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A list of online gambling news articles and analyses written by ivap for GamingZion.
Malaysian Minister Recommends Just Enjoying the World Cup Games And Not Betting

Malaysian Minister Recommends Just Enjoying the World Cup Games And Not Betting

Iva P. June 11, 2014 13:26:56

Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, warned both bettors and illegal bookmakers about the possibility to break the law if they bet or offer wagers during the World Cup tournament. Keeping in mind that the answer to the question is online gambling legal in Malaysia is no, it is not surprising that the […]

Scottish Gamblers Support England And Bet It Will Lift the World Cup Trophy

Scottish Gamblers Support England And Bet It Will Lift the World Cup Trophy

Iva P. June 10, 2014 17:40:23

Scottish gamblers bet nearly GBP 10 million on the eternal rival England to win the 2014 World Cup. It seems that Scots are counting on England to win big this summer as they placed wagers worth of GBP 10 million, which of course was somewhat surprising and made it into the gambling news. Paddy Power’s […]

Dana White Banned From Palms Casino For The Second Time

Dana White Banned From Palms Casino For The Second Time

Iva P. June 9, 2014 21:31:17

Dana White, UFC president, claimed that he won a total of $2 million in Palms Casino and was informed he’s no longer welcome on the casino premises. The fifth episode of the UFC’s “Embedded” video blog shows how he’s cashing out extremely big amount of money and tips the cashier quite generously with $500. The […]

Johnny Manziel Makes Big Favor To Las Vegas With His Vacation in Sin City

Johnny Manziel Makes Big Favor To Las Vegas With His Vacation in Sin City

Iva P. June 9, 2014 21:23:30

Johnny Manziel’s vacation in Las Vegas during Memorial Day weekend, which was diligently documented, was worth millions in favor of city tourism, according to casino manager. The executive who preferred to remain anonymous commented for Las Vegas Review-Journal and the gambling news: “Look at how much media surrounded him since he came to town. He’s […]

Betting House Predicts What Will The Future Bring to the Controversial UKIP

Betting House Predicts What Will The Future Bring to the Controversial UKIP

Iva P. June 5, 2014 10:11:53

Newark by-election is today, 5 June, and the performance of UK Independence Party is one of the most discussed topics in the county, and betting houses are offering various odds for the final results. UKIP performed outstandingly at the 2014 European Parliament Elections in May and became the first party different from the Labor Party […]

Casino in Cambodia Opens Again In The Middle of Reverse-Listing Procedure

Casino in Cambodia Opens Again In The Middle of Reverse-Listing Procedure

Iva P. June 4, 2014 14:21:48

Roxy Casino in Cambodia re-opened after a renovation process and at the same time it is undergoing a reverse-listing procedure and in the future it will be listed on the Australian stock exchange via a shell company, Cell Aquaculture Ltd. Cell Aquaculture representatives explained that Roxy Casino has just had a soft opening in Bavet […]

India Gets Obsessed With Board Games for Adults

India Gets Obsessed With Board Games for Adults

Iva P. June 4, 2014 13:51:41

Board games are no longer only for children in India, as more and more grownups are taking interest in them, turning this sort of gaming into popular trend. Politics of India is one of the adult board games, which is expected to become true hit after Sreekanth Bohra invented it following a meeting of the […]

Rise in Sports Betting Helps OPAP Net Profit Increase in Greece

Rise in Sports Betting Helps OPAP Net Profit Increase in Greece

Iva P. June 3, 2014 14:30:22

Rise in sports betting and less costs helps the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP to achieve higher Q1 profits. The company reported that first-quarter net profit rose 27.6% to EUR 49.7 million, which was much more than the specialists’ predicted figure. The long recession was the reason for huge losses, but as the answer to the […]

Party Poker Players In France Enjoy New Platform With Significant Improvements

Party Poker Players In France Enjoy New Platform With Significant Improvements

Iva P. June 3, 2014 14:15:20

Party Poker’s new improved software, which was launched on part of the group’s sites last year, is now available for French players through three brands – PMU, Party Poker and ACFPoker. Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment was formed from the merger of PartyGaming and Bwin Interactive Entertainment, which was completed in the beginning of 2011, and it’s […]

Chinese Government Fights Macau Money Laundering Through Crackdown On UnionPay

Chinese Government Fights Macau Money Laundering Through Crackdown On UnionPay

Iva P. June 3, 2014 14:01:48

Chinese government undertakes crackdown on UnionPay, the only legal domestic bankcard organization available to local gamblers, in an attempt to have control over the use of bank cards. Trying to fight the widespread Macau money laundering practice, the monetary authorities gave casinos a deadline until July 1st to remove the illegal China UnionPay mobile swipe […]