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Tuesday 8th April 2008
Foxwoods Poker Classic Day 4 Finishes - Eventually
When you have two opening days as frenetic as they were at Foxwoods, you’d expect the rest of the tournament to continue at a comparable pace. That wasn’t the case at the Connecticut...


Tuesday 8th April 2008
Trump Not Looking To Sell
Multi-millionaire casino entrepreneur Donald Trump has stated that he is no longer interested in selling his three Atlantic City casinos after engaging in talks with at least two potential buyers...


Tuesday 8th April 2008
CrytoLogic Not Hurt By Dutch Vote
Turnkey provider CryptoLogic Limited has announced that it ‘will not be affected materially’ by a Dutch Parliamentary vote last week quashing plans for an online site operated by state...


Tuesday 8th April 2008
Boss Extends Instant Games Portfolio
Swedish online gambling software developer and turnkey provider Boss Media has announced the purchase of UK games developer Dynamite Idea to extend its instant games portfolio based on Flash...


Tuesday 8th April 2008
Las Vegas Sands Look To Asian Expansion
The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Sheldon Adelson, stated that the firm is ready to take its Macau model of casino resorts to other parts of Asia. ...


Monday 7th April 2008
WPT Foxwoods Classic Heating Up
The first two days at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic was card-based carnage. Of the 346 who sat down, only 75 of them made it back for the third day of play at the Connecticut casino. Day Three...


Monday 7th April 2008
Poker Argument Leads to Fatal Stabbing
Details have emerged this weekend over an incident at an Atlantic City casino will ended up with one man being fatally stabbed. According to reports on majorwager.com, Vicente Perez, a 57-year old...


Monday 7th April 2008
Rousso Drops Out of Governor Race
Lee Rousso, the Seattle lawyer fighting to overturn the online casino ban in the western state of Washington, has abandoned his campaign to unseat Governor Christine Gregoire after less than 80...


Monday 7th April 2008
No Approach For Rank
According to numerous reports out late last week, Kuala Lumpur-based gaming and leisure group Genting International has not made a bid approach to British casino operator Rank Group and is unlikely...


Monday 7th April 2008
PlatinumPlay.com Break Da Bank
Online casino PlatinumPlay.com has announced the launch of its Break Da Bank Again following numerous player requests for a sequel to the popular Break Da Bank video slot. The Kahnawake-licensed...


Monday 7th April 2008
Three Ways To Win At TitanPoker.com
Leading online casino TitanPoker.com has announced that it will be sending a large delegation of players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this summer. The Kahnawake-licensed site...


Monday 7th April 2008
Paddy Power’s Billionth Hand Promotion
Online casino PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched its Billionth Hand Promotion, which will see one lucky winner walk away with $50,000 while the other participants in its billionth cash table will...


Friday 4th April 2008
NCRG Spending Millions On Research
In America, the non-profit National Center For Responsible Gaming (NCRG) has announced that it will spend $7.6 million to construct a responsible casino gambling facility and research centre. ...


Friday 4th April 2008
CrytoLogic Plans Global Expansion
Online gambling software provider CryptoLogic has announced that it wants to continue to expand and will use a war chest of $77.5 million for acquisitions. Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer...


Friday 4th April 2008
21 Goes Top
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the casino-themed film 21 took $23.7 million over its first weekend after general release in America to earn top spot for the week. The film from Columbia...