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Ten months ago the big news was the UltimateBet cheating scandal, where an amateur poker play with an interest in statistics was able to identify, through publicly available hand data, that certain players on the network were cheating. When Tokwiro Enterprises, the parent company behind the famous poker site, investigated, and the allegation was confirmed. Naturally, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, who licenses and regulates Tokwiro, stepped in and demanded answers. It's...

If you happen to own some shares in 888, you have every reason to be smiling. The share price of the publicly traded online gambling company leapt a massive 14% at the news that it's signed a deal with Harrah's. Earlier this year, Harrah's announced the launch of an online gaming division called Harrah's Interactive Entertainment, that would be developing online gambling concepts for the legendary gambling group. However, the legal...

We are happy to announce that a new online bingo room is now on board: Giggle Bingo has arrived! What does Giggle Bingo have on offer to the bingo community? Giggle Bingo is running on the most trusted Microgaming platform. It has a cheeky selection of daily, weekly and monthly bingo promotions. An array of other online entertainment and fun chat rooms where bingo community members can stay in touch while enjoying...

It's beginning to look like the worst nationality you can be if you have an interest in playing poker professionally is Danish. The country has laws that massively tax winnings derived from gambling, but perhaps more prohibitively, there are laws that forbid Danes from being professional gamblers. The penalty for playing for a living, if you're from Denmark, is the complete forfeiture of all of your income, which has just happened...

Online Bingo is an extremely fast growing market sector – it's the only form of online gambling that has continued its growth trend despite the recession – and consequently, it's a highly contested market. In the UK alone there are more than 300 different online bingo sites to choose from. The level of market saturation means that successful online bingo sites are the ones using their initiative to provide something a...

For those of you who don't keep up to speed with international sport, Fatima Moreira de Melo is a hockey player from Holland who represents her country internationally. She's had a glowing career thus far, playing in almost 200 matches and earning glory for her team with three Olympic medals, including the gold in Beijing. Moreira de Melo may be only 30 years old but in sporting terms that's approaching the...

There is a new player in the field of online bingo, and it's based squarely in Ireland, where online gambling is entirely legal. The new site aims to serve Ireland and other EU member states, and at this time is offering players the ability to play bingo in Euros. This makes sense, given that Ireland is part of the EU, but it's a break with tradition in that most sites of...

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Bodog is arguably one of the most famous – or possibly infamous – online gambling brands in existence. It has seen a meteoric rise to fame and has survived being sued and having it's domain name seized. Today it's still one of the best and most populated online gaming portals in the world, and now that it's had its original domain returned to it, it's using the domain to direct players...

It's a fact that Poker is a male dominated sport – around 75% of the players are men. We don't really know why more women aren't interested in the sport – they've been playing it for as long as men have. This is why organisations like the High Heels Poker Tour exist. It was founded in 2007 by Lauren Failla, herself a noted professional poker player, as a way of helping...