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Friday 30th July 2004
Gaming Firms Bid for Alexandra Palace
Forget Caesars Palace; six unnamed gaming firms are currently bidding to bring a slice of Vegas to London’s Alexandra Palace, or Ally Pally as it is affectionately known. The Victorian landmark in...


Friday 30th July 2004
Floridita Club Casino Gets a Multi-Colour Makeover
You won’t recognise the new look Floritida Club Casino. The old site theme colours have been replaced by glorious panoply of Floridian citrus yellows, sunset oranges, and ocean blues. The homepage...


Friday 30th July 2004
Another Low Show in Atlanta
Bonus Play on New York Mets at Atlanta Under 9 -109 - Line available at Pinnacle Sports - Trachsel & Hampton - Listed pitchers - Game goes at 4:35 PM PST., 7:35 PM EST. There are...


Thursday 29th July 2004
Carmen Media get tough on underage betting
Following the report by children’s charity NCH, exposing flaws in the system that could potentially allow children to gamble online, Carmen Media, the group that owns, amongst others, The River Be...


Thursday 29th July 2004
Carmen Media Suspends Purchase by Means of Solo Debit Card
The Carmen Media Group today acted swiftly in response to the findings on underage gaming published by children's charity NCH and GamCare in the UK. With immediate effect they have suspended purc...


Wednesday 28th July 2004
UK casino owner faces plummet in income
London Clubs Plc has reported a 95 percent slump in profits. The UK owner of 11 casinos saw their net income fall to £293,000 in the six months ending on March 28. Last year in the same period inc...


Wednesday 28th July 2004
New forms of betting create problems for racing industry
In the US thoroughbred breeder Leslie Roncari, has been commenting on the challenges facing US racing in the wake of the rise of online and phone betting options. Whilst the online gambling indust...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
The Poker Revival
It is now commonly known and widely reported that poker is enjoying a revival of fortune after years of being relegated as an unfashionable relic of the gambling industry. Casinos are adding poker ...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
Record year of gambling revenue for Britain
New figures have been released showing an extraordinary increase on gambling revenue over the last three years in Britain. Three years ago the British population spent £7.3billion a year on gamblin...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
World Poker Tour: High Drama at the Aviation Club
Aviation Club de France became the scene of record prize pools, armed robbery and British sang-froid last week, as the grand Champ-Elysees casino paid host to the World Poker Tour’s Grand Prix de P...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
New opportunities for Betfair in Australia
More developments are brewing for Betfair in Australia. Following the Australian federal government’s decision to not limit the presence of off shore online betting exchanges or casinos in Austral...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
AngelCiti purchase of Midas is complete
AngelCiti Entertainment inc has announced that its purchase of Midas Entertainment Inc is now complete. AngelCiti now owns around 85% of Midas shares. Midas will soon be trading on the public mark...


Tuesday 27th July 2004
Las Vegas boom continues despite pessimistic fears
Following a very successful period revenue wise, there had been fears that the action being seen by Las Vegas casinos would decrease. Quarterly figures just released show that business is continui...


Monday 26th July 2004
New online poker software launched by Playtech
Playtech have begun the “soft” launch of new online poker software they have developed. Titled iPoker the product has been launched by using it for some play for fun, not money tables in the last ...


Monday 26th July 2004
Gambling.com Restructures to Launch PPC Engine
The most influential website in the iGaming Industry has repositioned itself, after seven years of success, to become a Gambling only search engine, filling a massive gap in the market since Yahoo ...