Gambling News

Online Gambling Domain Name Seizures Has Internet on Edge

News that the state of Kentucky was looking to seize 141 online gambling related domain names had everyone across the Internet wondering "Who's going to be next?".

Kentucky's pro-gambling governor is looking to make sure all bets are off for these Web sites that operate in the state that's home to the world's biggest horse race, that being the Kentucky Derby. That race is the single most bet on event after the Super Bowl and nearly rivals it.

iMEGA Founder Not Welcome in Barcelona for Online Gambling Conference

While the European Union was meeting with members of Congress regarding an online gambling trade dispute at a time when the US is experiencing its worst economic crisis since the Depression, Gambli

5 Percent on Losses Back at Sportsbook.com Through September

The largest online sports book in terms of overall customer volume,

Betting on Stocks Still Available…. Just Not From SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission early Friday imposed a temporary emergency ban on short-selling of financial company stocks, a trading method that bets the stocks will go down.

Montreal Police Still Try to Solve Murder Possibly Tied to Gambling Ring

Richard Griffin was shot dead in front of his home on July 12, 2006.

Parents of Murdered Couple Appeal for Help in Internet Gambling Scam Case

Xi Zhou and Zhen Xing Yang, both 25, were found dead in separate bedrooms of the flat they shared in 8 Croydon Road in the west end of Newcastle on August 9, victims in what authorities have been c

EU Gambling Firms See WTO Case Coming Against U.S.

(Reuters) - A dispute over U.S.

Russian Mafia Leads Among Top 10 Criminal Organizations

Askmen.com has named the Russian mafia as the leading criminal organization in the world followed by the Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate, the biggest of Japan's Yakuza crime clans.

Ian Brandes of the Daily Record points out that the Russian mafia is involved in everything from stolen art to nuclear technology and that they often "leave rivals riddled with bullets in the streets of Moscow."

Moscow's Solntsevskaya Bratva, known as the Brotherhood, have just been named the worst criminal gang in the world in a major survey.

Las Vegas Begs Poker Players to Start Playing “regular” games

Forbes.com announced last week that Vegas gambling revenue declined 14 percent in the month of July. Shortly following that announcement it was leaked that leaders from the large casinos such as The Bellagio and The Wynn have asked big poker players like Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey to start playing "regular" games like Craps and Blackjack so that they have a shot at their money too.

When reached for comment, Phil just stared down the camera.

Joe Biden’s Son Worked for Online Gambling Firm

Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic Vice Presidential running mate, Joe Biden, has agreed to quit his lobbying business.

PartyBets and GameBookers Not Being Abolished by PartyGaming

PartyGaming has informed Gambling911.com that it is not abolishing the Partybets and Gamebookers brands as reported here last night.  The report was filed after a handful of PartyGaming affiliat

Bodog Domains Now on Auction at eBay

The Washington State Receiver (the firm of Graham & Dunn) is finally beginning the monetization of the Bodog domain names seized just over a year ago in a bitter patent dispute.

European Union to Meet With US Congress Regarding Internet Gambling

Congress and members of the executive branch will be visited by a team of European Union investigators this week, headed by senior E.U. trade official M.

OJ Simpson Trial Promises New Spectacle in Las Vegas

While OJ Simpson's latest trial - related to a Las Vegas hotel armed robbery - is less likely to draw the national attention his first murder trial did in 1995, Sin City will still be taking center