Online Gambling News - January 3, 2008

It's Thursday, January 3, 2008 and this is your updated online gambling news.  So far, it's been a relatively slow week in the world of online gambling with not much new on the Germany ban of web gambling that went into effect New Year's Day. 

The big story of last night perhaps was the windfall for bookmakers who made out big on the West Virginia upset of Oklahoma. 

Full Tilt Poker Overtakes PartyPoker in Crucial Online Poker Market

Full Tilt Poker, which still accepts US customers, has overtaken PartyPoker this week to start the New Year on the right foot.  Real cash players came in just shy of 10,000 over a 24 hour period average while the peak just narrowly beat out Party, which has been struggling to gain more customers outside the US since leaving that market just over a year ago. 

KFed and Paris Hilton to Get Engaged?  Oddsmaker Offers 5/1 Odds on This Happening

Infamous online gambling website, BetUS.com, has just released sizzling odds on the KFed and Paris Hilton relationship.  The two were recently seen partying together in Las Vegas, according to various reports. 

World of Warcraft March for Ron Paul

Just when you thought you've witnessed every last means available for 2008 US Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul supporters to reach out to voters, now comes word of a World of Warcraft March.  Say what?

Cinamablend.com reports that last night, a group of Ron Paul supporters (participants claim there were three hundred participants) created Alliance characters on the Whisperwind server of the popular MMORPG and marched from Ironforge to Stormwind under the guild tag . Marchers used the Deeprun Tram linking the two cities, rather than taking the hazardous overland route.

West Virginia Wins Over Oklahoma: A Big Win for Online Bookies

Online bookies reeling from a devastating New Year's Day Bowl slate where the public gamblers won all but a single of the most heavily bet on Games, came out on top with West Virginia Hokies upset of the Oklahoma Sooners in Wednesday's highly anticipated Fiesta Bowl.