Monica E. April 24, 2014 16:23:24
Romanian newspapers claim the company organizing the country’s most popular bingo show is trying to avoid paying taxes by filing for insolvency. With the recent scandals surrounding the National Lottery and online casinos, Romania seems to have one of the most controversial and unstable gambling markets in Europe. Now it looks like the country might […]
Alex Nevsky April 24, 2014 16:11:01
New York is also on the way to allow online poker sites within the state borders. Online poker legalization under American gambling laws is gathering new momentum. Not only it is already legal to play in three states: Delaware, New Jersey, and Nevada, but a handful of other jurisdictions are looking to jump on the […]
Rab April 24, 2014 15:19:08
Capturing the British gambler’s attention is no easy feat for bookies with giants like Ladbrokes and William Hill around, but Paddy Power managed it, utilizing social media. At the start of 2012 Paddy Power had received moderate to poor success with their advertising and brand awareness campaigns; okay some were fruitful, but in the long […]
Monica E. April 24, 2014 13:05:08
This year’s edition of the Irish Poker Open, the oldest major poker tournament in Europe, was won by Patrick Clarke. Traditionally held over Easter weekend every year, the Paddy Power Poker Irish Poker Open came to an exciting end just a few days ago. At the end of the tournament, Patrick Clarke took the title […]
Monica E. April 24, 2014 12:57:51
China is continuing its crackdown on illegal gambling, announcing serious punishments for encouraging children to play. Local authorities have published a judicial document warning that breaking Chinese gambling laws by operating underground casinos, especially those open to children, will not go unpunished. Under the country’s current regulations – jointly issued by the Supreme People’s Court, […]
Iva P. April 24, 2014 12:49:02
Cock fighting is illegal in America but there are still a lot of cases where the world’s most ancient spectators’ sport is still practiced underground, mostly for gambling purposes. The latest case, which made it into the gambling news involve a man, who was visited by representatives from the Washington State Gambling Commission, Thurston County […]
Bitcoin takes another hit as Coinbet files for bankruptcy under murky circumstances; customer Michael Katz claims site robbed him on deposit money. Bitcoin-only sportsbook Coinbet opened just this year and is already closing its doors. Over the Easter weekend visitors were met by a notice that the site is “now closed.” Details are murky, but […]
Rab April 23, 2014 18:43:36
International Game Technology has announced that it has successfully connected casino properties in New Jersey and South Dakota, in the first commercial multistate Wide Area Progressive jackpot network in the US. The gaming products designer and manufacturers have developed Powerbucks, a multistate WAP that works as an add-on to titles that links progressive pools between […]
Monica E. April 23, 2014 18:01:22
The tournament was cancelled after organizers discovered someone was using counterfeit chips, so now Borgata is reimbursing players. The event hosted in an American poker room at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa had more than 2,100 participants. But it turned out one of the players had been using fake chips, distorting the outcome of […]
Iva P. April 23, 2014 17:51:44
Victoria Coren Mitchell, writer, TV presenter and professional poker player, grabbed almost GBP 400,000 and created history in the poker tradition. She made it into the gambling news when winning the latest season of the European Poker Tour in Sanremo, Italy, which made her the first ever two-time winner of the EPT. Victoria triumphed over […]
