Posted on Thursday, 31st December 2009 by admin
It’s not exactly a category poker players want to find themselves stuck in but there were some pretty big online poker losers. PokerListings.com noted a few of the players who took a big hit in 2009. Denmark’s Gus Hansen was crushed and he intends to take some time off in 2010. (Read the full post [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 31st December 2009 by admin
At time during the past two months, Full Tilt Poker looked as if it could eat away at a fairly significant chunk of number one online poker room, PokerStars.com, market share. In 2010, Gambling911.com suspects that will be the goal as both industry behemoths exhaust their efforts on playing catchup and keep away, respectively. By [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 26th December 2009 by admin
Some superstitious South African gamblers intent on winning millions on the country’s national lottery have apparently been indulging in a little ‘chemical’ assistance that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “what have you been smoking?” Their belief that smoking dried vulture brains and other ancient ‘muti’ (organic traditional medicines) has resulted in a [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 26th December 2009 by admin
Aztec Riches Casino This Christmas will be remembered forever for one lucky online casino player. The Treasure Nile jackpot was hit on the Microgaming network of online casinos just hours before Christmas. The Treasure Nile game has become popular this holiday season. The game has paid out three jackpots since the calendar has turned to [...]
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Posted on Monday, 21st December 2009 by admin
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman wants to bring the Caesars Palace brand to Macau, China, as the world’s biggest casino company seeks new markets for growth. Harrah’s, owner of a golf course in Macau, has held exploratory talks there and will likely hold more in the [...]
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Posted on Monday, 21st December 2009 by admin
Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan emerged victorious as the biggest winner from last weekend’s online action that netted him a total of $298,128, largely at the expense of DjAdi’s and Cole South’s bankrolls. Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang also had some lucrative sessions, according to the website PokerTableRatings.com "As durrrr rebuilds his bankroll and Urindanger continues to devastate others, [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 16th December 2009 by admin
The popular social networking website Facebook.com has come under fire this week for its updated privacy policy, much of which is an attempt to bring additional exposure to the site’s advertisers. Now they have announced that online gambling related ads will be filtered. The new rule applies to the so-called ‘morally unacceptable’ products such as [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 16th December 2009 by admin
Sometimes, the online gaming giants can seem a little ruthless. Casinos have a bad reputation in the eyes of many. However, last year, 888 Casino was awarded FTSE4Good membership for their program of positive corporate social action headed by Director of Responsible Gaming Ruth Tanami. The initiative strives to improve the company’s economic, social, and [...]
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Posted on Friday, 11th December 2009 by admin
Arsenal are 5/1 to win the Premiership title following their away victory against Liverpool at Anfield yesterday Sunday. And the Reds are odds-on – 8/13 – to miss out on Champions League football next term. The Gunners are at betting odds of 1/8 for a top four finish after claiming three points in Northern England, [...]
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Posted on Friday, 11th December 2009 by admin
By Graham Rayman, Village Voice Ever wonder what online poker companies think of you, the consumer? Well, on the heels of our piece in this week’s Voice about James Giordano and Internet gambling, someone forwarded us an investment bank’s analysis of an online poker company named PartyGaming. Advocates of online poker like Rep. Barney Frank, [...]
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