Here we are heading into 2009 and it is time to reflect upon 2008 and what were the biggest impacts affecting the online gambling industry. Unfortunately, this was a pretty easy list to create.
Dec 30 2008 - 11:51pm
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Golden Lounge Online Casino Review: Good News for MG
Microgaming has been under fire this month following the Grand Prive debacle in which that online casino chose to cut off all online casino affiliates after promising life time revenues (so much for that). We at Gambling911.com do not expect Grand Prive to survive much longer on the Microgaming platform
Dec 19 2008 - 10:40pm
Grand Prive Casinos – Bella Vegas Cannot Escape Bad PR
The Grand Prive Online Casino group, which consists of its flagship brand, Bella Vegas, recently cut off their advertising affiliates in a move that has stunned industry diehards.
Dec 17 2008 - 10:11am
Grand Prive Bella Casino Group Allowed Underage Gamblers
Following J. Todd's condemnation of the Grand Prive Bella Vegas online casino group for cutting off affiliate partners, Gambling911.com has learned that this was not the first time that this organization has fallen under the classification of "rogue casinos".
Dec 15 2008 - 9:36am
Grand Prive Online Casino Grand Theft
The highly respected APCW is reporting that online casino enterprise Grand Prive has shut down its affiliate program, leaving ad partners high and dry.
Dec 10 2008 - 4:34am
Christmas Shopping? Open An Online Casino Account Instead
Why deal with the malls, UPS delivery men who make you wait all hours of the day at your home and never show, or that annoying old St. Nick and his reindeers scratching on your roof with no way of getting in because you don't even have a chimney?
Dec 9 2008 - 10:02am
The Rome Casino: Where Boys Come to Play and Get Beaten
Gambling911.com's favorite Cuban transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, is about as all Cuban as he is all man. Grampa Collins it turns out was 100 percent Italian. So what better online casino to have Sparky test drive first in our new series of online casino reviews than the Rome Casino?
Dec 3 2008 - 7:17pm
Some Microgaming Online Casinos, Affiliates Cut US Ties
Vegas Affiliates, a Microgaming online casino affiliate group, will no longer be accepting US customers effective November 10, according to Casino City.
Nov 5 2008 - 8:40pm
BodogLife.com Complaints Mount: Slow Pays Continue
Customers are getting paid albeit slowly....very slowly. As Gambling911.com continues to report, BodogLife.com (Bodog) continues to suffer from processing woes that have hit the entire online gambling sector hard in recent years
CAP Poker Tournament Raided by Police in Barcelona
According to numerous reports, an online gambling affiliate convention poker tournament has been shut down by Barcelona police.
Sep 28 2008 - 11:17am
More 14 to 21 Year Olds in Danger of Becoming Online Gambling Addicts
Studies point to a dangerous trend toward problem gambling among 14- to 21-year-olds who face a dizzying array of enticing gambling options, all with big potential payoffs, writes Bill Webb & Ken Camp of the Baptist Standard.
Aug 28 2008 - 7:09pm
Riptown Employees Rip Bodog: Fiver, Bodog Fight Much the Same
Bodog is trying to put on a good front, ensuring everyone that reported layoffs have little to do with Bodog itself but rather support firms.....which just happen to be owned by Bodog.
Aug 28 2008 - 10:52am
Bodog CEO Says “Company Doing Fine” But Website Doesn’t Buy Assertion
Alwyn Morris, the new CEO of BodogLife.com (or simply Bodog), insisted that his company is doing fine on Tuesday.
Aug 27 2008 - 9:50am
Why HR 6663 is a Joke, Won’t Pass, and The Poker Community Needs to Wake Up
For anyone in the poker community who believes that HR 6663 - a bill introduced by Republican Congressman Pete Sessions - is good for the online gambling industry, it's worth noting one of the main reasons Internet poker exploded the way it did in recent years has a great deal to do with sports betting.
Aug 25 2008 - 9:37am
Bodog Fears Mount as Payment Processing Issues Worse Than First Thought
BodogLife.com (formerly Bodog.com), the beleaguered online gambling and poker website, has been having payment processing woes that go beyond what unfortunately has become routine in the industry following passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act.
Aug 24 2008 - 2:51pm
MarketWatch: Gaming-Fund Manager on MGM, Scientific Games, Gigamedia
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Dan Ahrens has been on a serious losing streak in Las Vegas but since he always bets on the house, he's confident that his luck will soon change.
Aug 22 2008 - 1:01am
MacBook® Computers Offered in Bodog Casino
Starting today and running until Oct. 1, Bodog Casino will be awarding 10 lucky Blackjack players a $100 bonus each week for a total of $1,000 in weekly bonuses.
DoylesRoom Unleashes World Class Casino & Record-Breaking Jackpots
Players who crave exhilarating casino action no longer need to contact their travel agents for sizzling weekend escapes to Las Vegas, Monaco, or Atlantic City.
Bingo Deal Reached in California
SACRAMENTO -- California's gaming tribes and the Catholic Church have struck a compromise on a bill that would allow simulcasts of conventional bingo while outlawing bingo machines almost everywhere except on Indian reservations, a prominent lawmaker and tribal representatives said Monday.
Aug 19 2008 - 10:43am
Cash Crash: The Most Unluckiest Online Gambling Affiliate on Earth
Michael "Uncle Fester" Cash, proprietor of the online gambling portal TheSpread.com just can't seem to cut a break. Deportations, car crashes and what's next?
Aug 18 2008 - 7:31pm
John McCain’s 14 Hour Impulsive Casino Craps Play
The Huffington Post on Monday featured an article on US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and what they allege is an "impulsive" obsession with casino craps.McCain is a documented craps player. He has been known to play craps on impulse for 14 hours at a stretch.
Aug 18 2008 - 7:09pm
Murders Within the Online Gambling Community Especially Brutal
Whether good or bad, individuals associated with the world of online gambling have met some of the most brutal of deaths. And this is not to say that all such slayings were directly related to the industry.
Aug 17 2008 - 1:36am
The Remote Gambling Association Likes Bill Targeting Sports Betting
What are they thinking? The Remote Gambling Association, a European group that represents stock market-listed remote gambling companies in the UK and elsewhere throughout Europe, has offered its support for a new bill that looks to make online sports betting illegal.
Aug 10 2008 - 10:01pm
Cryptologic Reports Modest Revenue Growth for Second Quarter
CryptoLogic Limited, an Internet gaming software, today reported its financial results for the three months ending June 30, 2008, posting modest revenue growth over the same period a year ago.
Aug 8 2008 - 8:36am
Lawmakers urge US stop action vs EU gambling firms
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the U.S. Justice Department to suspend its investigation of European Internet gambling companies for possible criminal violations that occurred before Congress passed a law in 2006 to crack down on online gambling.
Aug 7 2008 - 3:14pm
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