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A list of online gambling news articles and analyses written by ivap for GamingZion.
Poker Challenge in Norway Remains Open

Poker Challenge in Norway Remains Open

Iva P. January 13, 2014 13:34:35

Norwegian poker expert Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard keeps alive his poker challenge to members of parliament until May 2014. The major purpose of his challenge is to demonstrate that poker is a game mostly of skill and not a game of luck. He wants to play against any lawmaker in the country willing to accept […]

Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils Sign Deal With PartyPoker

Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils Sign Deal With PartyPoker

Iva P. January 11, 2014 09:06:14

NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils are the first US professional sport teams, which sign sponsorship deal with an online gambling empire. Scott O’Neil, CEO of Josh Harris-owned teams and Norbert Teufelberger, CEO of bwin.party, internet entertainment that operates PartyPoker, confirmed the multiple-year agreement in a common statement earlier this week. O’Neil commented […]

PokerStars Kick Off Online Poker Championship

PokerStars Kick Off Online Poker Championship

Iva P. January 9, 2014 16:47:03

PokerStars announced the schedule for its third annual Turbo Championship of Online Poker offering $15 million worth prizes in 50 events. The battles will start on January 23rdand will continue till February 2nd. The exciting star event offered by the online poker site is the $700 buy-in NL Hold’em on the last day of the […]

Durham’s Wharton Park Awarded Impressive Lottery Fund Grant

Durham’s Wharton Park Awarded Impressive Lottery Fund Grant

Iva P. January 8, 2014 17:38:51

Wharton Park in Durham will be restored to its previous Victorian glory by virtue of GBP 2,45 million Lottery Fund grant. The renovation plan includes new heritage centre, cafe and outdoor fitness equipment, as well as upgrading of the park’s amphitheatre, paths, miniature car track, signs and entrances. The reconstruction will most probably start in […]

BetVictor Sponsors 2014 Welsh Open Snooker Tournament

BetVictor Sponsors 2014 Welsh Open Snooker Tournament

Iva P. January 8, 2014 17:22:22

BetVictor, online casino and sportsbook operator, will prolong with one year its sponsorship deal of the 2014 Welsh Open professional ranking snooker tournament. The event will keep its current popular name BetVictor Welsh Open, after the UK internet casino. The operator was also title sponsor of the 2013 edition of the annual tournament. BetVictor reaches […]

Poker Players Explore Greatly New Jersey Regulated Websites

Poker Players Explore Greatly New Jersey Regulated Websites

Iva P. January 7, 2014 17:25:18

New Jersey poker players are using newly regulated and licensed websites much frequently, according to last week statistics. US internet casinos offered by Borgata and Party Poker’s partnership had an extremely successful weekend and surpassed the 24-hour peak player statistics of 640. Compared to other online poker sites in the US, the result is much […]

Chief of Johor Denies Rumors of Casino Being Built in the State

Chief of Johor Denies Rumors of Casino Being Built in the State

Iva P. January 6, 2014 18:46:39

Casino developers are not welcome to the Malaysian state of Johor. Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin, chief of the Malaysian state of Johor, has denied rumors of a casino being built in a local hotel. According to him, the rumors recently published on several online news portals are false and “mischievous”. The state leader wanted to […]

175000 Emails Leaked as World Poker Tour Website Got Hacked

175000 Emails Leaked as World Poker Tour Website Got Hacked

Iva P. January 6, 2014 18:08:07

175,000 emails and passwords were exposed online last week, as World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League website was hacked. Ironically, almost 47,000 of the leaked passwords had a “default reset” character Naturally, the users of the website were advised to change their personal details, so that future incidents will be avoided. The hacker’s motive is […]

Dafabet Sponsors Well-known UK Snooker Tournament

Dafabet Sponsors Well-known UK Snooker Tournament

Iva P. January 6, 2014 17:44:03

Dafabet, online betting company, will sponsor for the first time this season the Masters, UK’s most prominent snooker tournament. It will take place at Alexandra Palace in London from January 12 to 19. 16 world-class players will participate in it. Some of them are the current champion Mark Selby, the world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, the […]

Lottery Market in China Continues Booming

Lottery Market in China Continues Booming

Iva P. January 6, 2014 12:50:21

Chinese online lottery industry is expanding on the double coming very close to the US market figures. The future prospects are that China will take over the top place by 2015. Chinese gambling news are currently closely covering the online platform 500 Ltd, which is by far the only Chinese lottery that is listed in […]