Online poker has (deservedly or not) gotten a bad reputation, and it’s actually illegal in the U.S. It came as a bit of a surprise, then, when Yahoo launched a new site called Yahoo Poker. The site’s not for kiddies, and it’s not a joke; players will use real money.
Euros and British pounds […]

Poker and Gambling changing life style in UK
Gambling is a term comes with sense of betting games, the existence of gambling is very ancient. It denotes as sign of bad addiction habits. UK is top on spending on gambling per household, particularly in online sector and online poker. Couples of high profile names are playing […]

Low cost airline, Flybe, is providing its customers with online gambling.
The service will allow visitors to the Flybe website to play games such a roulette and poker through the site. The service, which is a partnership with Finnish gaming operator PAF Group, launches this week.
As part of the deal, PAF will provide the gaming licence […]

European Internet Analyst, Nielsen/NetRatings, says that the British are betting and are betting a lot! Measuring British use of online applications, they credited broadband for the increase in “addictive” activities. Online poker was the application of choice!!!
25.3 million Britons used an Internet application in November ‘06 for an average of 3 hours for the month. […]

Canadian online gambling software provider, Cryptologic, have bought the online poker room operated by Scandinavian betting exchange Parbet.com for 9 million Euros!
CryptoLogic has paid 9 million Euros for the brand and assets. Further additional amounts (about 4 million Euros) will be paid, depending on the performance over a six-month period. The deal will come […]

Turkey has been a democracy and a secular republic since World War One, as it was then led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It has been so to this day and has hosted land based casinos and allowed gambling until only a few years ago, a practice that has attracted tourism and helped the Turkish economy […]

Israeli police have started to crack down on online casino operators, including those who run backgammon and poker websites. Some of the more well known online gambling companies are run by Israelis including PokerStars and 888.com.
While the majority of Israeli owned online gambling businesses are based out of places like Gibraltar and The […]

February 2007 might be the month that many banking institutions bring in banking regulations to halt some online poker transactions according to some industry experts, but others wonder if it is going to matter in the long run. When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act went into law in October of this year, many online […]

As online casinos start growing all over the world and people growing more acquainted with gambling venues, there is a need for changes to take place on in the internet gambling industry. Online casino operators must shift their focus from specific markets, mainly the English speaking ones, and offer their services in more languages. Europe, […]

BERLIN, Germany – Reuters has reported: “Germany’s federal states plan to ban Internet gambling, according to draft documents to be discussed by the country’s state premiers on Wednesday”.
Even though the European Commission is pressuring to open up Europe’s gambling market to competition, ministers from most states want to sign off on new rules aimed at […]