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A list of online gambling news articles and analyses written by ivap for GamingZion.
MicroMillions Festival Promises a Lot of Emotions and At Least $5 Million Prize Pool

MicroMillions Festival Promises a Lot of Emotions and At Least $5 Million Prize Pool

Iva P. March 17, 2014 17:59:18

The organizer PokerStars announced at least $5 million in awards at the MicroMillions festival, which started on 13th March and will finish on 23rd March. MicroMillions festival make it into the gambling news as the place where small buy-ins turn into big rewards. There will be 100 events, which will share at least $5 million […]

Football Players Make UK Online Casinos and Sportsbook Operators Filthy Rich

Football Players Make UK Online Casinos and Sportsbook Operators Filthy Rich

Iva P. March 17, 2014 14:17:05

Gambling for fun is pleasant and entertaining and so it gambling for real money, as long as it done rationally and safely. This is the case with the average players, who enjoy various wagering and the money they lose or win doesn’t affect drastically their personal budgets. When it comes to gambling addictions thought, the […]

Betting on the Second Baby of the Royals William and Kate Begins in the UK

Betting on the Second Baby of the Royals William and Kate Begins in the UK

Iva P. March 13, 2014 18:14:20

Coral, leading UK bookmaker, offer bet on the announcement of the second child of William and Kate. The bookie publicized this gambling news right after the royal couple went to a “romantic holiday” in the Maldives, which according to Coral, may mean that England might have another noble baby. According to the media, the child […]

Building Casinos Improves American Indians’ Children’s Health Condition

Building Casinos Improves American Indians’ Children’s Health Condition

Iva P. March 13, 2014 14:27:17

A recent study finds out that building casinos on California tribal lands, helped American Indians to improve not only their income, but also the health of their children, more specifically their obesity rates dropped. The main goal of the researchers was to prove that more investment in communities, for example more casino profits, improves drastically […]

Men Win More Jeopardy! Games Than Women Without Clear Reason Why

Men Win More Jeopardy! Games Than Women Without Clear Reason Why

Iva P. March 12, 2014 12:36:40

Jeopardy! is a TV game in the USA, which is in the form of a quiz competition and the opponents are given general knowledge hints structured as answers, and they must compose their responses in question form. The first show was aired on 30th March 1964 and it had different structure throughout the years. The […]

TV Lotto Winner Makes Great Use of Lotto Prize and Donates to Hospital in the UK

TV Lotto Winner Makes Great Use of Lotto Prize and Donates to Hospital in the UK

Iva P. March 10, 2014 15:47:10

John Tewkesbury, a retired firefighter, who won great prize on the BBC program National Lottery: “In it to win it”, donated brand new ophthalmoscope to the Frank Shaw maternity ward at Conquest Hospital. This great gambling news comes after his GBP 30,000 win in November 2012. His choice of hospital is not random, as his […]

The Cheltenham Festival May Offer Surprising Results of Some Race Participants

The Cheltenham Festival May Offer Surprising Results of Some Race Participants

Iva P. March 10, 2014 13:05:07

The Cheltenham Festival is one of the central horse races in the UK and players bet millions of pounds hoping that their chosen horse will be the winner. The Cheltenham Festival is the race with the second largest prize after the Grand National in the UK also being a National Hunt meeting, which makes it […]

The Long Road Poker Walks Down Before Becoming a US Favorite Game

The Long Road Poker Walks Down Before Becoming a US Favorite Game

Iva P. March 7, 2014 18:08:15

Poker is one of the much beloved games of players and there are various stories where and when it originated. As per one of the popular versions, R.F. Foster wrote in 1937: “The game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the […]