Archive for August, 2009
Microgaming and iPhone Bring New Mobile Casino Slots to Players
All those iPhone users lucky enough to live outside the United States will be able to play online casino slots using Microgaming mobile gaming software on their iPhones to enjoy some of their favorite online casino games. Although not all countries will accept online casino games and online casino games for mobile devices, the United [...]
Friedman Wins WPT Legends of Poker
WSOP winner Prahlad Friedman won the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker last night, winning over £1 million for his efforts.The 31 year old Friedman, who previously won the 2003 WSOP Pot Limit Hold’em event and then came 20th in the 2003 WSOP Main Event, outlasted Kevin Schaffel in heads-up in order to [...]
Land-Based Casinos Decline While Online Casinos Hold Steady
Either the global financial crisis, or perhaps the summer months, when leisure-seekers pursue outdoor activities, have negatively affected the number of players gambling at land-based casinos. In July, land-based casinos in Las Vegas in the United States had a fall of 17%, and still seem to be on their way down. At the same time, [...]
Football: Premier League Club Portsmouth Taken over
Arab businessman SUlaimam Al Fahim has completed his takeover of Premier League club Portsmouth for a deal worth around £60 million.A spokesman said “Sulaiman Al Fahim welcomes this agreement and looks forward to helping the club build on its impressive history. The chairman of the club would like to extend his gratitude to the players, [...]
WPT Legends of Poker Final Table Starts Tonight
The final table of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Legends of Poker takes place today, with WSOP November Nine player Kevin Schaffel currently in the chip lead.Schaffel has 2,234,000 chips going into the six-handed final table. Todd Terry is just 15,000 chips behind, with the rest of the pack, including Prahlad Friedman and Toto Leonidas [...]
Microgaming’s September Game Releases
Microgaming is releasing four new games on 1st September. Three of the new games are video slots, and one of the new games is a video poker game. Although many had thought that the Level Up Poker video poker series was not going to be receiving any additional games, this new video poker release is [...]
PartyGaming Plc to Acquire WPT Assets
The World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) has announced PartyGaming Plc has agreed to purchase a major share of the WPTE’s operating assets. A subsidiary of PartGaming Plc, Peerless Media Ltd, agreed with the owners of the WPT to acquire a major share of all operating assets other than cash, investments and other certain assets. Reported [...]
Football: 3-Time World Cup England Defender Signs for League 2 Side Notts County
Notts County have signed Sol Campbell on a five-year contract as part of their incredible plan to get into the Premier League.Campbell left Premier League side Portsmouth as a free agent last season, and has now joined Notts County, along with former England manager Sven Goran-Eriksson."This club have got great ambition and I want to [...]
Brazil May Block Online Casino Financial Transactions
While it looks like the United States is on their way to legalizing online gambling, a number of other countries are trying very hard to prevent it. All gambling, both via the Internet and offline are illegal in Brazil, unlike in the US, where only online gambling has been targeted. The Brazilian legislature has been [...]
$5 Tournament Player Wins 2009 APT Macau Main Event
23-year old Adrien Allain won over HK $3 million at the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau Main Event after qualifying through a $5 PKR tournament. Known as zlatan35, Adrien Allain was a shock winner in the Far East, with his previous highest cash winning no more than $8,000. The Frenchman has now won exactly HK [...]