Some Big Online Gambling Wins

Major Internet player wins this week include a GBP 1.3 million hit for a GBP2 wager at Mecca Bingo.co.uk, and GBP 114 649 on an 80p stake at Vegas.WilliamHill.com.

In the Mecca Bingo win, a lucky British couple became instant millionaires after placing the maximum five-pound bet on its Clover Rollover progressive jackpot slot.

Barry and Lynsey Mirehouse of Maryport in Cumbria won GBP 1.2 million one evening with a one-pound per line wager. The Clover Rollover jackpot had grown to GBP 1 201 233 before being hit by the couple, who married in 2006.

“I don’t know what we are doing to do with the winnings but we’re trying to keep a low profile,” Lynsey Mirehouse told local newspapers.

“The news is going to travel fast and people will find out about the win but we are trying to keep it to ourselves for now.”

Over at Vegas.WilliamHill.com, the owner of a Chinese takeaway restaurant in the UK has walked away with a jackpot of GBP 114 649 thanks to an 80 pence stake he placed on an online slot at Vegas.WilliamHill.com.

Joe Siuchung Yip from Surrey hit the big win on the exclusive game Vegas.WilliamHill.com game after his 80p spin got him through to the bonus jackpot round.

“I’m used to giving out fortune cookies to others but hadn’t had much luck myself recently so this is brilliant,” Yip told casino management on having his windfall confirmed. “I’m going to pay off some debts and will probably replace my old car but it hasn’t quite sunk in that I’ll have money left after that.”

B3W's white label poker growing - 02/03/2012 : Online poker software developer B3W's venture into the white label poker market with an all-inclusive product has paid dividends, according to the company, which this week reported that in six months four fully integrated poker rooms had been signed up for its Poker Pack Network.

Betfair public affairs manager speaks out for regulated online gambling - 02/03/2012 : Tom Tuxworth, public affairs manager for the listed British online betting group Betfair, told a South African parliamentary portfolio committee studying the possible legalisation of online gambling that prohibition only drives would-be internet punters to offshore and unregulated websites.

Suzan Smith, problem gambler blows 400k of bosses money - 02/03/2012 : A compulsive online gambler who stole almost GBP 400 000 from her employer was sent to jail in Norfolk, UK this week after a judge criticised her for stealing not only the money but a part of a decent man's life.

NEW IPAD APP FROM BETFAIR - 02/03/2012 : Betfair plc launched its next generation iPad App into the Apple store Friday, announcing that the bespoke native application is a marked enhancement from previous products and is the first to come out of Betfair’s development office in San Francisco

Boxing behind Betfair's latest sponsorship - 02/03/2012 : Betfair is the newest title sponsor of the Matchroom Sport Prizefighter series in a partnership deal that will deliver the online betting exchange branding rights across the ring and provide its customers with expert analysis and in-depth fighter interviews.