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Wednesday 27th February 2008
PlayersOnlyVIP.com Announce Freeroll with $75,000 First Place Prize
New online poker site PlayersOnlyVIP.com has announced that the top finisher for this month’s edition of its Million Dollar Freeroll poker tournament will walk away with $75,000. Daily...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Orbis Continues to Expand Its Portfolio of Content with the Latest Games Package 11 Release
LONDON, UK – Feb. 27, 2008 – Orbis, the world’s leading provider of interactive gaming and betting solutions, has launched its latest Games Package 11 release which includes a...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Parisian Poker Festival at the ACF Announced
Of all the European poker venues, the Aviation Club is one of the most opulent on the continent. The Parisian venue has announced that it will be welcoming its flagship tournament, the Grand Prix...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Online Betting Increases In Panama
According to Panama’s Gambling Control Committee, legal online sportsbooks licensed in the Central American nation registered around $26.3 million in revenues for last year, a rise of 87.8...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Poker Game With A Nude Twist Raided by Police
A married couple from Delaware in the US were arrested this week after they were outted for running a home game with a twist. In what had started as a private game, the operation soon escalated to...


Wednesday 27th February 2008
Unibet Profits Fall
Online casino and sportsbetting group Unibet has revealed a decline in fourth quarter profits although turnover for the year rose by almost nine percent. The Swedish and Malta-based group stated...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Drunk casino employee fired for dodgy request
A casino worker has lost his case for unemployment benefits after being fired from his job by requesting the services of a hooker. Neil Jorgensen, from Kalona in Iowa, received a gift voucher and...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Councils 'wasted £1m' in casino bids
UK councils effectively threw away nearly £1 million on bidding for a supercasino which will now never get off the ground, according to the Liberal Democrats. This week the government is expe...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Day Three Draws to an End in LA
Imagine going to your work, sitting there for two and half days and then realising you’re not going to be paid a bean for your efforts. You wouldn’t be too happy, and neither were...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
WPT Bring Some Magic to WPT Poker-Made Millionaire
The WPT announced this week that professional poker player and WPT Champion Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari will join the company as the face of the WPT Poker-Made...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Palansky Joins WSOP Team
American casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment has hired Seth Palansky, the former high-profile Communications Director for the National Football League (NFL), to work on the management team...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Online Casino’s Freeplay Promotion
Online casino loyalty programme Casino Rewards has announced that significant winnings are being reported from its BlackjackBallroom.com partner site. Casino Rewards has seven partner online...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Full Tilt Poker Series Pays Big
Online casino FullTiltPoker.com announced that 5,291 players battled it out during the seventh instalment of its Online Poker Series last week. The main event ended with a prize pool worth $2.64...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Online Expansion Good For PhilWeb
Philippines-based PhilWeb Corporation has reported a rise of more than 60 percent in net income last year on the back of higher revenues from its online casino activities. President Dennis Valdes...


Tuesday 26th February 2008
Jackpot Factory and Brightshare Keep Winning Casino Awards
Kahnawake, QC – The Jackpot Factory (www.jackpotfactory.com), a leading online casino group known for first-rate customer support and a wealth of games, and BrightShare (www.brightshare.com),...