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Gambling on Euro 2008

The European Football Championships (Euro 2008) may now be done and dusted, with Spain winning the day, but there was a surprising number of bets from countries outside Europe, or without teams competing. In Thailand, during the tournament a total of $15.2 dollars was placed as bets on football gambling and ...

Lawsuits and Casinos

A top casino in Las Vegas filed a $50,000 lawsuit for an unpaid convention bill for 2007 All-Star Week. The NBA were implicated in the lawsuit but this was found to be a mistake and that an administrative error had been made. The lawsuit should only have been filed against ...

The World Of Poker Quotes

While to many people poker is a game, to others it can be the centre of their lives, their profession and their only form of income. Check out some of the great poker quotes below :- “The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip ...

The Fundamentals Of Poker

For those reading this blog, have you ever sat back and wondered why and how you played your last poker hand? Did you go for the big win? Did you take it slowly? Did you bottle it? Or was the hand you were dealt not the hand you were hoping ...

Even The Betting Exchanges Are Targeting Poker

The last few years have seen the mergence of a new style of gambling known as the betting exchanges which allow customers to bet directly against each other without a middle man taking a turn. As this market has developed they have taken away great numbers of customers from ...

Have You Ever Heard Of Daniel Negreanu?

If you have an interest in online poker there is every chance that you will have come across Daniel Negreanu, the Canadian poker star with a liking for WSOP. In fact Daniel Negreanu has a total of four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour championship ...

Glitz And Glamour With Vanessa Rousso

The last few years has seen a number of changes in the poker industry, new players, new tournaments and a massive increase in the number of online players, but tournaments are still the bread and butter of the poker world, the main attractions. One name which many people are ...

WSOP, Smoke Filled Rooms And Money

While WSOP is all over the gambling press at the moment it is not a new event having been around since 1968 when poker was played in smoke field rooms with no woman allowed. So how has the tournament evolved over the years and how much is the brand ...

The Great Shoe Computer Casino Fraud

The casino industry is littered with attempted frauds, con artists and crooks who continue to try and beat the system even to this day. But few of the groups today can have made quite the same impact as the so called Eudaemons who attempted to get to the very ...

Fun And Games At The Ricoh Arena

The Isle Casino will play host to a comedy night at the Coventry City Football Club Ricoh arena this month. The casino has added a comedy club to the venue in order to attract a new and varied range of customers to the development. But do comedy and ...