According to the Reuters news agency, the European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has told Washington that its Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is unfair to foreign firms and should be repealed.


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The Administrative Court of Appeal in the central German state of Hessen has this week overturned a ruling by a lower court that prohibited Austrian online casino group Bwin from offering its services to Germans.



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In China, the Government has announced that it is to institute new laws to help prevent underage and compulsive gambling.



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Well, it seems our friends at the Maryland Casino have their hands full with the same issues on gambling as every other State out there! Is the addition of legalized gambling going to be good for the community or is it going to be it’s demise?

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October 23, 2007
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
Staff Editor, http://www.CasinoGamblingWeb.com

The Poker Players Alliance has united and is set to bring their battle to Washington as they plan on convincing legislators that the game of Poker is one of skill, and not luck.

Professional poker players Chris Moneymaker and Annie Duke will be some of the people on hand when the group travels to Washington. The main focus will be on creating an image of a game of skill, but any information the group brings will help in the efforts to change last years ill advised Internet gaming bill.



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Big news hit the blogs and the news postings of many poker portals and websites over the possible sale of the strongest gambling website brand out there!

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The online casino and gambling giant, Ladbrokes, will be the first company to take advantage of the relaxed laws regarding the advertisement of gambling companies in the UK. Ladbrokes plc. operates online casino, betting and online poker sites, will air its first TV ad during the half time break of the Manchester United versus Roma Champions League match.

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Carbon Poker, the online gambling site, has awarded its first Caribbean Stud jackpot. The player, Yvetje, won $20,318.75 on a 20c jackpot bet placed on 2 September, 2007. Yvetje, a female player from Limburg, Belgium has been with Carbon Poker since 2005 and can be played here

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There are countless factors that can come into play when determining the odds of all the variations and situations that may arise in playing poker. This course is merely meant to give you an idea of what your respective card odds are of having a particular hand.

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The Association of Players, Casinos and Webmasters has been seeking viable ways to bring online gaming back to American in a legal and regulated format for the past several months.


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Gambling firms 888.com and Cryptologic both recorded strong interim results as they continued to recover from the fallout of the US online gambling ban.

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According to the Financial Times, McCreevy said: \"In my view it is probably a restrictive practice and we might take it up in another forum.\" He said the case could go to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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Since casino gambling began in New York in 1993, the increased competition for those gaming dollars hasn't seemed to hurt sales of New York Lottery tickets, which saw a record $6.8 billion in sales in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.

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Cryptologic, the Canadian online gambling software provider, have announced that they have purchased the online poker room operated by Scandinavian betting exchange Parbet.com for 9 million Euros...


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Derek Kelly, 46, has claimed that poker is a game of equal opportunity, where skill decides who is the winner.

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One of the biggest UK banks, HSBC, announced that they will add a special rate on their credit cards for transactions related to online gambling

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Most players did not know, but Empire Poker used to be a skin of Party Poker, which meant that players from both poker rooms played at the same time at the same place

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Proposed £490 million takeover of online casino group 888 could be wrapped up as early as next week.

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So you think just because you play online poker and you are a US citizen, you will be excluded because of the Wire Act? Well sit tight...

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UK gaming giants William Hill and Ladbrokes were among a number of bookmakers to be awarded licences for sports and horse betting over the web and phones in Italy.

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Not every year sees a market rise to enormous dimensions in popularity and market value as online casinos have...

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Already, gambling analysts are predicting that this year Macau will surpass Las Vegas' annual gambling revenues of about seven billion dollars.

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Italy will announce shortly the details of its new stance on gambling...

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A plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery won't be the only game of chance considered

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An outspoken gambling critic who will be featured in an upcoming ....

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