14 Oct 05 Betfair CEO Resigns Stephen Hill has stepped down as the CEO of Betfair, the world's largest betting exchange.
Betfair was to announce that their "already once postponed" flotation will be moved to next year, after the World Cup in Germany.
At this point, neither Hill, nor the company have commented on the resignation.
13 Oct 05 Cingular and Summus to Launch Secrets of Hold'em Cingular Wireless and Summus, Inc. mobile media applications provider, announced today the launch of a unique Texas Hold'em tutorial poker game, "Secrets of Hold'em with Howard Lederer," available first on Cingular Wireless. Unlike other mobile Hold'em games on the market, Secrets of Hold'em combines challenging game play with a teaching component that allows players to hone their poker skills, and can be used as a stand alone game or as a companion to an existing mobile poker game. The game uses hints, tips and interactive strategy charts from Lederer himself
13 Oct 05 EnglishHarbour.com Releases New Proprietary Casino Software EnglishHarbour.com today announced the launch of new proprietary casino software. Based on the company's Vegas Technology platform, the software features a smaller quicker download, simplified navigation, innovative 3-D lobby and to create the most realistic gaming environment in cyberspace.
In conjunction with the software launch, EnglishHarbour.com is also introducing new slot games Cash Grab and Flaming 7's and features some of the Internet's highest progressives.
13 Oct 05 Betinternet Expands into Web Casino Market Internet sports book provider betinternet.com plans to expand its online gaming with the introduction of a full-featured online casino. The firm will add a suite of casino games and slots, provided by RealTime Gaming, to complement the existing gaming and sports betting opportunities available to its global customer base.
12 Oct 05 CYOP Targets Asia for Licensing of Chinese Poker CYOP Systems International Inc. announced that it will now embark upon its strategy of marketing its new Chinese poker software to large portals and online companies. The Company's backend licensed CrediPlay financial systems and Poker games have been localized into Traditional and Simplified Chinese, allowing for the software to be deployed globally.
12 Oct 05 New TV Programme for Gamblers Channel 425 has just announced that they will soon be launching a new betting show, aimed at the armchair gambler. The new show, called ‘4-5 Favourite’, will be aired from 12th October and will inform and entertain gamblers with sports and betting features.
12 Oct 05 Microgaming Mobile Casino Launched Spin3, the mobile gambling partner of top online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming launched a mobile casino for British company Wild Jack Mobile Casino (WJMC) this week. Casino spokesmen said that the operation is one of the first fully mobile and commercially viable wireless casinos in the UK.
12 Oct 05 "Winning money at online poker is impossible" How's that for going against the grain? The original article (see THE FALLACY OF ONLINE POKER GAMBLING at the link below) is quite the soapbox rant but it's interesting to see someone taking such hard line against the entire poker wave sweeping the world these days. Needless to say it's been a busy topic over at PokerForum.com
12 Oct 05 Beware Bet33 Sportsbook - Stay Away One of the new sportsbooks that popped up this football season is Bet33 and this is one you want to stay away from home.
It was launched by the old owner of Apex Sports, a previous "stiff" outfit, that stole players money.
11 Oct 05 Mifal Hapayis to Operate Online Lottery Israel National Lottery, one of only two entities in Israel licensed to operate gambling services (the other being the Israel Sports Betting Board) will start running online lotteries in five-six months time.
11 Oct 05 Empire Comments Cause Turmoil Some of the drop in Party Gaming's shares can be attributed to comments from Empire Poker, as their CEO stated growth in the online poker market was flat in the third quarter. Empire Online's shares dropped 62p to 121p.
Also creating downward pressure on the stock prices of these rivals was the announcement that PartyGaming won't be allowing players of websites owned by competitors to play at the same tables as clients of Party Poker, as has been the model to this point.
11 Oct 05 Gameaccount Game For Float Gameaccount is expected to appoint advisers this week with the aim of bringing the business to the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) by Christmas. Owners, who include Michael Smurfit and Betfair's Andrew Black, expect a valuation of about £100m if current talks to acquire a larger rival are successful.
11 Oct 05 Party Poker's Fall Continues Yesterday, PartyGaming's (Party Poker) share price reached their lowest point since launch, dropping to 71p. They have now lost £1.8billion worth of value since their float on the stock market in June.
10 Oct 05 Trident to Join Online Game Sector IPO Rush The head of online gaming firm Trident Gaming said on Monday that sentiment towards the sector should improve, as the company revealed plans to float in London early next year with a market value of up to 100 million pounds. Several other Internet gaming groups are also planning market debuts. Trident acknowledged that current conditions were difficult but said it was confident investor appetite would return before its listing.
10 Oct 05 EmpireOnline and PartyGaming Move to Consolidate Their Bases Online gaming stocks came in under fresh scrutiny today as EmpireOnline announced a 71 percent increase in revenues in the third quarter to $31.4 million as compared to $18.3 million at the same time last year and PartyGaming moved towards barring players from Empire Online and Coral Eurobet from gambling on the same tables as it's Partypoker players.
10 Oct 05 BetInternet.com Expands with an Online Casino Leading internet sportsbook provider betinternet.com announced plans to expand its online gaming offering with the introduction of a full-featured online casino.
10 Oct 05 Online Casino Group to List on London Stock Exchange The Crystal Gaming Group, which runs online casinos in South Africa and the US as the parent company of the Doleplex online casino group, has come forward with its plans for a $250m listing on the London Stock Exchange.
09 Oct 05 Man Eats 19 Grilled Cheeses in 10 Minutes Ed "Cookie" Jarvis of Long Island, N.Y., clearly won the grilled cheese-eating championship at the Arkansas State Fair on Saturday, stuffing down 19 sandwiches in the 10-minute contest. Little Rock was the 11th city on the 15-city circuit of the GoldenPalace.com World Grilled Cheese-Eating Championship.
07 Oct 05 Racing Post Inks sponsor Deal for World Speed Poker Open Sports and betting newspaper and website Racing Post has signed a deal to become the sole broadcast sponsor of the Poker Channel's new event, The World Speed Poker Open. The partnership links the Racing Post's coverage of casino poker to the Poker Channel's exclusive broadcast of the tournament.
07 Oct 05 Gala Agrees to Buy Coral Eurobet for $3.8 Billion Gala Group Holdings Plc, the U.K.'s biggest operator of bingo halls, agreed to buy Coral Eurobet for 2.18 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) to add 1,267 betting shops as it seeks to benefit from deregulation of the U.K. gaming industry.
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