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The Virgin Group continues to expand on the online gambling front as they seek investors to help the company move into newly open markets, according to a report filed by eGamingReview Magazine. One of the more intriguing markets is the United States.  Should this occur, Virgin would be the first European-based online gambling company to [...]

Several bills which would legalize online poker and other forms of online gambling in the USA are currently languishing in the U.S. Congress. One or more of those bills could become law soon. Or maybe not so soon. Or maybe never. In the meantime, however, several online poker rooms are already operating from the USA and they claim [...]

Online poker veteran Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger stands as the chip leader after Day 2 of the North American Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Mr. Lichtenberger will go into Day 3 of the US$5,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Holdem event with a slim lead over Andy Seth. The two leaders, along with one hundred fifty other players [...]

MasterCard was the first of the major credit card companies to pull the plug on transactions to and from online gaming companies when it switched off the service last January. Under the terms of the UIGEA, there is no need to turn off the service until June this year. However, it would appear that both [...]

Super Slots Casino Mardi Gras officially began on Tuesday in New Orleans, but it began two days earlier for Super Slots Casino. The online casino began a Mardi Gras slot tournament on Sunday that will last for one week. The event is not what players have come to expect at Super Slots. There is no [...]

Reports emanating from Italy indicate that online bingo operators, licensed only last December as the country liberalised its bingo laws, may have to take a break whilst what has been described as “legal procedural defects” surrounding the licensing decree are sorted out. Initial Italian consumer interest in online bingo was reportedly strong, and a hiatus [...]

Bet365 have introduced a major change to their opening casino bonus, giving players the chance to choose from three bonus offers. With the Standard Opening Bonus players can load their account with a 100% bonus, up to £100, on their first deposit of £10 or more. If that is not enough, then the VIP Opening [...]

The Grand Jury enquiries into online gambling and arrests in Kansas last year resurfaced this week with the news that a Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to running a sports bookmaking business. The Kansas City Star reports that Michael V. Badalucco (26) admitted that he and others provided bettors with a toll-free telephone number [...]

Gary Craig – Staff writer, RocNow.com Local News – February 7, 2010 – 5:00am BetOnline.com, a Panama-based online wagering site, is one of an untold number that will be accepting bets today on a premier gambling event – the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Joseph J. Fafone, an Ontario County man who helped build BetOnline.com, is awaiting [...]

By Jennifer Davies, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Pete Townshend and The Who will perform at halftime. The Super Bowl is tomorrow, and while our beloved Bolts aren’t in the big game, we can’t just ignore the whole thing now, can we? Beyond the X’s and O’s, here are some [...]