Online Gambling News in Maldives - June 2026

Australian Online Sportsbook Gives Up On Its UK Gambling License

Australian Online Sportsbook Gives Up On Its UK Gambling License

Iva P. May 29, 2014 00:58:08

Canbet, Australian online gambling company, gave up on its UK gambling license, and there are speculations that this move was undertaken, so that an embarrassing situation of the Commission pulling it, would be avoided. Canbet, an online sportsbook in Australia licensed with the UK Gambling Commission, became notoriously famous last year when it couldn’t pay […]

Florida City Gets New Poker Room Thanks to Legal Loophole

Florida City Gets New Poker Room Thanks to Legal Loophole

Jennifer W. May 28, 2014 18:14:46

It looks like Florida City is getting a new poker room as well as a gambling expansion, thanks to a loophole found in the US gambling laws of the state. The piece of gambling news has made the headlines for the legal anomaly that was approved in court, but it’s not the first time. The […]

Casino Bids for Brisbane Complex Heat Up Between Billionaires

Casino Bids for Brisbane Complex Heat Up Between Billionaires

Jennifer W. May 28, 2014 17:35:52

Things are heating up down under in the battle to develop a new casino resort in Brisbane, Australia. On the shortlist are Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-Tung and Crown Resorts Ltd.’s James Packer, who have been selected to send in the proposals to open the new gambling complex in the city center. Queensland is a […]

Nevada Bookies Want to Accept Bets on the Next US President

Nevada Bookies Want to Accept Bets on the Next US President

May 28, 2014 17:06:12

While many things are legal in Nevada, political betting isn’t one of them. Bookies are trying to change that, but for the time being, UK bookmakers are the place to go. Nevada is the laissez-faire capital of the United States. Almost everything is legal there. Almost. One of the things that isn’t is taking bets […]

Pinnacle Entertainment Stock Prices Shooting Up Despite Exiting New York

Pinnacle Entertainment Stock Prices Shooting Up Despite Exiting New York

May 28, 2014 16:38:16

Pinnacle has been tagged as a stock to watch despite a recent decision not to pursue a casino license in New York. Stock prices for Nevada casino company Pinnacle Entertainment have recovered from the depths of the “Great Recession” but still haven’t gotten sufficient attention due their remaining below rivals Caesar’s Entertainment Corporation and MGM […]

Horserace Bettor Scoops Fantastic GBP 1,342,599 From Paddy Power

Horserace Bettor Scoops Fantastic GBP 1,342,599 From Paddy Power

Iva P. May 28, 2014 15:54:16

London Paddy Power’s Kings Road shop punter was one of the eight individual winners of the last week’s Scoop6 who each won GBP 1,342,599. Scoop6 gives everyone who bet on sports in the UK, the chance to win great prizes for just a GBP 2,00 stake from the six races, which are on TV, on […]

Fed Informant on The PokerStars And Co Case May Not Go To Prison

Fed Informant on The PokerStars And Co Case May Not Go To Prison

Iva P. May 28, 2014 15:41:35

Daniel Tzvetkoff, the snitch who was giving information to the police against the massive operators PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker back in 2011, might have a chance to avoid going to jail again. The Courier-Mail reported for the gambling news that probation report suggests sentence between six and twelve months in prison, but […]

The Majority of Britons Think Online Gambling Ads Are Barking up the Wrong Tree

The Majority of Britons Think Online Gambling Ads Are Barking up the Wrong Tree

May 28, 2014 15:25:27

While iGaming is a burgeoning industry in Britain, the majority of the country’s citizens think that online casino advertisers are failing to tap the market’s full potential. The marketing technology specialist DigitalOne recently commissioned a study on the responsiveness of British consumers to online gambling advertisements. The issue has become a hot topic since UK […]

Malaysian Loan Sharks Primed to Make a Killing on the World Cup 2014

Malaysian Loan Sharks Primed to Make a Killing on the World Cup 2014

May 28, 2014 15:09:56

Despite the activity being illegal Malaysians plan to bet on the World Cup 2014 in large numbers. Loans sharks are stepping in to provide credit, but string are attached. News services and anti-crime watchdogs in Malaysia have issued warnings that loan sharks are making available large credit lines at exorbitant interest rates in advance of […]

Coral Ad Banned for Linking Gambling to Seduction

Coral Ad Banned for Linking Gambling to Seduction

Monica E. May 28, 2014 14:57:57

A TV commercial for bookmakers Coral was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. Coral is one of the biggest British betting companies, operating an online sportsbook in the UK, as well as a mobile betting service. The controversial ad was created by DLKW Lowe and showed men in a barber’s shop, discussing betting on a […]