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Zero percent commission on all football bets

If you are a football fan and you enjoy wagering on the sport then this promotion is one you won't want to miss out on Starting tomorrow, Monday December 1st and until April 1st 2014, Matchbook will not charge you any commission on bets placed on football (soccer) markets You may bet on any football event and pay 0% commission on bets offered and..
12 years ago

NJ online gambling accounts keep rising

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has released data from a recent research showing there are now 109,946 online gambling accounts as of December 22nd, 2013 The figures are sure to have grown even more over the holidays as players will have surely used their days off to gamble and play online even more Just last week there were just..
12 years ago

France will not pool online poker sources with other countries

France's main gaming regulator, ARJEL, has proposed for a pooling of online poker resources, especially the player base, with other European countries in order to increase liquidity, but the government has rejected the proposalARJEL proposed the pooling of resources after player numbers and gross revenues kept decreasing foe all licensed online..
12 years ago

Paddy Power’s new personalised sports betting application

Paddy Power, one of Europe's biggest online sports betting companies, has recently launched an application which the company declares is the world's first fully personalised sports wagering applicationAccording to an article at the 'Marketing Week' website, Paddy Power launched the application as part of its improved marketing efforts in order to..
12 years ago

NordicBet stopping operations outside of Scandinavia

NordicBet sent an email to its non-Scandinavian customer base announcing that all player not located in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands would lose access to the site and their accounts starting on January 2nd The closure would include bingo, poker, casino and sports bettingPlayers outisde the mention countries can..
12 years ago

Taxi driver returns lost fortune to poker player

A Las Vegas taxi driver who found $300,000 in the back of his taxi, didn't think about it twice before returning the small fortune to its rightfull ownerTaxi driver Gerardo Gamboa said in an interview, "I don't care from $10 to higher My dignity is not for sale, and that's the way I am That's the way our parents taught us when I was a kid All I..
12 years ago

Who Forgot $300,000 in a Las Vegas Cab?

On Monday December 23rd Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa found the enormous amount of $300,000, in cash, on the backseat of his cab Now, just a few days later, speculations are starting to run wild as to who the poker player was that forgot to bring home this large amount Our theory: That the poker player in question was a World Series of..
12 years ago

Online casino blackmailers jailed

Two hackers have pleaded guilty before a British court to charges of blackmail and unauthorized acts on computers A Manchester Crown Court heard about how the two programmers had approached the owners of two online gambling companies asking for a meeting at first to later try to force them to give up up to 50% of their businesses under threat of..
12 years ago

Football superstar Beckham to promote casinos in China

David Beckham, retired football superstar, has agreed to promote properties by the Las Vegas Sands corporation in Macau Beckham is very popular in the region and the company wants to exploit this in its benefit Las Vegas Sands corporation is the biggest casino operator in Macau, which has in the last few years become a gambling mecca in the..
12 years ago

Mobile poker a sure bet

Mobile poker has been around for a few years already, slowly gaining more and more attention In the last 2 years its popularity has been almost on par with online poker, especially in Europe where more people have started using their mobile and tablet devices to hit the felts Experts have even predicted that the number of mobile poker players..
12 years ago

How Big Is the Market for Online Gambling?

In this interview, Betable founder and CEO Christopher Griffin discusses the online gambling market with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West" and cover such topics as online gambling operations in Europe, the new emerging US online gambling and poker markets and the future of the..
12 years ago

Germany sports betting status still murky

Germany has been extraordinarily slow in the process of granting gaming licenses for sports betting and apparently for no good reason other than bureaucratic problems Germany decided to create a federal interstate gambling treaty between its 16 provinces or states which became law but which still generates problems regarding the granting of..
12 years ago

The American Gaming Association grows stronger

It was announced this week that Wynn Resorts, Station Casinos and Churchill Downs joined the elite list of casinos of the American Gaming Association (AGA) Their goal: "represent the interests of its members on federal legislative and regulatory issues" is shared among a dozen other companiesWith the move, not only will the AGA increase in numbers..
12 years ago

Tom Dwan out of The Professionals

Tom "durrrr" Dwan, world famous online poker pro, has left Full Tilt Poker's sponsored pro players team "The Professionals" The motives are not yet clear, but one thing is definitely certain, his image has been removed from the website Visitors to the FTP website will now only see Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom's names and images posted across the..
12 years ago

Basketball diplomacy in North Korea will star Dennis Rodman

Although not aimed for world peace purposes, it sure is controversial Retired US basketball player, Dennis Rodman, arrived at Pyongyang with other NBA players to take part of a match labeled as the “Big Bang in Pyongyang” The event, which will take place next month, is being set by Irish bookmaker Paddy PowerPaddy Power's spokesman..
12 years ago

€500K+ win at All Slots Casino Caribbean Draw Poker

One player at All Slots Casino is going to enjoy the best Christmas present anyone could hope for, as he's taking home almost €600,000 from a Caribbean Draw Poker jackpot The player, identified only as Matej, was placing €4 wagers at a Caribbean Draw Poker table with a Gold Series progressive jackpot when he hit a royal flushMatej was..
12 years ago

Golden Nugget finally launches online casino in New Jersey

Golden Nugget Atlantic City, the casino owned by the Landry's group, is finally ready to launch its online casino but will have to keep waiting until they are allowed to launch their online poker website GoldenNuggetPokercomAfter too many weeks of testing the online portal since the official launch of all online gaming in New Jersey on November..
12 years ago

Rounder poker movie to get a sequel

Rounders, one of the most famous poker-related movies in the world, might be getting a reboot after 15 years The internet is ablaze with chatter and rumours about a sequel and coming release of Rounders 2 The first Rounders movie was launched in 1998 and ushered in the golden era of online poker Speculation has it that Rounders 2 could usher in a..
12 years ago

Gennaro Gattuso under investigation on possible match fixing

Former Italy international football star and AC Milan player, Gennaro Gattuso, is being investigated by Italian Justice officials for allegedly participating in match-fixing operations Police has arrested four persons for similar allegations which could span as wide as to over 30 matches and as far back as 2009Gattuso who was part of the World Cup..
12 years ago

Atlantic City promoters not convinced by online gambling

The launch of online gambling and poker in New Jersey was the highlight of the month in news and media outlets yet the Atlantic City Alliance, the organization in charge of marketing and promoting Atlantic City, remained nervously quiet The organization, notorious for their lively promotional ads, did not even mention online gambling in any of..
12 years ago