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Friday 16th May 2008
Adelson Eyeing Les Ambassadeurs
Sheldon Adelson, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Las Vegas Sands Corporation, could be about to become the next owner of London’s famous Les Ambassadeurs casino. According to...


Friday 16th May 2008
Online Casino And Poker Room Up The Ante
British casino, poker room and sports-betting site BetFred have decided to increase the bonuses on their poker room to $600. In addition to this generous increase, first-time players will be...


Friday 16th May 2008
Cryptologic Expand Online Casino Network Further With OPoker Deal
Shortly after signing deals with casino giants 888 and a host of other companies, Cryptologic announced that Scandinavian gaming site OPoker have agreed terms. This will see CryptoLogic becoming...


Friday 16th May 2008
South Beach Casino And Resort Goes Smoke Free
The South Beach Casino and Resort, on the Brokenhead First Nation, will go totally smoke free when it launches a new extension to the flourishing venture this week. This is the second such...


Friday 16th May 2008
James Packer Like Father Like Son
While it was never going to be easy to follow in his fathers foot steps, James Packer has shown some real business acumen with his joint venture in the casino capital, Macau. Melco PBL recently...


Friday 16th May 2008
Online Casino Pays Out Largest Ever Customer Win in Greece
May 16, 2008 (London, UK) – Last week, Sportingbet.com congratulated a lucky Greek customer on his €940,966 jackpot win by flying him and five of his friends and family to London to...


Friday 16th May 2008
888 Agrees Third Deal This Month
Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888 Holdings has signed a strategic games supply agreement with gaming content provider Electracade, its third such deal this month. Under the agreement,...


Friday 16th May 2008
CryptoLogic Announces Quarter Profits
Dublin-based online gambling software developer and turnkey provider CryptoLogic has reported revenues of $18.3 million for the first quarter of the year thanks to strong casino growth from its new...


Thursday 15th May 2008
US Gaming Revenues Rise In 2007
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced that commercial casino revenues for 2007 rose 5.3% from the previous year to hit US$34 billion. Interestingly the AGA also confirmed that casino...


Thursday 15th May 2008
Is Jamaica Set To Become The Next Macau?
It has the sun, it has the sea and it has the tourist numbers, so why are there so many objections to the plan to introduce a casino to Jamaica?

The Jamaican government have gone on...


Thursday 15th May 2008
Internet gambling 'is secure'
A leading internet gaming industry expert has spoken out about the security of online gambling. Brian Wright of the Remote Gambling Association said that people do not need to be worried about the...


Thursday 15th May 2008
WPT Set to Return to Spain
Kicking off all-new action in Season VII, World Poker Tour returns to Casino Barcelona next week for the second WPT Spanish Championship. Held from 21st – 27th May, the Second WPT Spanish...


Thursday 15th May 2008
Amsterdam Master Classics – Get Registering Now!
Coming into its seventeenth year, Holland Casino has announced the registration details for the 17th Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam later this year. The event, which runs from 7th -15th...


Thursday 15th May 2008
Holland Cracks Down On Gambling
Authorities in The Netherlands have announced that they intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and have called on the nation’s banks to stop providing them with financial services. ...


Thursday 15th May 2008
PKR Launches Loyalty Programme
Three-dimensional online poker room PKR.com has announced the debut of its ClubPKR loyalty programme, which gives players the opportunity to take part in exclusive freerolls and monthly challenges...