Online Gambling News in the United Kingdom - June 2026

Paddy Power to Launch Embedded iPad Games in Realistic Games Partnership

Paddy Power to Launch Embedded iPad Games in Realistic Games Partnership

Rab March 25, 2014 13:38:06

Paddy Powers’ new sportsbook iPad application will feature embedded blackjack and roulette games as part of a new collaboration with gaming content supplier Realistic Games. In what the companies claim is a first for the industry, the product will allow application users to readily switch between their betting slip and table games, without the trouble […]

Betegy to Offer Instant Sports Betting Predictions via Twitter

Betegy to Offer Instant Sports Betting Predictions via Twitter

Monica E. March 24, 2014 16:51:23

Online and mobile prediction company Betegy has launched a new service that provides instant responses via Twitter. Twitter users who like to bet on sports in the UK now have an all new service they can use to help them win their wagers, as Betegy now provides results and predictions for football matches and other […]

Sportsbet Launch Legal Action against Former Executives New Company Beteasy

Sportsbet Launch Legal Action against Former Executives New Company Beteasy

Rab March 24, 2014 16:43:45

Australian online bookmakers Sportsbet have launched legal action to prevent its employees joining former chief executive Matthew Tripp, at his new betting company Beteasy. Sports bet, who were fully acquired by Irish bookmakers Paddy Power in 2011, want to ensure that their workforce do not leave and join with their former executive in his new […]

Top 7 Most Insulting Sports Ad Campaigns

Top 7 Most Insulting Sports Ad Campaigns

Monica E. March 24, 2014 15:50:33

Sportsmen and famous people are used in some of the most controversial and offensive ad campaigns. Sports fans know that games and insults go hand in hand. Cursing at players who mess up, screaming at rivals, making obscene gestures at referees – they’re all part of the game. Advertisers and betting companies know better than […]

Young Chennai Gambler Meets Grisly End

Young Chennai Gambler Meets Grisly End

March 23, 2014 08:54:45

25-year old runs afoul of local criminal gang due to gambling row, wife finds him lifeless in a pool of blood. Reporters in Chennai, India have broken a story that a 25-year old painter, husband and father was hacked to death last Sunday night by a local gang over a gambling dispute. The man known […]

UK Gambling Commission Cracks Down On Illegal Poker Clubs

UK Gambling Commission Cracks Down On Illegal Poker Clubs

Staff March 22, 2014 10:50:44

The UK Gambling Commission has taken serious measures to put an end to illegal gambling activity After police investigations into 3 members clubs close to London have been shut down by the Commission, with more likely to follow. The Fifth Street card Club in Borehamwood has lost its gaming license, due to insufficient evidence that […]

The Great Dilemma: To Support or Not to Support… Online Gambling?

The Great Dilemma: To Support or Not to Support… Online Gambling?

Monica E. March 21, 2014 18:48:20

As the internet gambling industry is booming worldwide, the time has come for the USA to join the game. It is estimated that, if state officials were to legalize online gambling sites in the US, the country’s internet casino industry could be worth as much as $8 billion. Meanwhile, land-based casino profits are dropping, not […]

Casinos May be Booming, but Sports Betting in Singapore has a Ways to Go

Casinos May be Booming, but Sports Betting in Singapore has a Ways to Go

March 21, 2014 18:33:41

Singapore is now the world’s #3 casino gambling center, but restrictions on sports betting push locals to look elsewhere to place wagers. The South China Sea city-state of Singapore has been a big gambling success over the past decade, becoming the third-largest city by gambling revenue worldwide, behind only Macau and Las Vegas according to […]

Latin Poker Millions Brings American Poker Pro Carter Gill $175,000 in Cash

Latin Poker Millions Brings American Poker Pro Carter Gill $175,000 in Cash

Monica E. March 21, 2014 18:16:54

Carter Gill won $175,000 at the Latin Series of Poker Millions which started this weekend. The inaugural $1 million guaranteed poker event took place at the Majestic Casino in Panama City. After successfully passing the qualifying tournaments held in Costa Rican, Peruvian, Columbian, Chilean, Dominican and Mexican poker rooms, 1,290 entrants paid a buy-in of […]