Online Gambling News in Barbados - June 2026

Laliberte Admits to Losing $26 Million in a Year Playing High Stakes Poker

Laliberte Admits to Losing $26 Million in a Year Playing High Stakes Poker

Monica E. May 9, 2014 13:48:27

In an interview with a Canadian newspaper, Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, talks about his online and live poker adventures. Recent gambling news talk about Guy Laliberte, after the avid poker player, businessman and philanthropist gave an exclusive interview with the Journal de Montreal. Even though nowadays he is more interested in the […]

Slovenia Launches First Online Sports Betting Site

Slovenia Launches First Online Sports Betting Site

Monica E. May 9, 2014 12:43:02

Slovenia’s state sports lottery has signed a partnership with Inspired Gaming to offer a new betting site before the World Cup. With only one month left before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia’s state sports lottery (Športna Loterija) has launched the first licensed online sportsbook in Slovenia. Because Slovenian gambling laws only refer to land-based […]

Latest Research: British Gamers Prefer Lottery to All Other Forms of Gambling

Latest Research: British Gamers Prefer Lottery to All Other Forms of Gambling

Alex Nevsky May 9, 2014 09:31:05

UK gamers prefer National Lottery to all other forms of gambling according to the latest research. The United Kingdom Gambling Commission has just released results of their omnibus surveys on activities under British gambling laws. The market surveys have been carried out by ICM Research, a renowned company specializing in accurate and up-to-date collection of […]

Melco Crown Profit Driven by Premium Mass-Market Gamblers

Melco Crown Profit Driven by Premium Mass-Market Gamblers

May 8, 2014 16:48:53

Premium mass-market gamblers are perfect for casinos because they wage large amounts without demanding comps from the house. Melco Crown, the Macau casino venture of Australian billionaire James Packer and local Lawrence Ho beat revenue estimates for the first-quarter of 2014, pulling in pre-tax revenue of $387.5 million. While Macau poker rooms and casinos are […]

Americans Prefer Legal Marijuana to Online Gambling

Americans Prefer Legal Marijuana to Online Gambling

May 8, 2014 16:22:43

Despite the advance of online casinos in America, most Americans think that they should be legal. A recent poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University found that 50 percent of Americans think that marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, while only 27 percent favor online gambling legalization. American gambling laws now allow states to regulate their […]

Irish National Lottery is on the Rise Thanks to Increase in Online Registrations

Irish National Lottery is on the Rise Thanks to Increase in Online Registrations

Alex Nevsky May 8, 2014 14:17:45

Irish National Lottery is reporting strong sales and a boost to online registration following the launch of a new website. The National Lottery in Ireland is enjoying quite a boom in its recently launched online business. The updated website with online betting options went live under Irish gambling laws just over a month ago. However, […]

Dave Shallow Takes Trophy at UKIPT Nottingham High Roller

Dave Shallow Takes Trophy at UKIPT Nottingham High Roller

Monica E. May 8, 2014 14:09:39

Dave Shallow and Richard Kellet got to take home GBP 68,000 each, after agreeing to a heads up chop at the UKIPT Nottingham. The 2014 UKIPT Nottingham High Roller event was the star of British gambling news this week. The second day of the GBP 3,300 buy-in tournament started out with 35 players competing for […]

7 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits in the World of Sports

7 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits in the World of Sports

Monica E. May 8, 2014 09:41:52

Have you ever thought about suing a sports star simply because he looks like you? Well someone has. And he actually went through with it. Every now and then, international gambling news report about yet another absurd lawsuit and the world of sports is no exception. In fact, sports fans must have surely heard about […]