Dec. 21, 2010 (CAP PR Wire) -- The nights are drawing in and that means one thing for PKR players ... Christmas is on the horizon and The Christmas Cracker is back with a bang. Exploding onto the tournament schedule on December 23, The Christmas Cracker will feature thirteen events with a total of $238,000…
In just a couple of months, online gambling giants PartyGaming and bwin will have completed their process of merging, PartyGaming executives have announced. “The proposed merger remains on course to complete during March 2011,” the company said in a press release on its site. “The proposed merger with bwin remains on-track to complete at the…
There's no question that in 2010 the Internet casino industry enjoyed its biggest ever year in the media. With somewhere around a half-dozen separate movements in the United States to regulate online poker and gambling, from several bills at the federal level to individual legislation in states from California to New Jersey, 2010 seems to…
Shares of British online bookmaker and Internet casino hub Ladbrokes jumped today after the company confirmed that it was formally trying to buy rival online gaming brand 888, whose shares also jumped 12.6 percent on the news.Ladbrokes reportedly wants to buy 888 for about 70 pence a share. It originally tried to buy 888 for…
Organizers of the iGB Affiliate Awards have announced the category shortlists of nominees for the 2011 ceremony. These shortlists include the top ten nominees for each of the awards, culled down from the previously much larger lists of nominations. These lists have been compiled “through a comprehensive process of both voting and judging,” iGaming Business…
December 19, 2010 (CAP PR Wire) -- UB.com will deliver the goods all over again with the sixth running of the UB Online Championship ("UBOC") from January 16th through 30th, 2011. Kick start the New Year with UBOC6 and $5 Million in prize money to be dealt out to players across 29 events -- each…
Co-founder of PartyGaming and “former online poker billionaire” (as Forbes describes him) Anurag Dikshit has avoided a jail sentence following a verdict by the U.S. judicial system over his role in offering online poker services to Americans. Highlighting what the Forbes article calls “the extreme confusion over how U.S. law applies to online poker,” the…
To no one’s great surprise, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s last-minute proposal to alter the UIGEA and install new online poker regulations in the United States now seems to be officially kaput. The measure to remove online poker from the UIGEA restrictions was expected to be attached to an “omnibus” spending package. But Reid cancelled…
Gaming affiliates interested in the Latin American online gaming market — a big one, covering most of South America and much of North America, too — should take note of the upcoming Caribbean Gaming Show & Conference, hitting the Dominican Republic in March, 2011. Organized by C&GS Group, the event boasts many prominent exhibitors and…
The casino affiliate marketing industry’s most anticipated event, the London Affiliate Conference (LAC), kicks off in six weeks. Organizers have announced that the event’s main hotel, the Grange St Paul, has sold out — good news for attendees, meaning that a healthy attendance is assured. But not so good news if you haven’t booked a…
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