For now, the names Kirill Gerasimov, Valery Ilikyan, Vyacheslav Karpov and Kirill Rabtsov may mean nothing to many people, they are part of an upcoming poker community now playing in Russia. Until...

Never say an Aussie doesn't like a flutter - they spend on average AUS$17 per person every week on gambling - spending $17.4 billion in the past year alone and more than they spend per person on...

Here's the second in the series of alternative poker games to play online - if you care to take a diversion from texas hold'em. Seven Card Stud is one of the most popular variations and is a...

One of the things that internet betting has done to the industry is create ever more 'special event' markets - by this I mean - if you can think of a betting event, there'll be an online...

He's portrayed as the bad boy of poker with the big mouth - But at the end of the day, he's a great poker player. A seminar held by Green Tie Poker had Hellmuth giving some interesting...

I know, I know. Its almost impossible to get bored playing Hold'em. Its sheer simplicity makes for continuously fascinating games. In reality, Hold'em has sprung up from nowhere - it was...

Basketball legend, Michael Jordan, has admitted that sometimes his love of gambling got him into some 'stupid situtations'. Apparantly, he put his gambling down to his 'drive to win'...

With 50 casinos on the way by 2012, East Asia look set for a gambling boom - tripling current revenues to a predicted $44bn, according to the latest reports. With governments removing current bans on...

Next time you see someone rummaging through a trash can, just think of Edward St John who picked up a scratch card from the trash - worth $1 million. And apparantly, thats what he does daily -...

Its not the kind of plea you'd regularly hear, but a couple in australia have successfully got a court order to ban themselves from their state's 600 gambling venues - thats 300 each and since...

The world is full of fishes - especially if you're a pro poker player. In this current spurt of poker excess, the flood of new poker players, bad players, amateur players and some good players...

Its always fascinating to know how much casinos make in a month - especially Vegas ones. And in August, Nevada made a 9.3% increase in win over the 2004 equivalent, with a total gaming win of $989...

There's more bad news for online poker investors, as once again big guys on the block announce less than favourable statements to the City. This time Partygaming - who traditionally allowed...

Its good to have some uplifting stories that come out of bad news and for New Orleans evacuee, Jacquelyn Sherman, it couldn't have come at a better time. After weeks of living with displaced...

I think poker's becoming the new cult. The latest recruit to this seasons current sport du jour is Charlie's Angel, Cameron Diaz. And she was introduced by fellow celeb, comedienne Ellen...

Ever wanted to know what Chris Moneymaker's favourite drink is? His favourite food?What he spent his $2.5 million WSOP winnings on? What CD's he listen's too? How the dinosaurs became...

Sports betting movie, 'Two for the Money' gets released this weekend in the US to so-so reviews. The movie is about a former college football star who seems to have a knack finding winners....

Here's a lowdown of the best poker rooms in Las Vegas - courtesy of the New York PostWYNN LAS VEGASThe newest, glitziest casino on the strip has a poker room that you'd expect - with...

Its official. Well, as much as one survey and a lot of rumours and suspiscion can be. But the Brits are spending their hard earned cash on betting - �1.5 bn on online gambling The favourites are...