Casinos & Gambling News
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Triple Crown on the Line for Big Brown in Belmont Stakes
Since Affirmed in 1978 ten horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown only to fail in the Belmont Stakes. Will Big Brown stumble at the final hurdle or emerge triumphant? RaceHorseOwner.com provides the necessary pre-race analysis but the betting suggests a win is a foregone conclusion. - May 24, 2008 - Race Horse Owner
Founder of Forensic Sports Handicapping Continues to Amaze
For years a behind-the-scenes Executive Editor of the uber popular scorephone “Tailgate Party,” Stevie Vincent is the innovator of forensic sports handicapping and his revolutionary sports handicapping techniques are now public. His winning picks using this science are now featured exclusively on the popular website OffshoreInsiders.com. - May 24, 2008 - OffshoreInsiders.com
Daniel Negreanu Unveils His New Poker Training System - PokerVT.com
Daniel Negreanu reveals the secrets that have led to his $10 million in tournament winnings worldwide. He unveils his sought-after "Small Ball" strategy and opens the rest of his Texas Hold’em playbook for the world to see via the interactive virtual training platform at PokerVT.com. - May 23, 2008 - pokervt.com
Casino Entertainment Concepts Announces Comic Hypnotist - Flip Orley's New Website
Casino Entertainment Concepts proudly launches Flip Orley's viral campaign featuring his all new websites. - May 21, 2008 - Casino Entertainment Concepts
More Prize Winners at Online Gambling Portal
Online Gambling Insider, the industry watchdog and certification authority, has awarded their latest series of prizes in their monthly prize draws. Seven players win prizes ranging from Amazon gift cards to a Slingbox Pro and the prize draws are open every month. - May 16, 2008 - Online Gambling Insider
PokerTime Goes Private
Leading Poker Room PokerTime will begin to move onto a private network in order to differentiate itself from its competitors and provide exclusive rewards to its players. - May 16, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
The International Casino Games Goes Huge
The International Casino Games III Cruise took place in the Mediterranean between 22 April and 29 April 2008 and proved once-again to be a huge success. - May 14, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
The End of a Bingo Era
Both smoking and non smoking bingo players are fussing about the new UK law that prohibits smoking in public areas. Bingo and smoking have long gone hand in hand and the new laws are threatening to break up this relationship. Additionally, Land based bingo halls are being hurt badly by these laws as players are busy smoking outside instead of playing bingo inside. With this said, the future of online bingo has never looked brighter. - May 13, 2008 - Spectra games
Executive Poker Tour to Sponsor Charity Tournament at Playboy Mansion May 17
Rick Rahim, The Executive Poker Tour’s Founder will represent the organization at the Playboy Mansion along with Rhett Butler, Rick’s business partner and cofounder of the EXPT. - May 13, 2008 - ExecutivePokerTour.com
Sure Win
Racetrack Action and Big Slot Thrills. Platinum Play Online Casino's Sure Win offers five ways to Win and loads of entertainment. - May 10, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Hold’em High
Quality Hold'em in new gold game. Played single or five-handed, this game sets new standards for quality and action. - May 10, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Cashapillar
Garden Bug Bash for a Hundred Lines of Cash. Platinum Play Online Casino presents its biggest video slot yet. - May 10, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Quest for Beer
Viking Axetion in a Beer Keg Challenge. Join the Scandinavian seafarers on their Quest for Beer. - May 10, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Alley Cats
Bowling For Bounty with the Cool Cats. Back-alley action in Platinum Play Online Casino's latest slot. - May 10, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Quality Hold'Em in New Gold Game
Played single or five-handed, this game sets new standards for quality and action. - May 08, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Platinum Play Launches Long-Awaited UK Offer Worth £500 Free
The Fortune Lounge group’s (www.fortunelounge.com/) offer, for new customers in the United Kingdom, was recently launched at one of the group’s top online casinos. Platinum Play Online Casino (www.platinumplay.com/uk) was chosen to host this ground-breaking new offer. - May 08, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Hollywood and Poker Collide as Real World Stars Invade DoylesRoom.com
While the first week of May might seem too early for Tinseltown to unleash its annual onslaught of summer blockbusters, poker fans won’t have to wait any longer for their piece of the explosive Hollywood pie. - May 05, 2008 - DoylesRoom.com
Poker Face Games Announces the Release of Texas Holdem StrataCards
New Texas Holdem StrataCards is a unique deck of cards that lets you to play poker, by yourself or with friends. - May 02, 2008 - Poker Face Games
World Poker Tour Championship Completes Day 4 While Poker Road’s Doyle Brunson Challenges Patrik Antonius
Only 17 poker players remain in the competition for the $3.38 million dollar prize money and Brunson and Antonius may duke it out on the golf course. - April 26, 2008 - Poker Road
Poker Road’s Players Are Out, While Hansen Holds the Chip Lead
The World Poker Tour Championship poker players see green as the money bubble bursts. - April 25, 2008 - Poker Road
Poker Road’s Coverage of the World Poker Tour Championship
The road to the $3.3 million dollar first place prize of the WPT Championship continues. - April 24, 2008 - Poker Road
New Quarter Horse Racing Book Analyzes Winning Racehorses
The first comprehensive wagering guide in more than 50 years of official pari-mutuel Quarter Horse racing teaches racing fans, gamblers, horseplayers, handicappers, and horsemen how to win more gambling and purse money by using new scientific research on actual winning racehorses. - April 20, 2008 - SLQH Racing Publications
Custom Game Design, Inc. and Lombard Global, Inc. Announce Global Sales and Marketing Collaboration
Custom Game Design, leaders in gaming systems development, and Lombard Global announce partnership for global expansion. - April 16, 2008 - Lombard Global
Celtic Crown
The mysticism and romance of the ancient Celtic culture unfolds in the latest 25 line, 5 reel video slot installed at Platinum Play Online Casino this week. Celtic Crown offers players all the elements of a rattling good game - Scatter, Wild, Bonus and Gamble action with multiplier and Free Spin rewards aplenty. - April 04, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Break Da Bank Again
Come and ‘Break da Bank’ at Platinum Play Online Casino... again. Platinum Play Online Casino is delighted to launch a response to the many player requests for a sequel to the popular Break Da Bank slot - the new and improved Break da Bank Again. - April 04, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Doubleo’
Mine-blowing gadgetry and fast action at Platinum Play Online Casino. Players will immediately associate the latest 20 pay-line, 5 reel slot to debut at Platinum Play Online Casino with a suave but deadly spy who has a penchant for way-out gadgetry and icy martinis. In Double O' Cash their own secret agent has all the tools and incentives he needs, from sultry seductresses and mean looking villains to flashy air, land and sea vehicles and sleek trademark weaponry. - April 03, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Find Jazzed Up Bingo Games This Month of April at Bingo Hall
April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) and Bingo Hall added a jazzy beat to their bingo game specials. - April 03, 2008 - Bingo hall
Team Brunson Set to Dominate NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
With an extra day crammed into the calendar this leap year, March Madness strikes early. Before February falls off, the sporting world will zero in on a supreme heads up bracket battle. Real sports fans won’t be watching a bunch of college kids bounce a ball on some hardwood this weekend; they’ll be engrossed in the explosive whirlwind of poker action that is the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. - March 25, 2008 - DoylesRoom.com
Poker Legend Doyle Brunson Slated to Play at 2008 Irish Open
Doyle Brunson heading to Ireland to participate in Europe’s Richest Tournament. - March 25, 2008 - DoylesRoom.com
Sterling Research Group to Sponsor Business of Gaming Conference
Sterling Research Group will be a sponsor at the Second Annual Business of Gaming Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 27th and 28th. The conference is organized and run by ALM Conferences and Trade Shows and the Strategic Research Institute. This year’s conference will focus primarily on... - March 22, 2008 - Sterling Research Group, Inc.
PokerTime’s Lucky Private Tables
Saint Patrick made March the lucky green month for the Irish and is about to make it exclusively lucky for PokerTime players too. - March 20, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Danny K Donates Winnings from Piggs Peak to the Fountain of Love Home
Danny K has donated the R100,000 he won at the All Africa Poker Celebrity Charity Challenge at Piggs Peak, Swaziland to the building of a crèche in the Fountain of Love home in Katlehong. - March 19, 2008 - Piggs Peak Casino
Piggs Peak's All Africa Poker Tournament Offers Nine Chances to Win Seat to WSOP 2008
7 players have already won their WSOP seats at the All Africa Poker tournament, and now nine more WSOP seat packages are in the prize pool for the next AAPT Main Event. - March 18, 2008 - Piggs Peak Casino
Free Mad Brackets Tournament Pool Tips Off March 16th
Contest entrants will match their basketball prognostication skills against other self-proclaimed “bracketologists” in competition for thousands of dollars in prizes. - March 16, 2008 - Dakota PC Warehouse
Former World Series of Poker® Director to Resume Poker Consulting Business
Steve Morrow, who co-directed the 2002 World Series of Poker® while guiding PokerStars.com from a start-up to the #2 position in the online poker industry, today announced the return of Paradigm Poker Consultants, Inc. - March 14, 2008 - ThePokerAttic
PokerTime Sponsors the Swedish Poker Federation
PokerTime is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Swedish Poker Federations Open Tournament Held in Tallinn, Estonia. - March 13, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
The Fortune Lounge Group Brings on Bingo
Bingo is one of the hottest games on the Internet today. This March, Platinum Play will launch its version of the extremely popular 90 Ball Bingo – Platinum Play Bingo. - March 13, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
International Interest in Piggs Peak's All Africa Poker Tournament Produces R1 Million Winner
John Tabatabai is the 12th All Africa Poker Tournament Champion and has earned himself One Million Rand and a seat to the World Series of Poker valued at R150,000. Second place was taken by Kyri Patsalos, who won R400,000 and a WSOP package. WSOP 2007 3rd place player, the legendary Ray Rahme gained another third position winning R300,000 and a WSOP package. - March 13, 2008 - Piggs Peak Casino
Find the Easter Bunny’s Eggs at Vic’s Bingo This Year
Vic’s Bingo and the Easter Bunny joined forces and this time instead of an egg hunt, players will go on a bingo egg pattern hunt that’s as fun as it is lucrative. - March 13, 2008 - VicsBingo.com
The Creator of AskOliverAnything.com Has Come Up with a New Book, "Card Counting - The Real Truth in Blackjack." Oliver Galang Explains the Real Truth in Card Counting.
The creator of AskOliverAnything.com has come out with his new book, "Card Counting - The Real Truth in Blackjack." Oliver Galang used to be a known as what you might call a "high roller." That is until he lost everything and went bankrupt. Now, a new movie coming out starring... - March 12, 2008 - AskOliverAnything.com
Bingo Hall Celebrates One More Year of Outstanding Games and Prizes
Another year in the life of Bingo Hall.com and March is the month bingo players will be delighted to join the celebration that includes prizes amounting to $15.000. - March 11, 2008 - Bingo hall
Betpuls.com Gives You Knowledge
The online gambling industry is a fairly new industry, it is a few people that sit with a lot of knowledge and they are highly attractive on the work market. Betpuls.com has just started and will make it easier for everyone to get the knowledge they need from one source and without too much hassle. - March 07, 2008 - betpuls.com
Danny K Shines at All Africa Poker Celebrity Charity Challenge 2008
Danny K became the winner of the 2008 All Africa Poker Celebrity Charity Challenge and won R100,000, which he donated to his charity, Foundation of Love in Katlehong. - March 07, 2008 - Piggs Peak Casino
TexasWheel.com is Hosting Several March Madness & TW Shootout Texas NL Holdem Poker Tournaments
TexasWheel.com is hosting several March Madness & TW Shootout Texas NL Holdem poker tournaments this month. Several online poker rooms like Carbon Poker, Poker Nordica and RedStar Poker are participating. - March 06, 2008 - TexasWheel
InterCasino Raises Stakes Against ASA
InterCasino is aware of the comments made in the Gambling Compliance Survey 2007 in relation to its recent advertising campaign. Contrary to what has been widely reported in the press, concerns have been raised in relation to the campaign but no formal adjudication has yet been made by the ASA. - February 29, 2008 - Intercasino
PokerTime Players Excel at South African Poker Open
PokerTime has become one of the most renowned online gaming sites for allowing players the opportunity to qualify for land based tournaments and this year was no different. Thirty PokerTime winners travelled to the South African Poker Open in February 2008 - February 28, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Leap Into February with PokerTime’s Special Offers
Every four years we are given an extra day in the year and opportunities to do things differently. With 29 days in February this year, there is most definitely reason to take the bull by the horns and throw caution to the wind. - February 28, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Lara Croft Appears at Fortune Lounge
Fortune Lounge continues to bring the online gambling slot world the very best in gaming technology and design. Three advanced new games will make their appearance in March and promise to thrill and engage players true to the standard expected from the group. - February 28, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
The New Platinum Play Website Goes Live
Platinum Play, one of Fortune Lounge’s most esteemed online gambling websites, has re-launched and presented its new look and feel to the public. Platinum Play online casino boasts over 200 games and sports only the latest gaming software technology. It’s a massive move forward for this award-winning casino. - February 28, 2008 - Fortune Lounge Group
Online Gambling Scratchies.com Scooping Asia-Pacific Market Using Bizarre Viral Campaign
With Australians spending $95 billion each year on gambling, the Internet gaming industry is scratching its head as to how to get a foot in the door. One operator is playing by the strict rules and still looks most likely to succeed. - February 27, 2008 - Maverick Brands