Archive for June, 2011

Research on social gambling costs in Germany

A University in the German City of Hohenheim has made done research on the social costs of gambling in Germany. The cost are estimated to be around 326 million euros. The research was taken in the year 2008. Ofcourse does this amount look like a huge figure but if you compair it to smoking or [...]

Australia Blames Tzvetzkoff For Black Friday

Daniel Tzvetzkoff, Australian business tycoon and owner of payment company Intabill, was the man who set the ball rolling for the avalanche that would be Black Friday. Allegedly, it was his testimony and actions that helped launch the events that led to the gradual collapse of the US online poker industry. Although, Tzvetzkoff is not [...]

Wimbledon Week at Gossip Bingo

Gossip Bingo have Wimbledon fever and for you that means the chance to win a selection of prizes! Wimbledon Week at Gossip Bingo boasts loyalty points and a variety of gifts and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is play bingo at their site. With £5 free for [...]

Cash Caper Classic Slot Review

Cash Caper is a 5-reel, 3-line classic slot machine developed by Cryptologic, featuring free spins and a bonus game. You can play the Cash Caper classic slot machine at . The Cash Caper starts you off with an intro that introduces you to its theme a bank robber trying to rob a bank while the [...]

Where in the World is Annie Duke?

There are some players that are expectedly not making an appearance at the 2011 WSOP. Because of the timing of Black Friday and the complications involving payouts for U.S. players on Full Tilt Poker, no one is betting that Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer or Chris Ferguson are going to walk through the doors of the [...]

Blanca Gaming Issues Statement Following Bankruptcy Rumors

It took over a week for Absolute Poker or UB Poker to issue a statement regarding Black Friday, and with the site losing over 75% of its players despite still allowing US players at the table, the poker world’s faith in the company was shaken even more, having only heard from the site that one [...]

West Bromwich Albion sponsorship deal for Bodog

Online gambling company Bodog Europe has signed a two-year shirt sponsorship deal with English Premier League football side West Bromwich Albion. The rumoured seven-figure deal is being described as the largest in the club’s 132-year history and will see the logo for Bodog replace that of emergency domestic repair service HomeServe on the team’s home [...]

US Online Poker Professionals Face An Unemployment Crisis

Black Friday and its events were probably the worst of the troubles faced by the US Poker Professionals even after the establishment of the 2006 UIGEA and its effects. PartyPoker pulled out of the US market due to the UIGEA 2006 and overall everyone had to adjust to the decreasing number of online poker sites [...]

Ritzy Bingo give away five-star Greek holiday to Mama Mia island

Lets go to Greece with Ritzy Bingo Who gives a flying bingo ball as to what the weather is like here in the UK, when you could be winning a holiday to Skiathos, the sensational Greek island where musical Mama Mia was filmed? The winner and one guest will be put up in a five-star [...]

Great Grandmother Claims Huge Lotto 649 Prize

A woman from Kingston, who was the single winner on Wednesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw, took her time checking to see how much she had won, even finishing off her breakfast before turning to the business of claiming her lottery prize. 78 year old Margaret Mileman, a great-grandmother who has lived in Kingston for over forty [...]