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Wednesday 18th October 2006
Online Casino Poker Finale in Las Vegas
The grand finale of the National Lampoon and UltimateBet.com poker championships will take place in Las Vegas this November 5th. The contestants in Sin City will have the chance to compete for a ...


Wednesday 18th October 2006
Online Casino Counts Down To Free Spins
Popular online casino Royal Vegas is offering their biggest ever free-spins offer. The site that created the original 100 Free Spins offer is now increasing their bonus to 300 spins. Fast action...


Monday 16th October 2006
Poker Players Win Big During Surprising September at 888.com
888.com has announced that September 2006 saw one of the online casino’s biggest giveaways ever. 888.com players at both Pacific Poker and Casino-on-Net walked away with thousands of dollars wort...


Monday 16th October 2006
CryptoLogic Launches Online Poker and Blackjack Hybrid Game
CryptoLogic, a software developer to the online gaming industry, has today unveiled Hold'Em Blackjack, a brand new game which reportedly combines the simplicity of blackjack with the intensity of p...


Monday 16th October 2006
TouchStone Relaunches Online Casino
Global Fortune has released a new look TouchStone Gaming, which will offer real time gaming against real players under one brand. With a casino, sportsbook and poker room open to all players – in...


Monday 16th October 2006
Cleopatra Unveiled at Online Casino
Getminted.com has become the latest online casino to introduce an Egyptian-themed game. Cleopatra is IGT's Egyptian-branded slot machine and the 5-reel, 20 line game is now available for play. ...


Friday 13th October 2006
Speaker of House Commends Bush Signature
Following the signing of the Port Security Bill by President Bush within the last few hours, the Speaker of the House has praised the passing of a bill which he describes as a ‘top priority’. J D...


Friday 13th October 2006
PlayShare.com Integration Means a Better Poker Platform
PlayShare.com has been announced as the new integrated operating platform behind poker and casino gaming sites PokerShare.com and CasinoShare.com. A UK public company, PlayShare bills itself as b...


Friday 13th October 2006
Belle Rock Entertainment Launches New Poker Room Promotions
Belle Rock Entertainment has announced a number of new promotions across its portfolio of online casinos and poker rooms. At the Belle Rock poker rooms, the highest hand of each day will win a coo...


Friday 13th October 2006
Cyberarts Announces Software Platform for Service Developers
Barcelona (10 October 2006) – CyberArts LLC announced today a significant upgrade to the global capabilities of its Foundation™ software platform for developers of online gaming services. The upgra...


Friday 13th October 2006
Microgaming Strengthens its Hand
Microgaming, the world’s largest supplier of poker and casino software, announces unprecedented new operator sign-ups for the year so far. In what is seen as a potential record breaking year, the c...


Friday 13th October 2006
Sportingbet Sells US Operations for $1
Troubled online gaming firm Sportingbet has sold its US sports betting and casino operation to Jazette Enterprises for the nominal sum of $1 (53 pence), prior to the impending passage of law to cri...


Friday 13th October 2006
PokerStars to Flout Gambling Law
One of the world’s most prominent online poker sites, PokerStars, has announced that it fully intends to continue its US facing business despite today’s anticipated signing of the Internet gambling...


Friday 13th October 2006
EU Conducts Internet Gambling Investigation
The European Commission announced yesterday that it has begun investigating three more European Union member nations to determine whether they are restricting access to their gambling and online sp...


Friday 13th October 2006
Online Casino Award Eases Sportingbet Troubles
Winning the award for 2006 ‘Non-European Sportsbook of the year’ would normally spark prolonged celebration and announcements of bigger and better things to come, but for Sportingbet plc, the news...