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Online Poker: Pitbull Poker Shuts Down

Struggling online poker room Pitbull Poker has shut its doors according to reports across the Net on Wednesday.   The company has been embroiled in

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sep/30/2009

Sport Match Fixing Big Concern With Bookies Offshore Move

RGA boss Clive Hawkswood told eGaming Review Magazine that the claims by some in the UK press that British sport faces an increased threat of match-fixin

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/30/2009

Is Sports Betting.com’s Latest Ad Too Salacious?

One of the online gambling ads drawing tons of attention these days is a new Sportsbetting.co

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Sep/24/2009

Joe Sebok Had Reservations About Joining UltimateBet

There are many in the online poker community who simply cannot find it in their hearts to forgive Ultimate Bet, now the 5th largest online poker room in the world, after they were found

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/22/2009

Man Wins Woman’s Poker Tournament

Forget the controversy over runner Caster Semenya winning woman's championship races even though she apparently has some man parts (assuming you believe the reports that have come out in recent day

Submitted by Guest on, Sep/16/2009

BetFair Shock Poker Ad Suggestive 15 Year Old

An advertisement for the online betting exchange BetFair has many eyebrows being raised on Wednesday.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/16/2009

UltimateBet CEO Paul Leggett Comments on Scandal Findings

I wanted to blog today to discuss the recent decision by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission that was released on Friday.

Submitted by Guest on, Sep/15/2009

The Latest Full Tilt Poker Lawsuit

Another former "employee" of the world's second largest online poker company, Full Tilt Poker, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was "unfairly fi

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/15/2009

Face The Ace Lawsuit: Man Claims Idea Stolen

NBC's primetime poker show Face The Ace took a hit in the ratings and now it may take a hit in court.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sep/13/2009

UtlimateBet Cheating Scandal Investigation Concludes

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG ("Tokwiro"), the parent company of UltimateBet ("UB"), yesterday received a decision from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission ("KGC"), UB's regula

Submitted by Guest on, Sep/12/2009

Caster Semenya, South African Runner: She's a Man, Baby! (kinda)

A source, who is said to be close to the IAAF investigation, claimed that the 18-year-old athlete, Caster Semenya, had internal testes and no womb or ovaries.

The IAAF, the world governing body, refused to comment on the claim last night, but earlier in the day its general secretary, Pierre Weiss, said: “It is clear that she is a woman but maybe not 100 per cent.”   If Semenya does have internal testes, and no womb and ovaries, then she would be considered a hermaphrodite.

Submitted by Payton on, Sep/10/2009

Mum Used Children’s Inheritance for Gambling

A CANBERRA mother has denied she stole more than $500,000 of her children's inheritance and lost most of it playing the pokies.

Submitted by Guest on, Sep/08/2009

Lady Gaga Gender Questioned During Press Conference

A reporter from Berlin was removed from a press conference after questioning whether Lady Gaga had male anatomy.

"My beautiful vagina is offended," the pop star responded.

Lady Gaga's gender has been the subject of Internet rumors and at least one online gambling website, Paddy Power, even posted odds on her sex.

"This was by far one of the most popular stories on the Gambling911.com website this past month," revealed Payton O'Brien, Senior Editor of G911.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Sep/08/2009

LeGarrette Blount Hurts Fantasy Owners, Bettors

Fantasy owners and bettors alike are pulling their hairs out over the LeGarrette Blount "punch" during Thursday night's game in Boise State, followed by his season long suspension.

Submitted by Guest on, Sep/05/2009

Indicted Billionaire Allen Stanford Owes in Gambling Debts

Online gambling websites the world over breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that billionaire Allen Stanford's bank in Antigua had been shut down.  That's because none of them had any money the

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sep/02/2009

Sports Legends Challenge Cancelled?

Pokerati.com is reporting that the Sports Legends Challenge Poker Tournament has been cancelled or at least postponed to an undisclosed date.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sep/02/2009

Michael Jackson Betting Props

He was the biggest newsmaker of the summer following his untimely death and now the questions remain as to what killed the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson. 

Online gambling website BetUS.com began offering bets on what will happen with the Michael Jackson death investigation, and primarily the future of Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of providing Jackson with that lethal injection.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Sep/02/2009

US Open Officials Ban Twitter

That's right, the popular social medium Twitter has been banned by the US Open, which cites that Tweets translates into Cheats.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Sep/02/2009

Smart Live Affiliates No More As They Cut Off Relationship

Yet another online gambling affiliate program has cut ties with its affiliate partners and Gambling911.com now fears this will turn into a growing trend unless there is a cohesive effort to stop th

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/01/2009

Online Gambling: Daniel Tzvetkoff Back in Business?

TALK abounds that fallen youthful internet king Daniel Tzvetkoff may be back in business.

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/31/2009

Ex-NBA Ref Donaghy Jailed on Probation Violation

TAMPA, Fla.  (Associated Press) - Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was back behind bars Tuesday, accused of violating his federal probation by not showing up for work, the U.S.

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/26/2009

Caster Semenya Linked to Doping Coach

A new report from Britain today shows that Caster Semenya, an 18-year old South African running sensation, has been found to have very high levels of testoterone.

Submitted by Payton on, Aug/26/2009

Pokerati Blasts Card Player Magazine’s Jeff Shulman

A little background (or should we say "battleground"?):  Jeff Shulman is the President and COO of Card Player Magazine who just happens to have made the Final Nine Table of the 2009 Worl

Submitted by Ace King on, Aug/25/2009

Caster Semenya, Lady Gaga: Man or Woman? Who Cares

Gambling911.com's own Cuban transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, says "stop making a mountain of a mole hill" in regard to the controversies surrounding South African runner Caster Semen

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Aug/25/2009

Pete Rose Debate Shows No Sign of Dying

In the category of baseball controversies that not only don't die but don't even taper off a little bit, we have now had two decades of the argument regarding Pete Rose.

We have come to the 20th anniversary of Rose accepting a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling on baseball. In every single moment during these 20 years, you could start a heated debate among baseball fans anywhere, by uttering these four simple words: "What about Pete Rose ..."

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/23/2009

Daniel Negreanu The Archie Bunker of Poker

The racist remarks made by professional poker player Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu on his blog earlier this month are nothing new, PokerHelper.com

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Aug/20/2009

Semenya a Man or Woman: Odds Posted

First it was recording artist Lady Gaga where an online bookmaker posted odds on whether she was a man or woman, now comes word that

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Aug/19/2009

Steelers 2009/2010 Odds Not Affected by Big Ben Troubles

The Pittsburgh Steelers look to be solid coming into the 2009/2010 NFL season as the reigning Super Bowl champions.

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Aug/19/2009

Ashes Bookie Probe

A SUSPECTED illegal bookmaker reportedly approached an Australian player after the second Test in Lord's, a matter which is now under investigation by the ICC.

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/18/2009

18 Year Olds May Be Allowed to Play Slots in Ohio

The Ohio Lottery Commission was voting on Monday to determine whether 18 year olds will be able to play slot machines at seven horse-racing tracks.  Additionally a decision will be made as to whet

Submitted by Guest on, Aug/17/2009

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