Alabama’s Mark Ingram Undergoes Knee Scope, Will Miss Season Opener
Mark Ingram, the reigning Heisman Trophy winning running back for Alabama will miss the Crimson Tide’s 2010 College Football season-opener on Saturday against San Jose State after having his knee scoped. Following the game on Saturday, Ingram will be evaluated on a week-to-week time-frame. The Crimson Tide host Penn State in Tuscaloosa the second week [...]
Ohio State Quarterback Terrelle Pryor Sheds Pre-Season Hype Despite Being Favored To Win Heisman Trophy
While shopping in his local bookstore for the materials he needs for the upcoming academic year, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor just walks past all the magazines predicting him to tear up opposing defenses this season. USA friendly sportsbooks have been as friendly to the Buckeyes, and have set them as favorites to win their [...]
Greek Government starts regulated online gambling consultation
Predictions earlier this year by OPAP chief exec Ioannis Spanoudakis that the Greek government would regulate online gambling appear to have been right on the money, according to a MarketWatch report this week. The publication reports that the Greek government started public consultations Thursday on a legislative plan to regulate gambling, including online gambling. (Read [...]
British Player Wins £225k Slots Jackpot at 888.com Casino
A lucky British player known under the alias “JH” won the £225,000 maximum jackpot while playing the popular King Kong video slot at 888.com Casino. JH had only been playing for one week at 888.com Casino before winning this giant slots jackpot. £225k Jackpot Win London-based casino fanatic JH registered a real money account at [...]
New Hollywood Slots Launched at InterCasino.com – 08-20-10
August 20 – Intercasino has launched new slots games in their “Hollywood Jackpot” series. Eighties movie buffs are going to love these. The first game is based on the near cult-status Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. This is a 25-line video slot game, and the game actually includes clips. It also has two second round features, [...]
Gambling Planet News Briefs 19 August 2010
Chinese Online Poker Ring UncoveredOver forty players, most of them from Hangzhou, China, were cited for collusion on the online poker site PokerStars.net. The gang won over US$587,000 while taking part in the site’s “Double or Nothing” single-table tournaments. These tournaments awarded the top five players with double their buy-in, while the remaining five left [...]
New Hampshire abandons proposed online scratchcards project
Hopes that the state of New Hampshire might be among the leaders in introducing a form of internet gambling have been dashed following a decision by the New Hampshire Lottery Commission to scrap the project. The Commission made good progress in setting up a launch for the PlayNowNH facility, but the brakes were applied by [...]
Win Caribbean Bingo Cruise Tickets at Silk Bingo
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Importance of in-play betting prompts Ladbrokes to improve its offering
The recent football World Cup illustrated yet again how popular the concept of in-play betting is with a wide range of punters, with some companies reporting that as much as 65% of their betting action came in via in-play facilities. UK betting group Ladbrokes has clearly recognised this and is currently working on a new [...]
San Miguel exec’s bid for Pagcor could be finished before it has begun
Earlier this week Raymond Ang, a senior executive with the San Miguel food and beverage group, intimated in a press interview that, acting independently he would be putting together a consortium to make a $10 billion offer for the state-owned Philippines gambling group Pagcor, but events since then indicate that he may have been a [...]
