Online Poker and Gambling News

Bingo For Ladies - 888Ladies, a bingo site that is part of the Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888, announced the launch of its Caribbean Bingo Cruise exclusive promotion this week.

BOSS MEDIA REFUTES POKERTRILLION CLAIMS - Legal action characterised as "without merit," and player funds are safe, says Swedish company .

SOCIAL NETWORKING A GROWING POKER TREND - Poker Battle hopes to command the poker networking space with big ticket events and Warriors of note.

FTOPS 9 MAIN EVENT PAYS WINNER $432 400 - The current ninth edition of the Full Tilt Poker Series main event lived up to its previous record for big names, large entry fields and top prizes this week, with 4 880 players entering the $500+$35 buy-in online spectacular, each hoping for the biggest possible slice of the guaranteed $2.5 million prize pool.

Slotland pays $169,000 winner - MrsSmiths takes home almost $169 000 on progressive slot.

Negreanu suggests he may cut down his tournament playing - Daniel Negreanu has implied he may start to restrict the number of poker tournaments he takes part in which take place away from Las Vegas.

Dwan and Galfond top 'nose bleed' list - Renowned internet poker players Tom 'Durrr' Dwan and Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond have both made more than $1 million playing high-stakes cash games so far this year.

European Poker Tour Awards voting underway - Members of the public are able to vote in the Poker Writers and People's Choice categories, while the other five accolades will be decided by a four-person judging panel featuring Lee Jones, Victoria Coren, John Caldwell and John Duthie, Poker News reports.

POKERTRILLION WINS LITIGATION ON BOSS MEDIA - IPN skin successful in its application to seize Boss Media's Malta servers.

IN-GAME BETTING COMPANY IN TROUBLE - Bad news from Global Interactive Gaming Limited parent group Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc (ISWI), this week is that the company cannot file its quarterly report for the period ended 30 June 2008. The company cites a lack of financial resources and the anticipated expenses associated with the preparation, independent auditor review and filing of the report as the cause. GIG's SportXction in-game betting software is used by several of the big sports betting names in UK gambling, yet the parent company is clearly struggling to make ends meet in a tough market, and will soon cease trading on the OTCBB, although it will be quoted on the Pink Sheets. If and when a quarterly report becomes possible, company statements indicate that it should show that Interactive Systems Worldwide believes that it achieved an increase in revenues and a decrease in net operating loss for the three months ended 30 June 2008 when compared to the same period in 2007. If the company is not able to find new financing or enter into a strategic transaction, it may have to cease operations. However if its financial condition improves sufficiently, the company intends to file Form 10-QSB and regain compliance for quotation on the OTCBB, CEO Bernard Albanese has indicated.

RANK PLC TAKEOVER IN SIGHT - Malaysian company closes in on offer level of 30 percent.

GBP 5.5 MILL PROMO CAMPAIGN LAUNCED BY NEW FOOTBALL POOLS - The UK football pools company Sportech launched a major GBP 5.5 million advertising and promotional campaign this week, aimed primarily at driving traffic to its New Football Pools.

NET ENTERTAINMENT HALF YEARLY RESULTS IN - 44 percent rise in revenues and 47 percent growth in after tax profits make good news for investors

MORE U.S. SUPPORT FOR ONLINE GAMBLING - Andrew Curtis, probably the most recognised and quoted general Las Vegas expert around, carried out a poll on Internet gambling earlier this month on his popular Las Vegas Advisor.com website, attracting 5 000 voters who overwhelmingly supported legalised online gambling in the US.

Poker Tournament : Players Vs. Politicians - Poker Players Alliance sets up the action for a political convention charity match

SLIGHT INCREASE IN ONLINE GAMBLING UNIQUE VISITS - Internet gambling category makes the halfway mark, but only just.

PHARAOH'S TREASURE DELIVERS AT WILL HILL - Peterborough, UK online gambler SophieM was kissed by Lady Luck this week when she hit the GBP 102 718 progressive jackpot on William Hill Casino's online slot 'Pharaoh's Treasure'....on a GBP 4.50 bet.

iMEGA TO LAUNCH UIGEA APPEAL IN SEPTEMBER - Further attack on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act planned.

Party Poker breaks the badbeat record - Thursday saw a new world record for an online poker Bad Beat Jackpot created at Party Poker.com when a bad beat payout on an online table reached $1 013 381 and change, surpassing the previous record of $992 000.

Versatility of collaborative fraud management system showcased - While many people are under the impression that online fraud activities are confined largely to fraudulent use of credit cards resulting in chargebacks, Ethoca points out that precautions against this sort of dishonesty can also include other forms of unwanted activity that impact the bottom line or the integrity of a service offering.

BIG MONEY FOR MISHKAT IN FTOPS 9 - Large entry fields and six-figure main prizes continue at current online poker tourney series.

SPANISH PLAYER HITS PLAYTECH PROGRESSIVE - Lotto Madness delivers a bank boosting Euros 257 250.

POKEROOM BOOSTS AUGUST PRIZE POOL TO A MILLION - Growing numbers of poker rooms are now offering million dollar guaranteed tournament prize pools.

Poker players urged to promote their rights on political website - Please take us back to the Republican Party of limited government. This issue will be the deciding factor in who I vote for in the upcoming election. Please support bills like HR 5657.

UNIBET SELECTS MICROGAMING ONLINE CASINO PLATFORM - Online gambling firms expands its Microgaming Poker software to a full casino suite.