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PartyPoker is planning to turn its online casino into a Coliseum for the month of November. They're inviting players to put on their Gladiator sandals and take part in their great Gladiator challenge. The Gladiator promotion offers players several extra rewards, which they can collect in the form of daily PartyPoints. From the 1st to the 30th of November, players can step into the arena for a month of exhilarating poker...

We are pleased to announce that Bingo Day is now available in French. That means online French players can now download the bingo room's software and play in their own native language, as well as receive full customer support. Bingo Day is already supported in English, Italian and Spanish. Look out in the near future for the German release of Bingo Day. About Bingo Day: BingoDay offers a Welcome Bonus of...

Online gambling website Go Casino is offering a very lucrative welcome bonus of $20,000 to all US citizens. This extremely large welcome bonus is available to all their first-time US players. The money is not paid out in a lump sum but is spread out over the first 20 deposits that a player makes. Every time a new player deposits an amount, they'll receive a 100% matching bonus, up...

Fans of the Full Tilt Poker tournament Poker Million – which will be broadcasted on Sky Sports TV - will be happy to hear that the poker pro, James Akenhead, has qualified for his 3rd final table appearance in only 3 months. There is no denying that Akenhead is a brilliant poker player.  He's already qualified to be a member of the "November 9" – one of nine players who will...

The Rank group has had terrific success with their new generation club - the Mecca Bingo Beeston - and they're planning to expand this idea throughout the United Kingdom. Rank is a leading European gaming group which operates offline bingo halls, online bingo sites, and online bookmakers – among other gambling ventures. Mecca Bingo (one of Rank's brands) sent out a press release stating they are hoping that the new generation...

It is time to get ready to rumble for a shot at poker stardom as Bodog announced today details for the Bodog Poker Open IV. The fourth installment of the popular tournament series takes place Nov. 1 – 8, 2009, and this time it offers two parallel, week-long series: the “Contender Series,” consisting of lower-stakes buy-ins, and the higher-stakes “Championship Series,” with $60,000 in added prize money and guaranteed media...

It's an odd thing. In the past, before it made the jump to the online world, bingo had a bit of a reputation as a game that was only played by old ladies with blue rinse hair and “bingo wings”. Once it arrived on the net, however, it became fair easier for companies that offer online bingo to get a picture of who their true market is. Turns out, the players...

The poker world – both online and offline – is abuzz with the news that a judge in South Carolina recently ruled that poker is a game of skill. He made this ruling as part of his decision to overturn the convictions of five people who had been charged with violating the state's anti-gambling laws. Why is this significant? Well, in national terms, it probably isn't – gambling is largely an...

Two of Microgaming's progressive jackpot slots have been hit this month, both at well over a million dollars each, which means that two online casino players' lives have been transformed forever. The two games in question that have paid out so handsomely are King Cashalot and Mega Moolah. For the uninitiated, a progressive jackpot video slot is a very particular subset of slot games. While in practise it appears just like...

Originally operating under the name of 'Players Club', each one of the four popular brands from the Fortune Lounge Group will now invite online players to be a part of their new 'Rewards' program. This program is automatically activated when new players sign-up for 'Real Money' accounts at any one of the four online casinos as mentioned below. The purpose of the new 'Rewards' program is simple: online players will be...