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PwC Recommends Legalising Online Gambling in the Asia-Pacific
Last week PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released a report claiming that it would be better for governments to license and regulate online gambling rather than ignore it. They believe that this is particularly the case during the global financial crisis when public … Read More
New World Record Set by PokerStars Online Tournament
Earlier this week the Guinness World Record for the most players playing in a single online tournament was broken at PokerStars.com. Two-hundred thousand players registered and paid $1 to compete in the No Limit Hold’em tournament, there may have been … Read More
South African Online Casino to Close
It is expected that around 70 employees of Pigg’s Peak Online Casino will today receive exit packages. Muzi Dlamini, the Mbabane Branch Manager, confirmed this earlier this week.
However, employees at Pigg’s Peak believe the packages to be highly unfair … Read More
William Hill Bingo Winner Disappears but Promotions Continue
A month ago a player known as Raymond from Durham City won a brand new Fiat Panda worth £6,600 on William Hill Bingo. However, the player has not yet come forward to claim his prize and William Hill managers are … Read More
50 new Millionaires from EuroMillions Millionaire’s Month
The EuroMillions is easily the world’s biggest paying lottery and regularly turns everyday people into millionaires. Recently Colin and Chis Weir won a massive £161 million from the EuroMillions and this week they made their first public appearance since winning.… Read More
Bodog set for huge expansion and marketing campaign
The online casino Bodog is getting ready to launch a number of new services alongside a multimillion pound marketing drive. They are aiming to capture a share of the UK online gambling market, one of the fastest growing markets in … Read More
WSOP Africa Announced as Heinz Collects his $8.7M Tax Free
Pius Heinz, the latest winner of the WSOP, will not have to pay any tax on his $8.7 million prize money. This is due to a tax treaty signed by Germany and the US which means that any income earned … Read More
Australian gambling laws set for a shake up
The Australian Government has begun reviewing its 2001 Internet Gambling Act. This has prompted many other institutions to begin their own review of the Australian online gambling industry.
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is claiming that the issue of problem … Read More
A look back at Lamb’s quick exit from WSOP Final Three
This week has seen tense scenes at the World Series of Poker main event final. At the start of play on Tuesday night there were just three players left, Ben Lamb, Pius Heinz and Martin Staszko. All of them were … Read More
Vernons chosen by Sportech for new affiliate program
Recently Vernons.com the UK based online casino launched to great excitement with many players already enjoying the poker and games available from this highly respected eGaming operator. As a result it comes as no surprise that Sportech have chosen Vernons.com … Read More
