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Monday 20th June 2005
Online Casino Group Launches Casino Gaming Tournament
Nine online casinos will take part in the International Casino Games with $1.5 million in total prizes to be won. The tournament will consist of a variety of slots, table and video poker games h...


Monday 20th June 2005
Leeds Super Casino Plans Are Back On
Plans for a site next to Leeds United's Elland Road ground appeared to have been scuppered earlier this year by a Government climbdown on its controversial Gambling Act. Original plans for as many ...


Monday 20th June 2005
Gaming VC Holdings S.A. Pre-Close Period Update
In advance of the Company entering the pre-interim close period, the Directors of the Company wish to provide the following trading update for the first six months of 2005. The Directors are plea...


Friday 17th June 2005
72-year old Online Casino player wins big
Vivian W., went from 'Rags to Riches' just one week after she signed up. The 72 year-old jackpot winner from the United States cashed in $105,518.87 playing the Rags to Riches Progressive Jackpot, ...


Friday 17th June 2005
Sportsbook.com Releases Odds on Golf's Heavy Hitters
The first round of the 105th US Open began on June 16th with tournament favourite Tiger Woods gunning for his third US Open title and second golf Major of the season. With all eyes on Woods and th...


Wednesday 15th June 2005
Interactive Gaming Council Backs Utah’s Criticisms of WTO
The Interactive Gaming Council has shown its support to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who denied the World Trade Organization’s ruling that allows foreign Internet gambling companies to tra...


Wednesday 15th June 2005
GameAccount Signs Deal with Global Scandinavian Player
UK-based skill gaming supplier, GameAccount has signed a strategic contract with GII Entertainment Corp. a subsidiary of GII Investments Inc. a leading provider of technology driven products as Con...


Wednesday 15th June 2005
CryptoLogic adds 14 more games to its portfolio
CryptoLogic has announced the introduction of 14 new casino games to its expanding product suite used by many of the world's top Internet casinos. Bonus Pack 7 debuts 12 new variations of highly-p...


Wednesday 15th June 2005
Online Casino Sponsors Spiderman's Skyscraper Ascent
French climber Alain Robert scaled Hong Kong's 62-story Cheung Kong Center skyscraper with his bare hands on Saturday, with the tattoo of online casino GoldenPalace.com on his naked torso. Police ...


Wednesday 15th June 2005
PlayersOnly.com Gets It On with National Lampoon
The world's sexiest sportsbook and casino, PlayersOnly.com, got in bed in an exclusive sponsorship deal with the biggest, baddest, and most outrageous comedy brand on the planet, National Lampoon. ...


Tuesday 14th June 2005
Online Poker sites to be curbed by US legislation
Leading US senators plan to attack online casinos by blocking banks and credit-card companies from allowing US customers to use their accounts for online bets but PartyGaming has rebuffed the move,...


Tuesday 14th June 2005
CryptoLogic introduces 14 new Internet casino games
June 13, 2005 (Toronto, ON) - CryptoLogic Inc., a leading blue-chip e-gaming software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today announced the introduction of 14 new casino games to its ...


Sunday 12th June 2005
InterCasino Deutschland Wins German Casino Awards
InterCasino Deutschland is proud to announce that it has scooped three prestigious awards from a popular gaming forum in Germany. The awards were given by DC’s Roulette-board.de based on the vote...


Sunday 12th June 2005
Citadel Commerce sponsors $100,000 poker tournament
Citadel Commerce has announced it is sponsoring the Online Series of Poker (OSOP) Leader Board. OSOP is the first time a tournament has been held across multiple online poker rooms. The online poke...


Sunday 12th June 2005
Online casino welcomes Mac users
888.com has tapped into a previously excluded market as it opened its doors to Mac users this week. Mac-using punters now have their own compatible pages at www.888.com/mac. Promotions Department...