Archive for the 'Gaming News' Category

American Idol winner to be named tonight

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

The new “American Idol” will be named tonight. Katherine McPhee and Taylor Hicks each performed three songs in last night’s sing-off, staged in front of more than 3,000 fans at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
In the final showdown between ashen-haired Hicks and sultry McPhee, the “American Idol” winner was clear to one person: Simon Cowell.
“Assuming [...]

888 Accused of spamming to increase its exposure on the web

Monday, May 8th, 2006

888 the operators of casino on net and pacific poker have been accused of stealing webmasters content in an attempt to increase their search engine positions. The practice known as “scraping” is a spam technique and is condemned by all the major search engines. Furthermore the majority of webmasters consider this practice as underhand and [...]

Online gambling to grow 14% worldwide each year

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Online gaming companies, led by giant PartyGaming PLC (PRTY.LN), are expanding the traditional gaming industry they were once expected to thwart, as they attract new clients and big windfalls.
The $13 billion online gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace by attracting a new generation of players: generally younger, tech-savvy men with a disposable income [...]

Paris Hilton Loses Bentley GT in Poker Game

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

The partying heiress loses her Bentley GT to her parents Vegas casino, Paris Hotel and Casino, which was named after her. The Bentley is worth close to $200,000, in a recent pocker game. “I’m obsessed with poker,” confessed Paris Hilton after learning the high stakes gambling game. “It’s my favorite game now.”
However, now an online [...]

Casinos forsake clink of coins for cleaner, quieter paper payouts

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Thousands of slot machines at the state’s two casinos are noiselessly spitting out paper tickets instead of coins and tokens these days, silencing the unmistakable heartbeat of a casino — the sound of slot machine winnings tumbling out in a metallic cascade.
“You don’t hear the ‘ding, ding, ding’ of falling coins and you don’t get [...]

Online Gambling Site Bingohall.com Gives Away $12,000 in Bingo Freeroll

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Bingohall.com, ran a $10,000 Bingo Freeroll in which two players walked away with a top prize of $5,000. The two lucky players, Janice J. from TX and Carol K. from FL, were delighted with their wins and the fact that it cost nothing to enter.
Bingohall.com, stepped up its commitment to players recently by running a [...]

State lawmakers’ group to meet on Internet gambling issue

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States will gather on June 2 in Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss Internet gambling and to review the status of the international gaming industry, which is illegal in the United States.
Experts from private and public sectors are expected to debate the pro and cons of Internet gaming and the [...]

Blackjack taking shot at TV land

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

21 reasons for poker to move over
While poker basks in the glow of fame and fortune generated by multimillion-dollar tournaments and celebrity-fueled televised drama, that other old-fashioned casino game, blackjack, is a relative wallflower.
A who’s who of poker, including poker professionals and tournament organizers, hope to change that with the debut of the Ultimate Blackjack [...]

Credit cards, slots could be future match

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

A trio of gambling companies is developing a system to allow gamblers to access credit and debit cards and checking accounts at slot machines, although they said approval in Nevada could be a hurdle.
Cash Systems Inc. and Bally Technologies Inc. of Las Vegas announced Wednesday they are teaming with Scotch Twist LLC to develop the [...]

Pioneers of the “no download” casino concept

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Winward Casino is a “Golden Oldie” in the online casino world. They have been online since 1998 and they were the pioneers of the “no download” casino concept. Rather than waiting to download a casino program to your computer, Winward Casino let you start playing immediately using online Java technology. Winward quickly grew to dominate [...]