Archive for the 'Internet Gambling' Category

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 [...]

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Monday, April 10th, 2006

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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 [...]

Should Online Gambling Be Banned?

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Internet gambling is booming as Americans continue to wager billions of dollars on online sports books, Web casinos and virtual poker rooms even though the U.S. Department of Justice considers such activities illegal.
Several U.S. lawmakers are trying to crack down on the industry by clarifying existing U.S. laws and making it easier to go after [...]

ESPN Bets on Dominoes

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

The next big thing in sports programming is … dominoes?
To the occasional domino player, it is a stretch to even call this quiet game of straight-faced strategy a sport. But anyone who has spent time in a Latino neighborhood in New York City could testify that dominoes played there — with the slammed-down tiles, the [...]

Online Casinos Offering Reality TV Gambling

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Online casinos offer chance to pick TV show winners
Melissa Brown is betting that Chris Daughtry will be the next American Idol.
Literally.
She wagered $50 online on the bald aspiring rocker.
”I think it’s going to be Chris,” said Brown, 29, a website designer from Braintree, who for the past year has been placing online bets on reality [...]

April 3 Deadline: WTO Decision on Antigua Internet Gambling Set

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Ambassadors from tiny Caribbean island meet with US Congressional member Pete SessionsAntigua & Barbuda’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Dr. John W. Ashe, met with Congressman Pete Sessions on Tuesday to discuss the current status of Antigua & Barbuda’s WTO Internet gaming dispute with the United States related to online gambling.
The tiny island had [...]

George Mason gamble may pay off big

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

When the March Madness bracket was announced on Selection Sunday, thousands upon thousands of hoops fans placed their bets at Sportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino. Of those countless bets, only 13 visionary hardwood prognosticators backed the George Mason Patriots to win the national title before the tournament started. At 500-1 odds at [...]