Gambling

Crown Casino Won’t be Taking Stake in Las Vegas Project

Australia's Crown Casino has denied media reports that it plans to take a stake in the troubled City Center development in Las Vegas.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sun, 04/05/2009 - 22:10

Australian Communications Director Stephen Conroy Under Fire

The row over Australian Communication Director Stephen Conroy's remarks against Internet Service Provider iiNet continued through the weekend with extensive press coverage.

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Sat, 04/04/2009 - 21:34

Poker Pro Amarillo Slim Speaks Out About His Darkest Moment

It seems these days, whenever professional poker player Amarillo Slim is in the news, it's usually not for something good.

Submitted by on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 23:32

Aussie Gambling Reforms Close to Collapse

THE revolutionary reform of Victoria's $5-billion-a-year gambling industry, which would end Tatts and Tabcorp's duopoly control of pokies by handing ownership to venues, is on the brink of collapse

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 23:23

Australia’ Crown Casino and James Packer on the Upswing

Greg Tingle of Media Man Enterprises in Australia reports on positive news circulating around Australian gambling magnate James Packer and his Crown Casino ven

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 19:34

Online Poker: Microgaming Poker Moves Into Number 8 Spot

PokerSiteScout.com has now moved Microgaming poker into the number 8 spot of online poker rooms/networks after the long established South African softwa

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 19:13

Jenny Woo: Damned If I Do, Damned if I Don’t

So on the cab ride back to the airport in Amsterdam my boss and agent tell me point blank "The ‘new' Jenny is a bore".

Huh?

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 13:51

Australia’s Communication Minister Senator Stephen Conroy Worst Ever

Australian Communications Minister and Senator Stephen Conroy has continued to make waves as his crusade to filter out the Internet from the evils of porn, online poker, religion, YouTube links and

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 13:21

Gambling News: Maine Looks to Amend Gambling Device Statutes

Following the controversies involving Kentucky and its attempts to seize some 141 online gambling domain names, the state of Maine has apparently embarked on changing its gambling device statutes.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 13:05

Texas Poker Bill Passes Out of House Committee

A bill to legalize poker in Texas has passed out of the House committee that oversees gambling issues.  Rep.

Submitted by on, Fri, 04/03/2009 - 10:22

UltimateBet Latest Poker Room to Take on the UFC

UltimateBet.com, the popular online poker room and world's 7^th largest, on Thursday announced a sponsorship deal with UFC fighter and rising wel

Submitted by on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 22:36

More NCAA Schools Open to Gambling Ads

USA Today featured an interesting article on Thursday related to how the NCAA and colleges in general were beginning to really push the envelope when it comes to sports marketing. In particular,

Submitted by on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 15:40

BetonSports Chief Was Facing Up to 20 Years: Will Now Cooperate

With BetonSports former CEO, David Carruthers, pleading guilty Wednesday in what the U.S.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 14:46

SBGGlobal Fights Back Against April 1 Worm

Yesterday, many companies around the world sought to be proactive against the effects of the April 1 that was much publicized.

Submitted by admin1 on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 14:21

Conroy Backtracks on Internet Censorship Policy

The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy has been clarifying more details on his Internet censorship policy.

Submitted by on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 08:56

Youbet.com extends, modifies stock buyback plan

Online gambling companyYoubet.com Inc. said Wednesday it has extended and modified its stock buyback plan and adopted a shareholder rights plan, something companies typically use

Submitted by on, Thu, 04/02/2009 - 02:29

BetonSports.com CEO David Carruthers Pleads Guilty

David Carruthers, former BetonSports chief executive, pled guilty to Count

One of the third superseding indictment in a St. Louis, Mo., court today.

Mr. Carruthers agreed to not appeal provided that the sentence doesn't exceed 33 months, which is under the terms of the agreement, as well as to not engage in United States-facing offshore gambling businesses during the time of supervised release or thereafter.

Sentencing has been set for Friday, Oct. 2.

Submitted by on, Wed, 04/01/2009 - 18:42

JustBet.com Just Down… For Two Weeks

During the height of March Madness 2009, the Costa Rican-based Tradewinds post up arm, JustBet.com, has been down almost the entire time.

"Players who typically join ‘fly by night' outfits might be a little scared about this new brand, but in truth JustBet.com is associated with a group that's been offshore longer than most, around 15 years actually," says Payton O'Brien of Gambling911.com.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 04/01/2009 - 13:16

Casino Stocks Up: Wynns, MGM Grand

While the news has been mostly bleak for the land-based casino sector, good news has come this week from Wall Street.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:57

Florida Considers Legislation for Limit Poker

No limit hold em players in the state of Florida are holding their collective breaths in anticipation today as they await word of whether or not the game they love will soon be truly available at s

Submitted by on, Wed, 04/01/2009 - 10:13

Delaware Governor Claims NFL Promotes Gambling

Delaware Governor, Jack Markell, claimed in a letter to NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, that the league already promotes gambling via television networks whose commentators refer to point spreads

Submitted by on, Wed, 04/01/2009 - 08:57

Jenny Woo Does CAC 2009 in Amsterdam

Jenny Woo here from Amsterdam and I just have to say that it's been fun. Thomas Jensen and I arrived Saturday morning and immediately checked into the NH Krasnapolsky. As tired as we were, the

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Tue, 03/31/2009 - 21:34

Internet Filtering Continues to be Hot Topic in Australia

The coverage related to Internet filtering in Australia continues to be a hot topic. A report aired just the other night with some 377 plus people commenting on what was transpiring. As Gambling911.com has been reporting, the Australian government, led by Communications Director Stephen Conroy, has been working to filter some 2000 plus websites they claim were "indecent" but as it turns out, a number of those sites were related to online poker, religion and politics.

One individual wrote:

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Tue, 03/31/2009 - 14:18