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New Ladbrokes TV Promotion

Ladbrokes has launched a new ad in its Hide and Seek promotion series that will hopefully stand up the requirements set by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK. (more gambling news)

Denmark to Introduce Gambling Reforms

The Danish gambling monopoly, Danske Spil, will finally lose its strong hold on the country’s market after sixty years, after the government announced that it would be deregulating the market and introducing sweeping changes. (more gambling news)

PartyGaming Shows Ups and Downs in First Quarter Report

PartyGaming reported that its revenues dropped by 22% in the first quarter of 2009, but its total average daily revenues grew marginally well. Performance was strong in both the casino and sports betting products, but the company was not satisfied with its poker brand that showed a drop of 33% in revenues. (more gambling news)

Bodog Up and Running

After intense discussions and negotiations, an agreement was reached by the Morris Mohawk Gambling Group that owns the Bodog brand, and 1st Technologies over a settlement deal and the Bodog.com domain name. (more gambling news)

A Probable Fusion | Gambling News

Two industry greats, Mfuse and Probability have signed a deal that may very well change the face of mobile gaming. (more gambling news)

Betfair Goes with Cricket

The British gaming company, Betfair, took on more sponsorship deals in the sporting world by becoming the official betting partner of the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). (more gambling news)

Players Gaming & Leisure Brands Link to GameAccount

In its first white label deal in two years, the skill games provider GameAccount will provide some of its products to sites operated by Players Gaming & Leisure, more specifically Grand Casino World and Domino World. (more gambling news)

PokerRoom Ends Operations

PokerRoom.com, one of the first online poker rooms to be created, and one that grew to be one of the most popular at its peak, has announced that it is closing its doors and will no longer be operating. (more gambling news)

Irish Open Final

The Paddy Power Irish Open final was played out to a finish this afternoon with Christer Johansson taking the first prize after a tense final table that saw 8 top players compete for the Irish Open 2009 championship. (more gambling news)

Irish Open – Day 3

We continue our Live Poker coverage of the Paddy Power Irish Open from Dublin in this, the third day. 

64 players assemble for the final day of the Irish Open today and there's definitely a real buzz in the poker rooms as one of them knows they are going to take the title and  and incrediable €600,000.  There are 8 Sole Survivors left in the tournament and the last one in the tournament will get an additional €100,000 on top of any tournament prize money.

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The Irish Open - Day 2

The 2009 Irish Open Main Event started yesterday afternoon and there were no signs of recession as a total of 700 players enrolled for the €3,500 buy-in Main Event.  Follow the action of Day 2 at out main poker page that's televising the event live to see who's going make the third and final day of this illustrious poker event, the largest in Europe. (more gambling news)

Irish Open Day 1 – Live Poker

The greatest ever Irish poker event will start being played today in Dublin on Day 1 of the Irish Poker Open. The superstars of poker have gathered together for the biggest date in the Irish Poker calendar and we're bring the event to you live.

The Irish Poker Open is the longest running poker tournament in Europe and second longest in the world, coming in second to the World Series of Poker. The event was first organised in 1981 and has since been attracting some of the biggest names in poker to the tables.

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Live Poker - Irish Open

This Easter Weekend sees the World Famous Irish Open Championship of Poker being played.  This is the largest game of poker on the Irish calandar and one of the most exciting poker tournaments of the year - the Irish take their poker seriously.

To celebrate we'll be streaming Live Poker over the next few days, bring you the best of the live action straight from the tables in Dublin.  Watch over the whole weekend and savour the delights of watching poker as it happens.

Streaming of the event will be available on our main Poker page.

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PartyGaming Settles with US Authorities

The UK gaming group, PartyGaming announced that after two years of negotiations, it has settled a case with the US Department of Justice involving illegal gambling operations in the years prior to the introduction of the UIGEA. (more gambling news)

Gala Coral to Offer Cryptologic Slots

New slot games are going to be available to the Gala Coral group sites in this new deal with Cryptologic. (more gambling news)

Online Gambling Magazine Honors Dice Arena

Dice Arena is in the news again this week, this time for winning a new prestigeous award.

The new DiceArena multi player dice game platform by the Swedish Jadestone, has been awarded the Online Gambling Magazine Top Innovative Award for 2008.

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Intralot Takes Italian Online Poker Industry by Storm

Intralot lottery service giant has signed a deal with PartyGaming that will enable it to branch out into the Italian online poker tournament market. (more gambling news)

EU Suggests Changes in US Gambling Policy

Should US citizens be allowed to gamble online?  The debate continues with the European Union, this week, commenting that the US's gambling policy is discriminatory and unjustified."

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New Backgammon Product

Jadestone, which recently launched its DiceArena platform for multiplayer skilled dice games, announced the release of its first backgammon product that is sure to thrill fans of this game. (more gambling news)

Horse Racing Publication Teams with 888

888 has signed a lucrative deal to provide the UK’s leading horse racing publication, The Racing Post, with software and customer support to launch its own brand online casino and poker site. (more gambling news)

Win A Day Progressive Jackpot Hit

Win A Day online casino, the popular 3D slots site that has taken the industry by storm, announced that one lucky winner took home nearly $160K after hitting the progressive jackpot on the simple to play Slot-O-Matic machine. (more gambling news)