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Blotter: National Problem Gambling Awareness Week: 7-12 March

The US National Council on Problem Gambling has announced the start of National Problem Gambling Awareness Week on 7 March. The Council, along with affiliated councils in thirty-five of the fifty US states, is promoting the events of this week in an effort to raise awareness and discussions about the nature of gambling addiction, [...]

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Berlin Poker Robbery Becomes International Story

Chances are the EPT Berlin Poker event would have been forgotten by all but the most hardcore of poker fans.  A brazen robbery Saturday afternoon while cameras were rolling has ensured the European Poker Tour Berlin event will not soon be forgotten however and, in its own bizarre way, the game of high stakes poker [...]

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Tiger Woods Camp Rejects Online Gambling Offer

Following recent international media coverage of Paddy Power’s negotiations with IMG to sponsor Tiger Woods, the company confirms that its initial offer covering a five year period for a total potential sponsorship of $75 million has been rejected by IMG. Paddy Power remains keen to work with Tiger Woods, and will re-engage with IMG. An [...]

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Dennis Rodman Signs with Online Poker Site, OnlyPoker

It’s been a few years since former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been on the court, but this hasn’t stopped Only Poker from pursuing him to represent their room. And recently, their pursuit paid off as an anonymous employee of Only Poker said they’ve signed the 6′8" Rodman.
The poker website now features a picture of [...]

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Men’s Olympic Hockey Championship Line: USA +140

The Men’s Olympic Hockey Championship line for Canada vs. USA continued to sit at +140 for the United States at BetUS.com (see website here).   Canada was getting significant betting action as of Saturday night as a -210 favorite.
Dave Bond of BetUS.com had this to say about Sunday’s Championship game: "Sunday’s Gold Medal final is one [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

NASCAR Betting and Danica Patrick

Both the online sportsbooks and Las Vegas establishments are counting on NASCAR betting, and to fuel those bets they are hopeful that Danica Patrick will at some point begin to make an impact.  To date, odds have not been offered on Patrick, but that could change soon.  Patrick is expected to do for NASCAR what [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Online Casino to Relaunch on March 1st

InterCasino is one of the Internet’s oldest online casinos and the revamp is the latest in many incarnations for the gaming room.
The re-launch will be advertised fairly extensively with television commercials, print advertising in magazines and newspapers, and a dynamic and innovating online advertising campaign.
The business is keeping the exact [...]

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Amanda Leatherman No Longer With WPT

Amanda Leatherman will no longer play hostess for the televised event of the WPT tour. This news was released by Poker News Daily. According to a few rumors doing the mill, she will be joining the North American Poker Tour that is organized by PokerStars.
Although these are still rumors and are not confirmed by official [...]

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Finnish gambling monopoly maintained despite warnings from EU Commission

Warnings by the European Commission as far back as 2006 that Finnish state gambling monopolies are in conflict with EU principles of free movement of goods and services appear to have gone unheeded by the Finns, judging by this week’s news that RAY and Veikkaus Oy have been given the green light to exclusively offer [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

SupaJax Becomes Latest Online Casino Video Poker Jackpot Hit

All Slots Casino Microgaming powered online casinos have been at the center of some of the biggest jackpots hit over the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday, the SupaJax video poker game became the latest to pay a major jackpot.
One lucky player walked away from their computer on Tuesday with an extra $50,516 in their [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010