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Following record breaking traffic for the 2009 Kentucky Derby at Gambling911.com, gamblers were immediately shifting their attention to another big betting event:  Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton. "This will be the biggest fight of the year so far," says Payton O’Brien of Gambling911.com. Most experts and gamblers were all over Manny Pacquiao at Bookmaker.com where [...]

The gates to ParaDice, the newest gaming platform at the Vienna-listed online gambling giant Bwin, are now open following the launch this week. This arena of brand-new dice games boasts skill gaming battles galore using multiplayer dice games like Jadestone’s ‘Dice Hold’em’ and ‘Shoot the Moons’. Both dice games offer a mix of skill, strategy [...]

The Australian branch of online gambling group Betfair is championing the cause of Internet gambling downunder, recommending to a government committee studying gambling reform that legalising and regulating Internet casino and poker gambling would be a good bet. The government’s Productivity Commission is in the first phase of a government consultation process to study gambling [...]

Christine Papakyriakou (52), a Hamilton, Ontario woman who currently awaits criminal sentencing for embezzling Cdn$7 million from her former employer to pay gambling debts that may be as high as $10 million, is to sue two land casinos and the province for her troubles. Papakyriakou’s civil lawsuit, which contains allegations not proven in court, alleges [...]

Adam Lambert may have sealed his chances of getting into the American Idol final after this past week’s performance.  Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have responded by making Lambert a -400 favorite to become the next American Idol.  One would have to bet $4 to win $1 (the initial $4 is returned if Lambert wins).  From MTV.com: [...]

Jackpot City Bingo is doing its absolute bet to make sure that their players have a great time this summer as they raise even more money for the Cystic Fibrosis fund. Raising Good MoneyJackpot City has chosen to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, the organization that’s dedicated to fighting this life-threatening sickness and so far [...]

The satisfying prospect of a gang of lotto fraudsters meeting their comeuppance features in a story in The Register this week, which reported that Somerset police have busted a bogus lottery winner scam following a raid on a cheque processing and clearing house. Readers will be familiar with the letter-based scam at the centre of [...]

Chinese police in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province this week arrested 11 people on charges of running an illegal gambling network, involving bets worth over 500 million yuan ($73 million). “The (Hangzhou) network acted as a bridge between Chinese gamblers and overseas Internet casinos in the Philippines,” Wu Jun, spokesman for the public security [...]

Just a reminder that tonight is the start of the Final 4 $40,000 Guaranteed Slot Tournament at Vegas Technology powered online casinos. The Games Begin Tonight at 8PM (ET), the Final 4 $40,000 Guaranteed Slot Tournament will kick off and it will run until April 7th at 8PM. The top 125 finishers will split the great [...]