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Gambling Companies, Gambling Stocks

North American Poker Tour Exposes PokerStars

A lucrative sponsorship deal of the North American Poker Tour will further help to boost market share for online poker's largest room, PokerStars.com.  The

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jan/06/2010

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

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 Weekly Roundup

Time to reload for the New Year

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/01/2010

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

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

PokerStars Smashes Own Poker Tournament Record

When the people at PokerStars set out to do something, by and large, they get it done.

Submitted by Guest 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

Brothers Operated Busted Online Gambling Site From Belize

The MajorWager.com website stumbled upon an interesting report on Thu

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/24/2009

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

Court Orders Betsson to Shut Office

Swedish gaming company Betsson has been forced to shut its betting office in Stockholm following a decision by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal (Kammarrätten).

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/21/2009

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

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

Poker Ducks is Poker Dust

Another online poker room has bitten the dust!

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Dec/14/2009

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

PartyGaming, BWIN in Merger Talks

LONDON (Reuters) - Online gaming firm PartyGaming (PRTY.L) is in merger talks with Austrian rival bwin Interactive Entertainment (BWIN.VI) in a deal that could create an internet gambling giant, ac

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/13/2009

Lenders Take Over Atlantic City Casino

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Writer

Don't pay your mortgage, and eventually the bank will own your home.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/09/2009

Playtech’s Share Price Dips, Announces Acquisition

(Reuters) - Shares in Playtech (PTEC.L) dip 1.8 percent to 411 pence after Numis cuts its rating on the online gambling softw

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/08/2009

eCOGRA Looks Into Grand Privé Affiliate Dispute One Year Too Late

While its credibility is essentially shot, eCommerce Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA), a so-called online gambling watchdog group with close ties to software maker Microgaming, has f

Submitted by C Costigan on, Dec/07/2009

Breaking News

Malik Beasley Subject of Federal Gambling Investigation

NBA free agent Malik Beasley is under investigation by the U.S. District Attorney’s office regarding gambling allegations tied to league games, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.