Gambling News Blog

Contradictory views on where the influential Nevada Senator Harry Reid stands on internet gambling have abounded in recent months, but this week the Wall Street Journal reports the encouraging news that the veteran Democrat appears to be supporting legalised online poker at the very least. The respected business journal claims that staffers for Reid, who [...]

Playtech subsidiary Virtue Fusion Alderney, perhaps better known for its bingo products, has launched a new 5 reel slot on its network, which serves the likes of MeccaBingo, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Sky, Bet365, Crown Bingo, Virgin, Paddy Power and Boylesports. Branded Zodiac Supernova, the new game has a horoscope theme and offers players the opportuity [...]

The Star-Ledger publication in the US state of New Jersey says in an editorial comment that the state’s troubled horseracing industry, which has needed $200 million in subsidies from taxpayers and casinos since 2004, shouldn’t be given more handouts from internet gambling. The comment comes amidst recent encouraging moves in the state which has seen [...]

Lawmakers in Australia are working on a plan that will clean up the gambling industry and create safeguards that will help citizens stay clear of gambling addiction. For one finance clerk, the help did not come quick enough. Dinesh Enoka Abeysuriya pleaded guilty this week to fraud in connection with the charity for which he [...]

November 22 – Just a few weeks ago Chelsea was cruising in the English Premier League, but then it hit a slump and has stayed there, after the club recorded yet another loss on the weekend, this time to Birmingham 1-0.> Once streets ahead in the English Premier League standings, Chelsea is now tied for [...]

Jonathan Duhamel Now that the World Series of Poker has officially ended, it is time for online poker sites to start gearing their events towards next year’s WSOP. The main event at the 2010 WSOP concluded last week, sending millions of players back to their computers.In the past several years, there has been a big [...]

The new trend in online gaming is to merge some of the biggest companies in the world to create one mega-company. Already this year, PartyGaming and Bwin created a stir when they merged this summer, and now it appears to more companies are preparing to join forces. Sportingbet is one of the largest online gambling [...]

Could gambling be coming to the Big Apple? New York City is low on cash; like, really low. The metropolis has a budget deficit of approximately $5 billion, thanks to wasteful spending or a poor handling of tax money and the economy. In an attempt to close that gap, New York’s dictator mayor, Michael Bloomberg [...]

The state of Iowa has one of the healthiest casino gambling industries in the country, but that does not mean that voters want more. Residents in Wapello County rejected the idea of a new casino on Tuesday, although the vote was a lot closer than some expected. Wapello is one of the counties in Iowa [...]

A Canadian internet sports betting high roller had his day in court this week when he was arraigned on charges of defrauding the Bank of Montreal of CDN $600,000. Stewart Goldstein admitted to defrauding the bank in a complex shares and deposits scheme, but claimed he was merely the fall guy for an organised crime [...]