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Tuesday 29th April 2008
Hoyle Casino Now Available Online
American games developer Encore Software has announced the launch of its popular Hoyle Casino 2008 game as a digital download in a bid to access both PC and Mac markets over the Internet. ...


Monday 28th April 2008
TBG London Wins Online Advertising Account
Land and Internet gambling operator Ladbrokes has awarded the contract covering all of its online media accounts to advertising agency TBG London, worth an estimated seven million dollars. Aegis...


Monday 28th April 2008
Record Results For Casinos Austria
Casinos Austria International has reported record results for 2007 with aggregate revenues from its 66 global casino operations rising by 10.7 percent year-on-year to $1.72 billion. It stated...


Monday 28th April 2008
Philippine Appeals Court Finds For PAGCor
In the Philippines, the Court of Appeals has thrown out a petition from Internet gaming service provider Sports and Games Entertainment Corporation (SAGE) seeking monetary compensation from the...


Monday 28th April 2008
Resort Casinos Could Soon Appear In Jamaica
Casino gaming could soon appear in Jamaica after the Prime Minister stated last week that legalising the activity could generate tax revenues to help pay for health care, education and security. ...


Monday 28th April 2008
Atlantic City Goes Smoke-Free
In America, legislators have ended their relentless fight to protect casino workers from second-hand smoke by passing legislation that will outlaw smoking in Atlantic City’s eleven casinos....


Monday 28th April 2008
Financial Company Cantor Fitzgerald Move Into Online Gaming
CantorCasino.com has been launched as the first online casino created by a blue-chip financial company following the success of Cantor Gaming’s white label B2B offering. Cantor Casino is...


Friday 25th April 2008
Lee Jones Joins CardRunners
Instructional poker website CardRunners.com has announced the appointment of industry veteran Lee Jones as its new Chief Operating Officer. CardRunners.com stated that Jones would be responsible...


Friday 25th April 2008
European Casino Offers 60% Revenue Split To Affiliates
RomePartners, affiliate program for European casino RomeCasino.com, have announced a 60% revenue split for their affiliates – in addition, the affiliates can take this whenever they want. ...


Friday 25th April 2008
More Innovative Americans Defy The Unlawful Gambling Act
Last week third-party broker ePassporte were ordered by the US Government to stop accepting funds destined for online gambling, as it was discovered many American gamblers had discovered a...


Friday 25th April 2008
Bodog Founder Hands Over The Reigns
The founder of leading poker room Bodog has confirmed his intention to retire after taking a reduced role in the running of the poker room. After founding the company in 1994, Ayre expanded it...


Thursday 24th April 2008
Ho: Extra Macau land will not go to casinos
Edmund Ho has reaffirmed Macau's stance on not giving any more land to companies in order to build casinos. The former Portuguese colony's chief executive was quoted by macauhub as saying the extr...


Thursday 24th April 2008
Victoria Coren Joins Team Pokerstars
PokerStars have announced the addition of Victoria Coren to Team PokerStars Pro. Coren was the 2006 London European Poker Tour Champion and is the UK’s second most successful female player...


Thursday 24th April 2008
No New Casinos For Macau
Shares in casino operators with properties in Macau have risen dramatically following news that the Chinese enclave will halt issuing casino licenses for the foreseeable future. Edmund Ho, the...


Thursday 24th April 2008
Gaming VC Reports 2007 Results
After announcing that unnamed company had made a preliminary approach that could lead to an offer being made for its entire issued stock, Gaming VC has published its full-year pre-tax results...