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Wednesday 13th December 2006
Online Casino’s Phantom Power
Phantom Fiber Corporation, a wireless transaction enablement company specialising in the mobile digital media sector, has announced that online casino brand BetCris is scheduled to launch three ne...


Wednesday 13th December 2006
Gala Follow the Red Brick Road
It is understood that the agency Red Brick Road has been awarded the Gala Coral advertising account, after impressing the gaming company in its initial first-round meeting. The deal is thought to ...


Wednesday 13th December 2006
Whopping £4,000,000 UK-Only Poker Tour Qualifiers Start
Online qualifiers for the Blue Square & Grosvenor Casino £4,000,000 UK Poker Tour kick off this Saturday, December 16 in what is being billed as probably the UK’s biggest ever poker roadshow. Deta...


Wednesday 13th December 2006
High Stakes Poker Season Three to Feature 14 Newcomers
The third season of High Stakes Poker (HSP3) will premiere on January 15 at 21:00 ET from the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. 2006 World Series of Poker winner Jamie Gold is one of 14 n...


Wednesday 13th December 2006
eCogra to Improve Protection for Online Players
Poker players can rest assured that eCogra, the organisation which accredits online casinos and poker rooms, is doing everything it can to protect online users. A newly established dedicated team ...


Wednesday 13th December 2006
Online Casino Awaits ECJ Verdict
Norbert Teufelberger, the chief executive of Austrian online betting company bwin has voiced his concern that his company’s business model would become obsolete should the European Court of Justic...


Tuesday 12th December 2006
DYNAMITE IDEA SETS ITS SITES ON A EUROPEAN EXPLOSION
Companies seeking to enhance and gain revenues in the European and UK gaming market should be acting quickly to grow and improve their existing games offering with the help of a specialist European...


Tuesday 12th December 2006
Online Casino Leaves Gibraltar
Just two weeks after announcing its withdrawal from the US market, Bowmans International has announced severe cut backs to its operations by closing its Gibraltar's office and downsizing operation...


Tuesday 12th December 2006
eCOGRA Team to Monitor Online Casinos
The online gaming regulatory body eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA), has announced the introduction of a new dedicated team to monitor the 91 online casinos and 21 poke...


Tuesday 12th December 2006
Irish Gaming Industry prepares for AmEx 2007
It has been announced that AmEx 2007, the 28th Irish Amusement and Gaming Trade Exhibition, is to be held at the Lynch Green Isle Hotel in Dublin on Tuesday March 7 and Wednesday March 8 This...


Tuesday 12th December 2006
EBA Slams Vegas Online Casino
The recent alliance between Las Vegas Sands and Cantor Gaming to open an online casino to the UK market has been criticised as ‘hypocritical’ by the European Betting Association (EBA). Head of...


Friday 8th December 2006
Ladbrokes to buy 888
Reports are circulating that Ladbrokes’ proposed £490 million takeover of online casino group 888 could be wrapped up as early as next week, following more than a month of talks between the two par...


Friday 8th December 2006
Ladbrokes to buy Online Casino 888
Reports are circulating that Ladbrokes’ proposed £490 million takeover of online casino group 888 could be wrapped up as early as next week, following more than a month of talks between the two pa...


Friday 8th December 2006
Rank’s Online Focus
Following the sale of its Hard Rock Café chain to the Seminole tribe of Florida for $965 million (£490 million), British entertainment company Rank Group has announced that it now intends to focus...


Friday 8th December 2006
Online Casino ‘Gift Madness’
Online casino and gambling operator 888.com has begun its festive celebrations with the release of its ‘Holiday Gift Madness’ event, promising 22-days of prize giveaways. The promotion starts tod...