Posted on Friday, 18th June 2010 by admin
Stories in the Irish media over the weekend illustrate the tough times being experienced by online and land gambling group Ladbrokes, which employs around a thousand people in its 284 Irish retail betting outlets. The reports focus on a recent Labour Court finding that the gambling company should reverse its decision to cut staff overtime [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 13th June 2010 by admin
EOG.com founder Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner had financial problems long before his abrupt suicide two months ago, Gambling911.com can report in a world exclusive! According to documents obtained by Gambling911.com, Weitzner was unable to pay his Federal income taxes in 2008, and a lien was placed on his house in Virginia. Gambling911.com obtained an Accurint [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 13th June 2010 by admin
Peru prisons are among the world’s worse. There is no denying that. Joran van der Sloot, who confessed to the murder of a young Peruvian student Stephany Flores while attending the Latin American Poker Tour nearly two weekends ago, is currently awaiting trial in solitary lockup. There is high fear that the Dutchman will be [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 8th June 2010 by admin
Norwegian poker sensation Annette Obrestad is not making much of a mark so far at her first World Series of Poker. Through the first 23 events at the ongoing 57-event WSOP in Las Vegas, the chunky poker wunderkind has finished in the money just once–and that was just by the skin of her teeth! Her [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 8th June 2010 by admin
The competition, entitled “Welcome to the Extraordinary”, is open to all casino-goers with an instinct for flair, a concept born out of InterCasino’s creative ethos. In recent years the casino has built itself a reputation for innovation within the online gaming community that has seen it cement its position at the top of the UK [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 30th May 2010 by admin
Ioannis Spanoudakis, who as chief executive of the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP should know, has confirmed statements three weeks ago that gambling liberalisation is on the cards, and that online sports betting operations are on the OPAP future agenda. Speaking this week on an earnings call, Spanoudakis said he anticipates that internet sports betting will [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 30th May 2010 by admin
Almost immediately following breaking news Wednesday afternoon that Joran van der Sloot was wanted for murder in Peru, the online poker community began asking what handle van der Sloot used on various card room sites upon learning he had flown to Lima for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). "AANOTILTKK" has come up repeatedly and [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th May 2010 by admin
If nothing else, lawyer and poker player Lee Rousso will have achieved major mainstream media publicity for his fight against Washington State’s draconian law against online poker in the Washington State Supreme Court Thursday. Rousso resurrected the Betcha.com case as an example of the law’s inequitable and sweeping nature in the appeal case of Rousso [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th May 2010 by admin
Friday sees the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas, where top players from around the world are already starting to arrive. They’ll be pitting their skills against their contemporaries in some 57 tough events through to July 17, along with the external action and prop bets that [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 20th May 2010 by admin
Leading online poker site PKR.com has revealed that armchair sportsmen and women from all over the world can now finally realise their dreams of representing their country thanks to its World Cup promotion. While the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo and Torres do battle in South Africa, the Alderney-licensed next-generation site revealed that its players will [...]
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