The European Commission commenced infringement proceedings against Germany and Sweden concerning their national legislation which bars a free movement of gambling services. The commission has sent a “letter of formal notice” to the parties concerned and they will have two months to respond or face the European Court of Justice.
For Germany, the concern arises over [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | January 31, 2008

Geoff Jenkins, an outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, along with 42 of his buddies from professional sports, raised an estimated $60,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs through the inaugural Geoff Jenkins Celebrity Poker Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona Monday.
Among the baseball players in attendance were Doug Davis, Paul Konerko, Grady Sizemore, Justin Morneau, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | January 31, 2008

PartyGaming reported Wednesday that revenues were up 52 percent in the final quarter of 2007 compared to the same quarter in 2006.This was more the result of its casino sales, rather than its Party Poker business, the former stalwart of the internet poker industry.
Casino revenues were up a whopping 156 percent from last year’s fourth [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | January 31, 2008

Jerusalem Post published an article disclosing the details of a recent round of internet gambling busts in Israel. Seven people were arrested and eighteen were detained for questioning concerning allegations that they were involved in the operation of illegal gambling web sites that earned millions of shekels and then laundered the money.
International and Serious [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | January 30, 2008

Harrah's Entertainment completed its first day as a private company after being bought out for a cool $17.1 billion. Two months ago the company announced, “a change in ownership, but not a change in direction.” Although the latter has yet to be proven, the former holds true after what is being hailed as the world’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | January 29, 2008

People around the country turned on the national news Thursday to witness a frightening scene: the top four floors of the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas were engulfed in flames and heavy black smoke.Early word was that workers were trapped on the roof.Pieces of burning foam fell to lower floors, starting secondary fires.
Fortunately, when all [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | January 28, 2008

You have to crawl before you can walk.While it’s just in the infant stages of idea mode, the city of Atlanta is closer to having casino gambling this week than it was last week.That is because local business leaders are calling for a study to determine if a casino would be something that Atlanta could [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 28, 2008

Antigua and Kahnawake were both recently found to be in incompliance with the UK’s “whitelisting” criteria, but after a successful meeting between the Antiguan Minister of Finance and officials from Great Britain Antigua the British may change their mind.
The Antiguan Minister of Finance, Dr. Errol Cort, has recently been involved in another dispute involving [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 27, 2008

In December of 2007, thirteen German states passed a resolution officially banning nearly all forms of online gambling within Germany much to the chagrin of poker players the worldwide. The EU is now ready to launch a legal attack against the legislation.
Various actions already been taken against Germany by some of the larger gambling [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | January 27, 2008

Progressive Gaming International Corporation has just released new World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em P2P (peer to peer) console software. This latest software, which has already been approved by Gaming Laboratories International, is expected to reaching gaming consoles in Harrah’s casinos in the near future.
The new P2P software created by Progressive gaming will show up [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | January 25, 2008