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Friday 29th February 2008
Association Applauds Commission’s Decision
London’s Remote Gambling Association (RGA), Europe’s largest trade association for the online gambling industry, has welcomed a decision by the European Commission to proceed with...


Friday 29th February 2008
Online Group Reports Double Digit Growth
Online wagering and casino site CentreBet.com has announced net profits for the first half of the year of $5.5 million with predicted growth of up to 15 percent seeing full-year profits as high as...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Day Five of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic
While the stage for the WPT final table was literally being set up behind them, 18 players returned to the Commerce Casino to navigate their way to the televised final table of six. The two...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Second WSOP Academy Announced
The World Series of Poker Academy has announced its second annual event, to take place on the weekend of March 29th at Caesars Indiana casino in the USA. The WSOP Academy camps are designed to...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Angry MP blasts ‘gambling den’ proposal
An MP from Wolverhampton has lambasted plans for a new casino in his constituency as ‘an ultimate insult’. Ken Purchase, who has been the Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East since...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Sky City Profits Plummet
Kiwi casino operator Sky City Entertainment Group has reported its smallest profits in over a decade following the $49 million write-off of its cinema assets. The New Zealand firm announced...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Online Bingo Attraction For Entraction
Online gambling group Entraction has signed a deal with Scandinavian software company NYX Interactive that will see its licensees launch of a range of new online bingo offerings later this year....


Thursday 28th February 2008
Genting Reports Stanley Losses
Genting International Plc, the Singapore-listed subsidiary of Malaysian gaming giant Genting Berhad, has revealed losses for the year of $273.6 after factoring in a $325.9 million impairment loss...


Thursday 28th February 2008
American Gaming Association Spends Big on Lobbying
The American Gaming Association, a trade group representing the casino industry in the United States, spent $1.7 million in 2007 lobbying the Federal Government on online gambling legislation. ...


Thursday 28th February 2008
TST Opening London Facility
Australian software testing house Technical Systems Testing (TST) has announced that it is to open its newest test facility in London in March to assess the fairness and accuracy of both online and...


Thursday 28th February 2008
Cryptologic Chooses New Leadership for Global Growth
February 27, 2008 (Dublin, IRELAND) – CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet gaming software, today announced the appointment of Brian Hadfield as the company’s President and...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Hollywood casino 'too popular'
After only two weeks in business, bosses at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course said that they may need to install more slot machines after the mecca proved more popular than they had...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Quarter of Swansea uses casino
The number of people that have signed up to become members of Swansea's £13 million Aspers casino is equivalent to a quarter of the population of the city. According to the Swansea Evening Po...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Regional casinos 'too much of a gamble'
Even though the government has approved the building of 16 small regional casinos across the UK, most of them may never be built as operators have doubts about their profitability, the Financial ti...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
British Government Fold Plans for Super Casino
Months of speculation ended this week after the British government scrapped plans for a ‘super casino’ instead announcing it would opt for 16 smaller casinos dotted around the UK. If...