As reported by Ireland Online: “One of the UK’s biggest bingo chains today said revenues had fallen 14% in Scotland following the introduction of a smoking ban. “Mecca Bingo, which is owned by Rank Group, experienced a 6% drop in admissions, while spend per head was 9% lower in the 13 weeks since smoking was […]
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As reported by the UK Times Online: “The world’s largest internet poker company, Party Gaming, is in talks to acquire Gamebookers, the online sports-betting company, for about £50m. “A deal would be the first acquisition for Party Gaming since it floated a year ago. An announcement could be made in the next two or three […]
On July 7, Johnny Depp will reprise his Academy Award(R) nominated role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The highly anticipated follow-up to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is expected to draw large crowds across the U.S. during its opening weekend. Sportsbook.com, the world’s […]
paddypowerpoker.com has teamed up with Neteller, one of the world’s leading online funds transfer services, to offer its poker players a secure and convenient e-wallet service. The Neteller account allows customers to load, withdraw and transfer funds instantly to and from paddypowerpoker.com, as well as to and from other Neteller customers. The account takes just […]
Scientific Games has been awarded a contract to replace the legacy sports betting system of Norway’s state-owned Norsk Tipping. The contract, tendered through a competitive public procurement process, is valued at approximately $8.4 million over five years. The new sports betting engine will work in parallel with Norsk Tipping’s legacy MasterLink System, conform to WLA […]
Gaming Transactions, Inc. a developer and provider of online games and services for the online entertainment and gaming industries announces it has retained Prestige Procurement and Networking Services (Prestige Asia) to manage the Global Investor Relations program. The Company’s central licensed games portal, keno.com , is a destination online gambling property where players may participate […]
As reported by the Australia Herald Sun: “Online sports betting shop Centrebet has closed its $70 million float oversubscribed after strong demand from retail and institution investors. “The privately-owned online wagering and gaming company plans to sell 35.11 million shares, or about 40 per cent of the company, at a share price of $2. “Proceeds […]
GWIN Inc. Chairman & CEO Wayne Allyn Root announced today the largest media sponsorship deal in company history. ThePIGPoker.net has signed to be a title sponsor of GWIN’s television and radio shows, “Wayne Allyn Root’s WinningEDGE(TM),” airing on Saturday mornings starting Sept. 9. ThePIGPoker.net is a newly launched informational poker Web site for fun, entertainment […]
What does it take to win big at the World Series of Poker (WSOP)? A lucky bluff? Great cards? What if it was just … wearing the right clothes? Fresh off Daniel Negreanu’s second place $325,000 cash at the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions, FullContactPoker.com (FCP) announced today the “WEAR THE NAME, SHARE THE FAME” […]
The Greek Sportsbook, a leader in online sports betting, continues its prominence in college sports with more offerings on college football for the upcoming season. This week, The Greek Sportsbook is the first to release odds on the #1 recruiting class for incoming freshman for 2007. The Greek will use the rankings that are found […]
After week two of the Bingohall.com World Championship of Online Bingo, 70 lucky players have already qualified to compete for what looks set to be the most coveted prize in the history of bingo on the Internet. The first two weekly Semi Final Freerolls attracted a record number of participants, all trying to win their […]
Bodog.com, the online gambling and entertainment giant, has signed on as the official sponsor of Baron Davis and Paul Pierce’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” A Magic Night of Poker, Players and Stars Friday July 7th. For this private event, the Avalon and Spider Club in Hollywood will be transformed into a Las Vegas-style casino. Top […]
We all like the option of playing poker in our pajamas with no one watching us, but sometimes it would be nice to have a more interactive alternative as well. Soon there will be. For quite a while people have been talking about adding webcam to internet poker. Now a new site, PharaohsPokerPalace.com, has committed […]
The online gaming industry’s award winning independent standards authority, eCOGRA has launched a new website www.ecogra.com, to provide the online gaming population with a tool to find out reliable information on trustworthy poker and casino sites. The new website which has details on the rigorous inspection processes and a list of the safest online casino […]