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casinos, gaming and gambling.
31 January 2006
Poker
And Carnivale Fun In New Microgaming
Releases
Microgaming is starting 2006 with a players' choice of brand
new and different online casino games.
31 January 2006
Stanley
Leisure To Open Nottingham
Casino
Stanley Leisure has said it has been granted a licence for a
casino in Nottingham.
31 January 2006
PartyGaming
Slides Under Shadow Of New
Regulation
Partygaming shares fell nearly 6 per cent as the spectre of
a British government clampdown on online gaming encouraged
profit-taking.
31 January 2006
CryptoLogic
Subsidiary Wins Top Honours At UK Gambling
Awards
CryptoLogic wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited, was
recognized as the iGaming Software Provider of the Year at
the 2006 UK Gambling Awards.
31 January 2006
Poker
Players To Get Seized Cash
Poker players who had cash seized by police at a private
club in Belfast should get their money back.
30 January 2006
New
Site Helps Online Poker
Beginners
A recently launched web site hopes to help new players learn
how to play online poker.
30 January 2006
Spin
Palace Casino Release Four New
Games
Spin Palace Casino has announced the addition of four new
games to their online casino.
30 January 2006
The
FA Cup Final Will Be Played At Cardiff - Bet On
It
Bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 6/4 against the
FA Cup Final being played at the new Wembley Stadium this
year - and 1/2 that it will be held in Cardiff.
29 January 2006
Rank
Chief Retires On A Year's
Pay
Mike Smith is to leave the Rank leisure group.
29 January 2006
Concern
For Cardiff's Casino Plans
Conservative leader Nick Bourne has said Cardiff should not
be seduced into a project which could have damaging social
consequences.
29 January 2006
College
Gambles On Casino Classes
Students are getting the chance to train as super croupiers
in Britain's first gaming academy.
28 January 2006
Euro
Lottery Prize Now At Record
High
The EuroMillions jackpot has soared to a record
£125m.
28 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the 28 January 2006 UK national lottery
draws.
28 January 2006
Casino
Plan Touted In Bournemouth
Plans to set up a major UK casino in Bournemouth are being
considered by council chiefs.
28 January 2006
Betting
Boom Boosts Partygaming
Partygaming has reported a 65% jump in sales as it racked up
a record number of new Online Poker players.
28 January 2006
Cheltenham
Gold Cup Entries Named
The Cheltenham Gold Cup has received a boost with a record
number of entries for this year's race, despite many of the
top contenders being absent from the field.
28 January 2006
Super
Casinos Could Reduce Gambling
Problems
Academics are claiming that planned UK super casinos could
help to reduce gambling problems.
26 January 2006
Stanley
Leisure Gains Attendance
Boost
Stanley Leisure has seen a boost to attendance figures at
its provincial casinos due to the recent changes to UK
gaming laws.
26 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the 25 January 2006 UK national lottery
draws.
22 January 2006
Manchester
United Favourites To Win Premiership (Without
Chelsea)
Manchester United are now the 5/6 favourites with William
Hill to come second in the premiership.
22 January 2006
Lottery
Being Raided By Labour
Lottery money is being "raided" by the government for
projects it should pay for from taxation, a report
suggests.
22 January 2006
Souness
Going Soon
William Hill have shortened the price of Graeme Souness
being the next Premiership manager to lose his
job.
22 January 2006
Topless
Poker The Hottest Game In
Town
Sin Gentlemen's Club in the USA is starting their 2006
Topless Poker Tournament.
22 January 2006
Big
Brother Chantelle Gamble
A William Hill customer is reported to have placed the
biggest Celebrity Big Brother bet to date.
22 January 2006
Analysts
Refuse To Gamble On Stanley
Leisure
Britons enjoy a flutter and, after the relaxation of
gambling rules in November 2005, more and more are heading
to UK casinos. This plays into the hands of the likes of
Stanley Leisure, which is expected to meet analyst
expectations when it reports full year results this
week.
22 January 2006
Coventry
Council Calls For Casino
Rethink
Coventry City Council is calling on the government to change
its mind over its decision to allow just one Las Vegas-style
super casino in the UK.
21 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the 21 January 2006 UK national lottery
draws.
21 January 2006
Euro
Jackpot Rises Again
The Euromillions jackpot is set to rise to an estimated
£100m after there were no top prize winners in this
draw.
21 January 2006
Authorities
Seek More Vegas-Style Super
Casinos
Local governments are clamouring for the government to
resume a plan for eight Las Vegas-style super casinos as
some of the biggest cities battle for the sole licence now
on offer, councillors said.
20 January 2006
TCSJohnHuxley
Chooses DEQ As Exclusive European Technology
Provider
DEQ Systems Corp. and globally TCSJohnHuxley have announced
the signature of an agreement for the distribution of DEQ's
G3 electronic auxiliary system for casino table
games.
20 January 2006
Celebrity
Poker
Online casinos are fast becoming celebrity hang-outs. Online
gambling, especially online poker, is beginning to attract
Hollywood A-list celebs who like a flutter but guard their
privacy too. Next time you go online gambling, you could
find yourself at the same table as a real-life star of the
silver screen.
20 January 2006
Report
Considers UK Casino Options
An independent consultancy has published a report on what it
believes the key factors are in deciding where the UK's
super casino should be built.
18 January 2006
From
A Royal Flush To The Royal
Treatment
An online casino player turned $25 in $20,000 when she hit a
Royal Flush playing the popular Double Double Jackpot video
poker game.
18 January 2006
UK
To Host Talks On Regulation Of Online
Gaming
Planned talks to discuss the regulation of online gaming are
part of a strategy to stamp out an 'underbelly' of poorly
regulated websites.
18 January 2006
Talarius
Trading Update
Talarius Plc, with over 7000 machines is now the UK's
largest high-street slot machine operator.
18 January 2006
32Red
Online Casino Trading
Update
32Red Plc, the award-winning online casino and poker
operator, has provided an update on trading for the year
ending 31st December 2005.
18 January 2006
Low
Complaint Levels At eCogra
Venues
eCOGRA has reported on player disputes with 'Play It Safe'
seal operations for the year 2005, with excellent results
for the online casinos industry and players
alike.
18 January 2006
Legal
Aid For Lottery Millionaire
Millionaire lotto winner Michael Carroll has been granted
legal aid to fight a court case next week.
17 January 2006
Resort
Plan To Bid For New UK
Casino
A Devon resort is to consider formally bidding for one of 17
new super casinos being proposed as part of government
changes to the gambling laws.
17 January 2006
2006
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Attracts Record
Turnout
The centre of the poker universe moved to the Bahamas during
the first two weeks of the new year as Poker Stars hosted
the third annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
17 January 2006
Baccarat
Tips
Baccarat is one of the easiest casino games to play and is
very popular with high rollers online and big gamblers at
online and land based casinos around the world. It is simple
to master your skills, fun and easy to play.
17 January 2006
Scientific
Games Awarded Lottery Instant Ticket
Contract
It has been announced that Scientific Games Corporation has
signed a three year contract with the Illinois Lottery for
the supply of instant ticket games and related
services.
17 January 2006
Online
Gambler Stole To Fund Betting
Sprees
An online gambler was arrested for allegedly stealing more
than £1million from his bosses to fund betting
sprees.
17 January 2006
Sums
For Racing's Rescue Package Don't Add
Up
Flight, or the lack of it, is a favourite metaphor of Lord
Bernard Donoughue, and it was one that he worked to
exhaustion during his speech to the Thoroughbred Breeders'
Association last week.
17 January 2006
Bookie
Wins Seat On Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire
Ballymena bookies shop manager Peter Clarke won a coveted
spot in the hot seat on top telly show Who Wants To Be a
Millionaire.
17 January 2006
Blackpool
Lobbies MPs Over Casino
Blackpool is taking its campaign to be named as the venue
for the UK's first super casino to the House of
Commons.
17 January 2006
Poker
Pro Phil Ivey Named 2005 Player Of The
Year
Ivey is considered by pros and fans alike as one of the best
professional Poker players in the world. His unparalleled
success at the tables in 2005 has earned him the title of
Bluff Magazine's Player of the Year.
17 January 2006
Gambling
Site Extends Search Reach
Gaming Corporation Plc has now fully launched its
proprietary version 2 pay per click search engine
software.
16 January 2006
UK
Sets Up Summit On Online
Gambling
The UK is to host the first international summit on online
gaming.
15 January 2006
888
Online Casino To Sponsor World Snooker
Championship
Snooker's World Championship has a new sponsor after the
sport's governing body signed a lucrative multi-million
pound deal.
15 January 2006
Tory
Election Odds Slashed
The Conservatives' General Election victory chances have
been slashed by William Hill.
15 January 2006
Game
On As Casino Eyes Up Club
Site
A casino would be opened on the site of the former
Eros/Elite nightclub at Fountainpark under plans recently
unveiled.
15 January 2006
New
Slogan For 888 Online
Casino
888's advertising agency has been busy with a new campaign
for 2006 that identifies the giant Gibraltar licensed
gambling group as The Home of Online Gambling.
15 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the 14 January 2006 UK national lottery
draws.
14 January 2006
Punter
Talk - Online Casino Fans Share Their
Stories
Internet poker aficionado Mike French talks to
casinotimes.co.uk about his experiences with online
gambling.
13 January 2006
Casino
On The Cards For Mansfield
A £100M Las Vegas-style casino complex could be built
in Mansfield as part of an ambitious multi-million pound
scheme to regenerate the town.
12 January 2006
Will
Sven Turn Five Into Ten?
With Sven Goran Erikkson celebrating five years as England
manager, William Hill are offering odds of 25/1 that he will
survive another five years in the job and still be boss on
January 12, 2011.
12 January 2006
Bookies
Praying Fleeshman Gets A
Cold
Bookies William Hill are bracing themselves for a monster
payout this weekend should red hot 1/5 favourite Richard
Fleeshman win Soapstars Superstars.
12 January 2006
Free
Online Bingo Hits UK
Free Bingo, the UK's first free-to-play 90-ball online bingo
game, has launched.
12 January 2006
Ladbrokes
Change Hedging Practices
Ladbrokes has confirmed they have joined their counterparts
Coral and William Hill in changing their hedging
practices.
12 January 2006
Last
Call For Charity Poker
Night
There are still a few seats left at the first MCV/ESC Poker
Tournament. Reserve your place now.
12 January 2006
Betfair
Raises The Odds Against Web
Attacks
With the growth of ecommerce has come an influx of criminals
looking to get rich through exploiting the
internet.
12 January 2006
Stabbed
To Death In Lotto Cash Row
A Llandrindod Wells man has been jailed for four years for
stabbing a friend to death and dumping his body outside his
flat two miles away.
12 January 2006
Merscom
Brings Poker Academy To The
UK
Merscom has announced an agreement with Poker Academy to
publish "Poker Academy Texas Holdem" for the PC in the
United Kingdom.
11 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the UK national lottery draws.
11 January 2006
BHB's
Income From Pre-Race Data All But
Disappeared
BHB chief executive Greg Nichols conceded on Monday that the
governing body's income from pre-race data acquired by the
betting industry has all but disappeared.
11 January 2006
Concerns
Over Problem Gambling
The Evangelical Alliance says it is alarmed that the new
head of the Gambling Commission has a "liberal" attitude to
the industry.
11 January 2006
Manchester
A Super Casino Contender
Manchester claims its bid to host the UK's only super casino
has been boosted by a new alleging that it remains the only
viable alternative to a venue in London.
11 January 2006
GPRS
Mobile Gaming Reaches Critical Mass In The
UK
GPRS gaming has finally reached critical mass in the UK and
is now a commercial reality.
11 January 2006
Nick
Leeson Turns To Online
Poker
Celeb Poker has seen the return of Nick Leeson.
11 January 2006
Abi
Titmuss To Boost Loaded Casino
Deal
Loaded magazine is launching a series of Las Vegas-themed
features in its next issue to mark its year-long partnership
with online casino 888, which is to feature lad-mag regular
Abi Titmuss.
11 January 2006
Casino
Plan Hits Jackpot
Plans to turn a nightclub into a £6.6 million casino
have been approved.
11 January 2006
Darts
Players Cleared Of
Match-Fixing
Gary Anderson and Gary Robson have been cleared of
wrong-doing after irregular betting patterns preceded their
Lakeside World Championship match.
11 January 2006
Snooker
Legend Davis Turns To Poker
The Irish Poker Championships saw former snooker champion,
Steve Davis, take home 13,500 in winnings.
11 January 2006
High
Rollers Chasing Pots Of Gold On Caribbean
Island
Of all the visitors to the Bahamas in the past week, the
last thing 724 of them wanted to do was to go home with a
sun tan.
10 January 2006
Punter
Cleans Up After Bet On
Alonso
A Liverpool fan has won £25,000 after betting that
midfielder Xabi Alonso would score from his own half this
season.
10 January 2006
Renewal
Of Poker Agreement With
CryptoLogic
ukbetting plc has renewed its agreement with WagerLogic to
use its online poker solutions.
10 January 2006
How
The US Is Getting Beat In Online
Gambling
Wildly popular, yet still illegal in the USA, Internet
gaming has earned vast sums for its creators. Meanwhile, a
wave of IPOs in the UK has left American banks out of the
action.
10 January 2006
Gala
Bingo Goes
Gala Bingo online users have been left disappointed by its
sudden disappearence.
10 January 2006
Capone
Casino Now Available On
Vodafone
Superscape Group has announced that a number of its titles
are now available for download from the Vodafone
network.
10 January 2006
Bookmakers
Cautious Over Google
Hype
City bookmakers have
been forced to cut the price on Google's shares reaching
$600 by the end of the year.
10 January 2006
GameAccount
Brings Skill Gaming To Sky
GameAccount has been chosen by Sky Bet to provide Skill
Gaming services for the Sky Gamestar portal.
10 January 2006
Thistle
Hotel Gets Casino Green
Light
A UK casino is set to return to Middlesbrough's Thistle
Hotel.
10 January 2006
Deal
Brings Gala Day For County
Bingo
The family of late gaming tycoon Thomas Paulo have sold
County Bingo to Gala Group.
06 January 2006
Aberdeen
Says Yes To Wharf Development But No To
Others
As one door opens others invariably close. Never more so as
in Aberdeen casino circles when the council paved the way
for the proposed multi-million pound City Wharf casino,
leisure and shopping centre, whilst flatly refusing a
further plan to relocate an existing licence closer to the
city centre as well as rejecting another application for the
centre due to over supply.
06 January 2006
Traders
Expect Ladbrokes Bid For
888
888 Holdings, the online casino and poker company, closed at
a record high yesterday on hopes that it could be a takeover
target for Ladbrokes.
05 January 2006
Ladbrokes
In New Casinos Deal With
Hilton
Ladbrokes will continue to set up casinos in Hilton hotels
after parent company Hilton Group sells the
hotels.
05 January 2006
UK
Casino Loses Out On Its Sign
Gamble
UK casino bosses have been ordered to take down a 25ft sign
from the side of their building after it was denied planning
permission.
05 January 2006
Conservatives
Say Government Must Not Water Down Promises On
Gambling
Following recent comments made by the Head of the Gambling
Commission, the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media
and Sport, Hugo Swire has warned the Government.
05 January 2006
Super
Casino Plans Will Lead To More
Addicts
The head of a Birmingham-based gaming watchdog has broken
with official Government policy by stating that super
casinos are likely to lead to an increase in gambling
addiction.
05 January 2006
Casino
Cheats - Working The Grey
Area
Between the cheats and the honest players of online casinos
and land-based casinos, there is a grey area inhabited by
players who are breaking no laws, but are treated as sworn
enemies by the casinos. We look at one UK casino coup that
paid off - eventually.
04 January 2006
UK
Lottery Results: Are You A
Winner?
Results from the UK national lottery draws.
04 January 2006
Bell
Issues Warning To Ladbrokes
Predators
Predators circling Ladbrokes have been handed a stark
warning.
04 January 2006
Gambling
Watchdog Is In The Doghouse
The chairman of the Gambling Commission has been given a
yellow card by ministers after humiliating the Government in
an interview.
04 January 2006
Police
Suspect Illegal Online Gambling
Ads
The Israel Police National Fraud Unit's computer crime squad
has raided the offices of websites MSN Israel.
04 January 2006
Middlesbrough
Mayor Pledges Cautious Approach To Casino
Bid
Middlesbrough's bid to win a multi-million pound UK casino
development is being moved forward with an element of
caution.
03 January 2006
Gambler
Tried To Start UK Casino
Fire
A gambler tried to set fire to a London casino after losing
at roulette.
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