News Archive: Gambling News, January 2008
Showing all news items for January 2008
4th January, 2008
A Rhode Island lawmaker is going to put forward a new legislation to transform ordinary slot parlors into the traditional land-based casinos.
Gladiator Against the Machines
3rd January, 2008
Russell Crowe, the Hollywood star, famous for his Gladiator role, has found himself a new enemy - pokies, which he is fiercely protesting against now for the welfare of his people.
Gambling Addict Steals from Friends
3rd January, 2008
A man with a gambling addiction has been arrested for stealing cheques from his friends, which he cashed in for thousands of dollars.
Increasing Pressure over Bingo tax
7th January, 2008
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is coming under increasing pressure over bingo tax.
Machete Wielding Robbers At Ladbrokes
7th January, 2008
Two machete wielding robbers stole an undisclosed amount of money from a Ladbrokes shop in Gateshead last night.
EPT Monte Carlo Super Tournament with Poker Stars
10th January, 2008
Poker Stars has reported the plans to run a supersatellite on January 19 to give 16 lucky winners packages to the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo.
12 Men charged with Providing Illegal Gambling Service
9th January, 2008
It has been reported that 12 men were arrested for running an illegal gambling web-site and a telephone call centre for sports bookies in United States from Costa Rica.
Peter Pan Invests in Casino Development
10th January, 2008
The Peter Pan bus company’s president is now officially a new investor for the casino development team, which is planning to build a casino in western Massachusetts town of Palmer.
Tasmania added to DCMS' whitelist
14th January, 2008
The DCMS has confirmed that it has added Tasmania to the 'whitelist' enabling it to advertise in the UK.
Gambling lobby looks to overturn German online betting ban
15th January, 2008
A European gambling association has asked for the German law banning internet betting to be overturned.
15th January, 2008
PKR had 10,007 users playing online concurrently.
17th January, 2008
Parlay the software company can now develop and supply the gambling software.
Antigua fights US gambling law today
17th January, 2008
Antigua and Barbuda’s finance minister will be discussing internet gambling with the US Trade Representative to try and resolve the dispute that has been going on for some time now.
illegal Gambling Ring Members Busted
17th January, 2008
Nine Washington Country residents took part in the illegal gambling ring, it has been reported.
Antigua and Barbuda uhappy with UK
18th January, 2008
Antigua and Barbuda has publicly declared their dissatisfaction with UK rejecting to put them on a “Whitelist”.
PKR Gives Players a Chance to get to Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in London
21st January, 2008
PKR online poker room is going to give some an opportunity to compete in the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in March this year.
Woman’s Dream of New York Shopping Spree Came True
21st January, 2008
An English woman managed to win $15,000 New York Shopping Spree in online raffle Dream & Win.
Christina Ricci and Kick Gurry Love Gambling
23rd January, 2008
Cristina Ricci and Kick Gurry have more chances of staying in this relationship, as 8it was recently discovered that both of them share a great love to gambling.
32Red Penetrates Mobile Casino World
23rd January, 2008
One of the leading providers of advanced mobile gambling solutions has reported the finalization of the deal with 32Red to give them a mobile casino offering.
23rd January, 2008
The centres set up to help problem gamblers have reported 190 cases from September -06 to September - 07 .
Philippines students Protest against gambling
24th January, 2008
Students from Angeles University Foundation Professional School organized demonstrations in the beginning of this week on the site of the planned online casino operator.
31st January, 2008
The desperate lack of financing on Iowa’s infrastructure could be fixed by implementing taxes gained from gambling commissions, according to the republicans.
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