- Illinois USA are now able to wager online| Leave a Comment
The state House in Illinois approved a plan to expand horse race betting to the Internet, allowing state residents access to online gambling. State residents of Illinois USA are now able to gambling online. Lawmakers in the State legislature decided that it was a good idea to let people in Illinois place there bets from [...]
- Harrah’s strategy for Europe| Leave a Comment
Harrah’s Entertainment is set to launch a new push into the European market after announcing Friday that it has established a new subsidiary, Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment. Harrah’s had already been preparing for legalized Internet gambling in the US, but their announcement on Friday confirmed what many had been speculating, that the company was ready to [...]
- Polish Footballers addicted to gambling| Leave a Comment
Eighty percent of Polish football players gamble. Half of them visit casinos, the other half gamble on-line – says Tomasz Hajto, a footballer from Lodz, who played in Germany and England. Gambling is the main plague of Polish football. Footballers have replaced alcohol with roulette, confirms Marek Kozminski, a footballer from Krakow, who played in [...]
- Bodog Casino Online Slots Player Wins $17,935| Leave a Comment
Bodog’s online casino saw Jennifer Y. of California hit the biggest jackpot of the day yesterday, cashing in for $11,405 playing the Outta This World online slots game. She also hit the jackpot playing the Red Sands slots, winning another $6,530. Other Bodog Casino winners this week: Gayla Johnston from Texas hit a jackpot at [...]
- No Online Gambling Transactions| Leave a Comment
Online gambling is reaching the height of its popularity, and when more countries than ever are legalizing Internet gambling, one bank is walking away from the action. One of the biggest banks in the world, Royal Bank of Scotland, is closing their doors to the online gaming industry. The gaming operators have been given the [...]
- Casino luring gambling addict| Leave a Comment
A compulsive Australian gambler banned from Sydney’s casino blew more than two million dollars (1.5 million US) on the card tables in a neighbouring state in just 43 minutes, a court heard. High-flying property developer Harry Kakavas is suing Melbourne city’s Crown Casino in the Supreme Court of Victoria for facilitating his pathological betting, despite [...]
- Sports betting bill approved in Delaware| Leave a Comment
The state Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would authorize Delaware to become the only state east of the Mississippi River to offer sports betting, sending it to Gov. Jack Markell for his promised signature. The Senate passed the bill 17-2 without a committee hearing, suspending its rules before voting. The decision came on the [...]
- Titan Poker Offers $63,000 in Freerolls| Leave a Comment
The Latest Innovation From the Leading Online Poker Room Gives Players Multiple Chances to Win Cash Prizes, a 2009 WSOP Package, and a Peugeot 207cc Luxury Car. Online poker players making their first deposit during the month of May at Titan Poker. Will receive free entry to a series of freeroll tournaments awarding a grand [...]
- Online Casino Pays Record Slot Jackpot| Leave a Comment
A player at a Microgaming online casino won a $6.3 million prize, setting a new all-time high for a progressive jackpot on the Internet. Details of the enormous win are still slowly trickling out from online casino sources, but a Microgaming spokesman confirmed the full Mega Moolah progressive jackpot had been hit, creating a multi-millionaire [...]
- Online gambling group Betfair sues Dutch government| Leave a Comment
British online betting group Betfair said on Thursday it had lodged a legal complaint against the Dutch government, which has told banks to block payments from Betfair clients. It said the suit had been filed on Wednesday with a court in The Hague in response to a letter to banks from the Dutch justice ministry [...]
- Bodog Poker Open III Main Event Interview| Leave a Comment
Bodog got a chance to exchange some questions after yesterday’s newest poker champion and winner of the Bodog Poker Open III Main Event, *biffsworld.* The 23-year-old Pennsylvania resident says he has been playing in the Bodog Poker room for about two years and during that time has won and final tabled a few smaller tournaments, [...]
- End US ban on online gambling!| Leave a Comment
Gaming companies from PartyGaming to 888 will hope their luck finally turns this week as a law is proposed in the US aimed at overturning the country’s ban on online gambling. Frank Barney – the chairman of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, has pledged to promote a Bill to overturn the ban [...]