Business & Financial

Decimal Odds to Become the Norm: Fractional Odds Out

There are three primary odds used by bookmakers:  Fractional, Decimal and the so-called American Odds, which are among the most prevalently featured here at Gambling911.com.  Fractional is pretty

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jan/06/2010

College Bowl Game, NFL Playoffs Traffic Way Up

Good news for online sportsbooks as College Bowl game betting traffic as well as NFL Playoffs betting traffic appear to be way up based on Gambling911.com stats.

Traffic on New Year's Day, which features several major College Bowl games, was up a whopping 67 percent over last year.  January 2 traffic was up 41 percent over last year.  January 3 traffic was up 39 percent over last year.  January 4 traffic was up 37 percent over last year.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jan/05/2010

Business Week: Casino Sector Continues to Rise

Shares of casino operators traded mostly higher Tuesday -- led by those with properties in Macau -- as investors remained upbeat about the latest gaming revenue figures for the Chinese enclave.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/05/2010

Online Poker Traffic Rises Half Point This Past Week

Odds are good that online poker traffic will continue to rise even more this week with a brutal Arctic blast taking over much of the U.S.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jan/05/2010

Ron Paul Man of the Year, Ben Bernanke a Travesty

Frequent contributor to the Gambling911.com website and one time running mate for US President on the Libertarian ticket, Wayne Allyn Root voices his outrage over Ben Bernanke being selected as Tim

Submitted by Wayne Allyn Root on, Jan/05/2010

Online Poker: Less Sharks, More Fish

Microgaming Online Poker, most noted for its rather large number of professional players, has become the latest room to implement a "Less Sharks, More Fish" policy. 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jan/05/2010

Online Gambling Company 888.com Loses Two Co-Founders

12 year old 888.com (previously known as Cassava Enterprises) has lost one of its founding directors, Israeli Shay Ben-Yitzhak.  The Non-executive director Shay Ben-Yitzhak, has resigned with imme

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jan/04/2010

Casino Stocks Soar on Strong Macau Showing

HONG KONG, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Shares of Macau casino operators rose on Tuesday on reports that gambling revenues in the enclave in December rose 48 percent from a year earlier, signalling sustained

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/04/2010

Sands China a “Buy” Says Citi, UBS

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares in Sands China (1928.HK) climbed as much as 6.3 percent to their highest level in more than two weeks after Citigroup and UBS initiated coverage on the Macau unit of U.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/03/2010

PokerStars Still Keeping Full Tilt Poker a Distant 2nd

At time during the past two months, Full Tilt Poker looked as if it could eat away at a fairly significant chunk of number one online poker room,

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/31/2009

Calgary Flames and Online Poker Room UB.com Forge Deal

The leading online poker site has signed a sponsorship agreement with the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, and to celebrate, they are giving away tickets to the Flaming C's March 11 home ga

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/31/2009

Las Vegas Gambling Disasters of 2009

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Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/30/2009

Poker Will be Dead in Great Britain in 2010?

No more poker in 2010 in Great Britain.

That's the suggestion made by Victoria Coren of the Guardian Newspaper as part of her predictions for the year 2010.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/30/2009

Philly.com: Harrah’s Exec Seeks to Revitalize Atlantic City

By Suzette Parmley

Inquirer Staff Writer

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/30/2009

Online Sports Betting: Skybook Finally Pays

Following Gambling911.com's report that online sports betting website Skybook.com was having difficulty paying a he

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/29/2009

Online Gambling Consolidation: Bookmaker.com Acquisition

The consolidation within the online gambling sector continues as more solid companies like Bookmaker.com continue to grow bigger, acquiring smaller enterprises that find it more difficult to sustai

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/29/2009

The Best of 2009: Most Popular Poker, Online Gambling Stories

You may see a few of these "Best of 2009 Poker and Online Gambling Stories" elsewhere, but Gambling911.com has the real heavy hitters, those stories that scored huge traffic wins.  Yes,

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/28/2009

China Economic Review: Macau Rising

It is ten years since Macau returned to the People's Republic of China as an SAR and since then it has had almost nothing than phenomenol growth.

The 2008 per-capita GDP of Macao, which lies west of the Pearl River and is China's second special administrative region on the southeast coast of the country, stood at $39,036, a figure that ranks it second in Asia behind only Japan.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2009

Harrah’s Chief Wants to Bring Caesars Palace to Macau

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/23/2009

888.com to Buy Bingo Company for £60 Mln

LONDON (Reuters) - Online gaming firm 888 <888.L> has agreed to acquire Wink Bingo from Daub Ltd for up to 59.7 million pounds and said current trading had remained strong and in line with ex

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/22/2009

Ladbrokes Gives Italy Another Shot With Online Poker

Having failed in its attempt to set up land-based betting shops in Italy, the United Kingdom's biggest bookmaker will try once more by marketing its online poker and casino platform to the country.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/21/2009

Macau Keeps The Dice Rolling

By Craig Stephen

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/20/2009

World Series of Poker 2010 New Schedule Scrutinized

Not everyone is happy about the 2010 World Series of Poker schedule that was released this past we

Submitted by Ace King on, Dec/20/2009

Slow Pay, No Pay Online Sportsbook Skybook.com

Gambling911.com has received information that the long established but troubled call center sportsbook, Skybook.com out of Costa Rica, has been slow paying or "no paying" some of its clie

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/20/2009

Facebook to Ban Online Gambling Ads

The popular social networking website Facebook.com has come under fire this week for its updated privacy policy, much of which is an attempt to bring additional exposure to the site's advertisers.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/18/2009

Las Vegas, Travel Industry Worried Over State Tax Hikes

The travel industry, including a reeling Las Vegas, has its battle plans drawn.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/18/2009

Setback for Online Gambling Companies in Europe

By Nikki Tait in Brussels

The Financial Times UK

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/17/2009

Everest Poker Acquired

Mangas Gaming, the leading French sports betting and online gaming group, owner of Betclic, announces that it is taking control of the Everest Gaming group.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/16/2009

Next Big Sponsor to Drop Tiger Woods?

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has posted odds on the next sponsor to drop Tiger Woods.  And the winner is:  AT&T, at least when it comes to favorites. 

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Dec/15/2009

Cryptologic May Get Into Sports Betting Industry

Long established online casino software provider, Cryptologic, is on the verge of entering the sports betting realm.

The company looks to sign a deal with multi-national Internet sports betting operator Betclic and is preparing to launch a series of new games in partnership with multinationals DC Comics and Paramount Digital Entertainment.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Dec/14/2009

Breaking News

The Impact of Gambling on Local Economies

Gambling is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the digital entertainment industry, bringing significant economic benefits to many regions. Although the impact of casinos on the local economy can be evaluated from various perspectives and viewpoints, it can be clearly stated that it has significant positive aspects.

New Trends in Live Casino Technology

Visitors comparing the best live casinos online will immediately notice that today’s tables look nothing like the grainy webcam streams of the mid-2010s.