• Three new members at eCOGRA| Leave a Comment

    Player protection organisation e-Commerce And Online Gaming Regulation And Assurance (eCOGRA) has announced the appointment of three new members of staff to its business advisory and standards compliance service. The London-based standards body stated that the trio are fully qualified accounting professionals that will join its experienced teams travelling to eCOGRA accredited operations and new [...]

  • 2009 NCAA Tournament Final Four matchups| Leave a Comment

    The Pittsburgh Panthers will not be going to the Final Four in Detroit, but the Villanova Wildcats sure as heck are. I don’t know what I was thinking when I picked the Panthers to win the National Championship. Oh I know…I was thinking, “Now here’s a sure thing.” Once again people, there is no such [...]

  • Will Scotty Nguyen Quit Playing Poker?| Leave a Comment

    Scotty Nguyen has stated that if he does not win enough money at the 2009 WSOP he will quit poker. Poker pro Scotty Nguyen has stated that he will quit poker if he wins less than $4 million this summer at the 2009 WSOP. The statement of intent was put forth by Scotty in an [...]

  • Bad Beat Jackpot at Absolute Poker Hit| Leave a Comment

    Online poker players at Absolute Poker have a whole bunch of reasons to be thankful for EMILIE14′s bad luck at the felt today after sharing in $807,543.95 when the 28 year-old resident from Orlando, Florida cracked the latest Bad Beat Jackpot. EMILIE14 hit the jackpot yesterday at 18:25 ET when he lost a hand of [...]

  • US Ban On Internet Gambling Breaks WTO Rules| Leave a Comment

    U.S. laws banning Internet gambling break international trade rules, a European Union report said Thursday. Ending a formal 12-month investigation into the matter, the E.U. has concluded that U.S. moves to bar European online gambling companies from operating in the U.S. constitute an obstacle to trade. Although proceedings at the World Trade Organization would be [...]

  • Senate authorizes Florida gambling expansion| Leave a Comment

    The Senate  Committee authorized $1 billion in expanded gambling in Florida, allowing the governor to negotiate a compact with the Seminoles that gives them roulette wheels and craps tables and gives lighter-fare games to horse and dog tracks around the state. Committee members did not debate before unanimously approving the proposal to give the state’s [...]

  • Gambling Costing Cyprus Billions| Leave a Comment

    A combination of illegal land gambling and Internet casino availability is costing the economy of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus Euro 2.5 billion a year, reports the Cyprus Mail. The newspaper was quoting a statement to the House Institutions Committee by Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis, who was bombarded with deputies’ questions as to why no [...]

  • About the Poker Players Alliance| Leave a Comment

    Poker is more popular than ever and it is a political issues. From attempts to ban online poker site to crackdowns on private poker games, poker enthusiasts face a shifting legal playing field while the game increases in popularity. A grassroots movement, The Poker Players Alliance is a non-profit membership organization comprised of online and [...]

  • Playtech online casino software added sports wagering| Leave a Comment

    Playtech gambling software developer now added sports wagering to the gaming platforms it supports for online casinos. Operators licensed to use Playtech software will now be able to adds a sportsbook to their Internet casinos. Playtech now offers its clients a full line of gaming products, including slot machines, casino table games, bingo, and poker, as [...]

  • Cryptologic casino Software working with Paramount| 1 Comment

    CryptoLogic casino software announced today that Paramount Pictures has agreed to grant exclusive licensing rights for its movies to the online casino software developer. Paramount will allow such titles as Braveheart and Forrest Gump to be used by CryptoLogic as inspiration for new Internet slot machines. (It is not known whether the arrangement would extend [...]

  • EU-Council seeks political solution for online gambling| Leave a Comment

    Rules governing online gambling should not be laid down by the EU, as Member States are quite capable of regulating the industry themselves, a majority of MEPs decided. The report as adopted calls on the Council (which represents the Member States) to seek “a potential political solution” to the problems of online and traditional gambling [...]

  • Free NCAA Bracket Buster Contest| Leave a Comment

    Think you know your NCAA hoops? Well it is time to prove it. Take part in the FREE Bodog Bracket Buster Contest that pits you against everyone else and gives you the chance to challenge your friends by creating your own league. You are already going to watch the games, so why not win some cash [...]

  • Online Casino Jackpot Hit| Leave a Comment

    A jackpot was hit on a Island Stud Poker game ..Yesterday. $74,000 was hit at a Vegas Technology powered casino – GoldenCasino -. Golden also offering one of the biggest online slot tournaments this year. March Mania is a slot tournament that is free to enter. It also has a prize pool of $200,000 guaranteed. About [...]

  • March Madness Magical Moments| Leave a Comment

    One Shining Moment was written by David Barrett after he watched Larry Bird playing for Indiana State at the 1979 NCAA men’s basketball Tournament. Any basketball fan who saw these five magical moments played out would understand the love. 1957: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 in triple overtime to win the title. 1983: North Carolina [...]

  • EU Investigation U.S. Gambling Law| Leave a Comment

    EU online gaming and gambling operated have learnt that The European Commission has finished it’s lengthy investigation into the U.S. and its sudden clampdown on Europe’s gaming commissions. The report - released later this month, will reportedly conclude that the U.S. did violate global trade agreements when it targeted non-U.S. gaming companies whilst simultaneously allowing U.S. [...]

  • France open up Online Gambling| Leave a Comment

    France will open up online gambling to private competition from next year, the government said on Thursday, bowing to European Commission pressure to end the monopolies enjoyed by state operators but not going far enough to satisfy the industry. Unveiling long-awaited plans for an online gambling bill that will be submitted to the cabinet at [...]

  • Utah state support Online Gambling Regulations| Leave a Comment

    The Utah state intends to join forces with Representative Barney Frank to regulate the online gambling industry to protect people against the dangers of unregulated gambling on the Internet. Today any type of regulation that would help filter out the scams that are taking place on the Internet is prohibited by the Unlawful Internet Gambling [...]