sep 10, 2007
The Aruba Classic of this year is just a short way off, and UltimateBet, the online gambling site, recently announced a major addition to their signature poker event....

32 charged in six-billion yuan online gambling case

Sep 10, 2007
Category: Online Casino
In the Liaoning province in northeast China, thirty-two people have been charged with involvement in illegal online gambling involving a total of $5.8 billion yua...

World Series of Poker Academy

Sep 9, 2007
The World Series of Poker Academy is a 2-3 day poker camp that the WSOP puts on in different cities year around. This gives up to 200 poker amateurs a chance to learn...

WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championships Day 3

Sep 9, 2007
Day three concluded Saturday at the WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championships narrowing the field to the six final spots at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino.


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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...

Online Casino Worker Arrested for Taking Cut

Sep 9, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Yoshiaki Takahashi a resident of Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba as been accused of accepting money gained from crimes in an incident involving an

Two Seats Remaining for $1,000,000 Tournament Titan

Sep 9, 2007
Titan Poker needs two more poker players to compete in the Tournament titan for a $1,000,000 tournament prize purse. ...

Casino and Management Go To Court

Sep 9, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Des Moines Iowa was the place that the two entities met in court and one walked away the winner of a $10 million dollar judgment as ruled by the jury. In Polk Cou...

Aces Royal Launches Roulette Game for Mobile

Sep 9, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Aces Royal has released their third follow up to their poplar mobile poker and blackjack games. They have released the classic game of roulette to play on your mobile...

Internet Gambling Takes a Trip to Washington

Sep 8, 2007
This week Washington will see the arrival of people who are representatives of online casino gaming, this trip is planned so they can make their voices heard for not ...

Swedish Officials on a Rampage

Sep 8, 2007
The Swedish gambling monopoly has been in the news lately as the European Commission wants answers or for Sweden to change these laws, in the mean time Sweden has tak...

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 ...

Pokerstars World Cup of Poker

Sep 8, 2007
The Pokerstars World Cup of Poker has crowned a new champion and it is Team USA. Like in most major poker tournaments it was full of great hand drama, remarkable skil...

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...

Doyle Brunson partners with Leonardo DiCaprio

Sep 8, 2007

In partnership with Leonardo DiCaprio Doyle Brunson, presented a extremely important project to everyone at the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, global warming.

Bodog Poker roll out promos

Sep 8, 2007
Internet-Poker.co.uk, the world's best online poker guide, and Bodog Poker, the high-rolling wi...

Online Casino’s Spanish Partnership Set for Late 2007

Sep 7, 2007
Category: Online Casino
The joint partnership between Spanish group Codere and Bookies William Hill, Victoria, is set to roll out in the Madrid region in late 2007 and in the Basque region i...

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...

The Latest White Label Online Casino from TotalESoft.com

Sep 7, 2007
Category: Online Casino

TotalESoft.com is one of the most favored casino software companies. With their latest release of White Label online casin...

Hypercasino Launches Revamped Website

Sep 7, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Hypercasinos launched its completely revamped website, Hypercasinos, on August 31st. Already an established internet gambling portal, Hypercasinos.com has made their ...

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...

France Gets More Time

Sep 7, 2007
France has been given more time by the European Commission to make changes in their gambling regulations; this extension will give France until October 29 of this yea...

Germany's New Favorite Online Casino

Sep 7, 2007
Category: Online Casino
On August 20 of this year brought a new online casino to the market, its name is 49 Jackpot...

Sweden Targets Illegal Poker

Sep 6, 2007
Lotteriinspektionen, the gaming board in Sweden, has said to the police to adopt a tougher and more active approach to what it called ‘underground poker clubs&#...

Online Casino Giant Wins in Court

Sep 6, 2007
Category: Online Casino
An administrative court in Germany has ruled in favour of VfB Stuttgart football club in a row over an advertising ban on Inter...

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 ...

Paddy Power Profits

Sep 6, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
Paddy Power is Irelands main online gambling provider and they have seen large profits in 2007 and this company feels they will continue to see more profit as the yea...

Latest PartyGaming Partners

Sep 6, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
There is a new business deal between PartyGaming and ITV, talks have been going on for PartyGaming to provide their "White Label" gaming software to ITV. Th...

WassOnline Reemerges

Sep 6, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
WassOnline began in 2005, as a new comer to the online gaming community and now today after WassOnline was launched again in August 2007, it came back new and improve...

A New Bill For California Poker Players

Sep 6, 2007

Its been a year since Senator Dean Florez wanted to pass a bill that eliminate the amount of money that could be wagered in card rooms in California; he now want...

Imperial Package to Dubai Unveiled by Online Casino

Sep 5, 2007
Category: Online Casino
ImperialCasino, one of the leading online casinos, recently announced a new promotion that could see one lucky player win ...

InterCasino, InterPoker obtain Malta license

Sep 5, 2007
InterCasino and InterPoker companies have successfully completed the stringent requirements of the Maltese government to operate their online gaming business from Mal...

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...

Littlewoods Unifies Online Gaming Sites

Sep 5, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Thanks to the help of digital marketing agency KMP Associates, Littlewoods Football Pools announced that it has completed an eight month project to rebrand and re-lau...

Online Casino on a Losing Streak

Sep 5, 2007
Category: Online Casino

Shares in Austrian online gaming firm Bwin, a company with online sportsbetting, casino and poker interests, have been...

Online Gambling Eager to Advertise

Sep 5, 2007
The UK new white list restrictions are not likely to cause a decrease for British television companies in advertising revenues. If anything, it is more likely to have...

Light At The End of The Tunnel

Sep 5, 2007
In the past year there has been much controversy in the United States, there has been Bills passed that have all but devastated some online gambling companies, specif...

New law New Revenue for the State

Sep 4, 2007
In the United States, Florida has new state figures for the 18 regulated poker rooms, and the state representatives are imp...

New Tool for Online Poker

Sep 4, 2007
Category: Poker Sites
B4Playing is a website designed for the ease of the online poker player. This tool allows players to find a simpler easier ...

Salvation Army Concerned with Gambling Act

Sep 4, 2007
The Salvation Army is concerned with the Gambling Act 2005, which has gone into effect as of September 1, they as well as other charity organizations fear that the ad...

The Gaming Bug Strikes India

Sep 4, 2007
In Cyber cafes and even in private homes gamers will be finding their way to these sites as of Tuesday, September 4th , even though it is illegal to gamble in India a...

Asia Opens Up to Online Gambling

Sep 4, 2007
In May of this year a prediction was made by Marc Lenick that the Asian gambling market would open up to online casinos very soon; one of the largest problems has bee...

1st EPT Title Goes to Denmark

Sep 4, 2007
It's over in Barcelona, and the first event on the European Poker Tour (EPT) has a winner. Making headlines, the former...

Pokerstars Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu wins again

Sep 4, 2007
In a $10 thousand dollar heads up competition against the formidable malicious222, Negreanu was successful, once again. Through the entire game, melicious222 disp...

Harrah's Entertainment Files Lawsuit Over WSOP Domain

Sep 3, 2007
Owner of the World Series of Poker has recently filed a lawsuit against a former employee of Binion's Horseshoe. As we know, the operations of the World Series of...

Svenka Spel Disregards EU Probe

Sep 3, 2007
Category: Online Casino
Government-owned Svenska Spel is currently Sweden's most successful gaming company. This reputation has carefully been maintained through their flourishing operat...

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 ...

Many Fear Effects Of UK Gambling Act Ammendment

Sep 3, 2007
Many UK organizations including the reputable Salvation Army has expressed their fear over the possible effects of the amendments to the UK Gambling Act of 2005. Thro...