Online Casino & Poker Room Gambling News

2011 was another red hot year for big slots jackpots online, we list some of the biggest jackpot winners of the year and highlight the most popular slots games.

King of casino cheats Francis Farrugia has finally been stopped after a twenty year worldwide roulette cheating scam.

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Players from major European countries and the UK can now play and gamble at online casinos using Paypal as a withdrawal and deposit method.  These are a selection of major casinos accepting Paypal deposits from European Paypal accounts.

Online gambling in casinos, poker sites and sports betting has increased by 40% in the last year.

The combination of lotteries, casinos and sports betting on mobile phones, and increasing liberalisation of gambling laws means the mobile casino market will see exponential growth in the next few years.

CasinoEuro are to hold a World Cup Tournament of Slots, read on for further details.

Finally, casinos receive the comeuppance from their years of exploitation, as they suffer massive losses in the face of the recent recession and other societal changes.

A lawsuit is being brought against two Australian drugs manufacturers by people claiming their Parkinson's medications led to compulsive behaviours, namely gambling addictions.

Two stall holders at Blackpool Pleasure Beach have been charged for breaching gambling laws, which saw them offering a hoopla game with odds of 2,662-1!

A small-scale analysis of the World Cup's favourite teams.

Google have announced they are outrolling a new TV channel, which will allow people from all over the world to access the web from their TV sets via a TV channel.

William Hill is the latest gambling operator proposing an iPhone application linking to their website - allowing players to gamble from their iPhones.

A recent trend among credit card providers have seen an increase in the APR charged on gambling transactions, read this article to find out how you may be affected.

Betfair and Apple Join Forces For New iPhone App.

This is a small introduction to what you can expect if you join up to a croupier school, with some interesting insights into the tricks of the trade.

As the Grand National races today, Labour has announced plans for future crackdown on offshore bookmakers.

Those pesky baby boomers, they climbed the ladder then pulled it up after them! They were mostly socially upwardly mobile, but their progeny are finding the social fabric increasingly slippery and difficult to scale; they had the summer of love, their children have the swine flu; they found employment easily, their offspring play the Euromillions...And now it turns out they may be responsible for gambling taxes!

The Nevada Gaming Control Board appear to be preparing for the eventuallity that online gambling becomes legal in the USA, are they being optomistic or realistic?

With the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) coming into law within the next few months, a great deal is being done by various sectors within American society to challenge the UIGEA’s full integration into legislation. The latest news is that Iowa may try to legalise online gambling before the UIGEA reaches its full impact.

Today, Intercasino unveiled a new and updated site for their customers.

MasterCard and Visa pull out of US online gambling market. So where does that leave American gamblers?

Gambling giants 888 predict wave of mergers for 2010.

The problem of gambling addiction is growing, so why is so little being done?

Gambling addiction appears to be on the rise in the UK today, so what can we do about it?

Crocodiles have helped scientists researching the triggers that can lead to problem gambling.

The merger of several online gambling providers could mean that European businesses rival those of America.

Millions of people have had confidential information stolen from gambling giants Ladbrokes, according to the Mail on Sunday.

A new bill proposed in New Jersey may begin the process towards the legalisation of online casinos in the USA.

A Chinese Gang have been jailed after an online gambling scam, netting around $140,000, was uncovered. All the money the gang amassed came from gamblers funds, rather than as a result of game tampering.

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The UK's Gambling Industry has come under fire following revelations of under age gambling at more than 98% of betting shops.

The racing industry in Kentucky is facing severe financial trouble, could this be the end of the Kentucky Derby?

The following article features a list of the top 10 best mobile phones for online gambling.

A new legislation that is set to reverse the effects of certain gambling laws enforced during the Bush-era was proposed on Wednesday by an American democrat.

As with most questions the answers are not straightforward and it seems you can answer yes and no depending on your perspective. But resuls from a recent study suggests it does for the overall economy....

You don't have to do a lot of research when it comes to choosing the right casino for you, just follow these simple words of advice and you will be fine....

Gambling companies, casinos, bookmakers, etc, are facing a new gambling tax designed to cover the cost of researching gambling addiction, ministers have proposed the move as current research is seriously under funded.

Have you heard of the ‘Cotai Strip' yet? Situated in the Chinese region of Macau and joining together the islands of Coloane and Taipa, the plan was to make a world famous gambling and shopping district, set to become the Las Vegas of the East.

Live dealers appear on webcams, but the image is continuous from the normal graphics you would expect to see at an online casino, they have live chat with sound. A number of casinos have rolled out their own versions of the live dealer. The most commonly played games which incorporate live dealers are Baccarat, Roulette and Blackjack.

An interesting article about the Euromillions lottery, including a table of probability and a brief history of the most profitable game in European history!!

The recent announcement that USA gamblers are no-longer accepted at Microgaming's online casinos has come as a terrible blow to the online gambling community.

888.com are launching a variety of tournaments for the month of November, check them out for a great way to beat the winter blues.

This is a very interesting article on the nature of addictive gambling.

Tories announce new proposals for gambling industry.

This article is a must see for those of you who are interested in gambling at online casinos. It gives you a list of advice on what to look out for when playing and has a section on what to do if a casino fails to pay you.

A man from New York is suing the manufacturer of a popular drug, used to treat Parkinson's disease because he claims it has led to a compulsive gambling habit, which resulted in him losing, in excess of $3million, the man is an ex-Wall Street banker.

It has recently come to attention that the current ban on internet gambling in the United States could create a growth in Irelands gambling industry, if it were only to revise its existing gambling laws, says an Irish government committee who have urged for a reform on outdated laws.

An amazing $150 billion dollars is set to be the annual revenue for the gambling industry by 2012, according to a market review by PricewaterhouseCoopers released in June.

The global Recession is affecting gambling in ways that could not easily have been predicted. These changes are largely due to the changing clientele of casinos rather than a change in the gambling patterns of existing players.

The gambling industry is currently monopolised, through legislation, by the PMU and La Francaise de Jeux. French citizens are being told that they should be wary of opening up the online gaming industry to competition, but is this idea true or false?

Research funded by www.BestOCG.com has found that up to 15% online casino owners have criminal records. This latest study serves to cast futher aspersions on the online gambling industry, which already suffers significant controversy.

South Korea Boasts a large online gambling community, some sites may be attracting up to 3 million visitors per day.

However, the actual number of gamblers is unknown. This is because the illegal status of online casinos means that official figures cannot be accurately estimated. Unfortunately, this forces the gambling industry underground as well, with some devestating consequences for players.

Google announces reversal of ban for gambling advertisement in the UK.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has reportedly lost one of his prize yachts in a poker game in Barcelona.

Rumours abound that online gambling will soon become legal in the United States, this will have many ramifications including setting the ground work for an American gambling channel.

Finally their comeuppance, the casinso of the USA are facing massive losses in the face of the recent recession and other societal changes.

US Congress Encouraged to Collect Billions of dollars in Fresh Revenue with Regulated Internet Gambling Regulation in New Ad Campaign