Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on July 30, 2006
With over 100 buses a day from Boston and New York, doubling on public holidays, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, Asians are big business. The buses are just $10 round-trip and usually include food and...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on July 28, 2006
Oklahoma has opened its doors to its biggest casino, offering a little bit of Vegas for the State. The Riverwind Casino, near Norman, OK, is almost twice the size of Caesar's Palace in Vegas and...
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Filed in archive Poker
by jo on July 27, 2006
15,000 feet up with 2 options - play the best poker of your life or jump. Four amateurs and one pro poker player gambled with their cards and took the leap. Interpoker.com ran this Extreme Poker...
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by jo on July 26, 2006
Its not been a good fortnight for David Carruthers - the now ex-CEO of battered online betting group, betonsports.com. Having been arrested whilst en-route through the US from Costa Rica, BetonSports...
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by jo on July 25, 2006
Poker players are getting younger. Or maybe everyone else is just getting older. Jeffrey Madsen has now won two elusive WSOP bracelets at the tender age of 21 - the youngest ever winner at the World...
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by jo on July 23, 2006
After winning the rights to build a $3bn+ casino resort in Singapore, Las Vegas Sands is planning an additional $8bn investment to dominate the Chinese market within the next 4 to 6 years. The...
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by jo on July 21, 2006
Amidst the furore thats happening in the US for online gambling right now, Partygaming ignored it all to announce a huge 50% increase in revenues to $319 million. Partygaming also claims that current...
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by jo on July 20, 2006
Poker has made superstars out of card players. Its spawned a huge industry of multi-million dollar tournaments, books, TV shows, video games and merchandise. But now seven pro poker players are not...
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Filed in archive Gambling General
by jo on July 19, 2006
As the US steamrolls ahead with its plans to ban online gambling (except online state lotteries and online horse betting and any other group that has enough fingers in the right pockets), Antigua -...
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by jo on July 17, 2006
Since the anti-online gambling bill went through the House of Representatives last week, some people in the US are clearly out with strong arm tactics to prove their point. David Carruthers, the...
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by jo on July 14, 2006
Intelligent Americans unite! Jon Stewart's irreverant 'The Daily Show' took his usual swipe at US politicians as he tried to make sense of the anti-online gambling bill that went through...
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Filed in archive Poker
by jo on July 13, 2006
A 56-yr old telephone company sales manager from Nevada has won $236,000 and WSOP bracelet to take this year's World Series of Poker Ladies Title. The title was popularised when it was won by...
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Filed in archive Gambling General
by jo on July 13, 2006
Online gambling stocks in the UK rose yesterday, despite the House of Representatives passing an anti-online gambling bill this week. Partygaming increased nearly 5% whilst Sportingbet saw an...
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by jo on July 11, 2006
The world of US prohibition took another step forward as the House of Representatives passed a bill that would essentially rid the US of online gambling. The bill, sponsored by republican Bob...
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by jo on July 10, 2006
In less than 2 years Bryan Benjafield had stolen over £1 million from his company's bank account in order to feed his online gambling addiction Benjafield, who's work as a book-keeper gave...
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Filed in archive Poker
by jo on July 09, 2006
Poker has become one of the most watchable 'sports' on television in the last few years - and no doubt this has a lot to do with the hole-card camera which allows the audience to see the 2...
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by jo on July 07, 2006
You could say that poker players are a strange bunch. So maybe its best getting rid of them completely and let computers take over. This month's National Conference on Artificial Intelligence in...
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by jo on July 07, 2006
The World Cup has been a boon to Chinese police - they've hit the jackpot by swooping in on 4 online gambling rings, including catching the highest ever member. 24 people have been arrested since...
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by jo on July 06, 2006
A Winnepeg casino has refused to pay out a jackpot of $209,000 that 2 men won on a keno game. The casino claims the software malfunctioned. The 2 men are currently looking into legal action against...
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by jo on July 03, 2006
The official website for Atlantic City tourism has a strapline that its 'Always turned on'. As of this wednesday, that may not quite be true as state officials have ordered a total gambling...
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