- Seems like 888.comis finally putting some optimism back into the online gaming world and have released their 3rd quarter results that has put the boom back into poker stocks. They showed a 56% increase in overall revenue in the last 3 months, with revenues of $70million for their casino product and $29.5 million for poker. That helped party gaming's shares no end and initially boosted their own. Read Article

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- Melbourne Cup punters are betting more than ever. The biggest horse race in Australia saw AUS$35 million bet - up 13% from last year. Oh, and Diva won. Read Article

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- Joe Hachem, 2005 world series of poker champ, has succumbed - I mean - signed up with pokerstars.com to represent them as a 'sponsored player and ambassador'. Thats the triple crown of WSOP champs for the pokerstars.com stable. The fight to sign top poker players seems more competitive than getting more registrations...Read Article

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- New UK digital TV channel, ITV4 (thats the 4th ITV channel and counting) has signed a deal for the rights to show the World Poker Tour. So how do the powers that be decide which shows to put on which ITV channel? Who knows. Read Article