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Ladbrokes, a major listed online and land gambling group in the UK, has made a preliminary takeover approach for rival Sportingbet, sending Sportingbet’s shares surging higher, reports the Reuters news agency. “Further to recent press speculation, the board of Sportingbet announces that it has received a highly preliminary approach from Ladbrokes plc, which may or [...]

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has expressed its disappointment that gambling has been excluded from the general scope of the Consumer Rights Directive between EU institutions. The RGA commented as follows: Gamblers left out of the Consumer Rights Directive In the context of the agreement just reached between the EU institutions on the final text [...]

Aaron Steury, a 24-year-old poker pro from Fort Wayne, Indiana, demonstrated his mastery of Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Stud Eight or Better over the three tough days of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. m (Read the full post about ‘WSOP: Fort Wayne pro best in field of 963′…)

Party Casino reports that a female player who has elected to remain completely anonymous has hit its progressive slot The Big One on Melon Madness for $4,445,947.40. Whilst not an internet gambling record, the prize is among the biggest ever awarded in online gaming. Remarkably, the lucky lady had only been a customer for nine [...]

Online betting companies are believed to have again played a key role in flagging suspicious betting patterns in Wednesday’s football clash between Nigeria and Argentina, according to press reports. (Read the full post about ‘Nigeria-Argentina match under investigation’…)

A powerful New Jersey union is telling its members that work for an Atlantic City casino to sign up for food stamps. In a move designed to make Resorts Casino Hotel look bad, Local 54 of Unite-HERE handed out leaflets yesterday telling employees of the casino to sign up for government assistance to make ends [...]

Lennart Käll (52) has been appointed chief executive officer of Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly, Svenska Spel . Käll will assume the position in the next six months and replaces acting CEO Anders Hägg . “I am very pleased to announce Lennart Käll as new CEO. He has a solid and sustained record of development and [...]

A bill positioning the gambling state of Nevada to benefit from any federal legalisation of internet poker has passed through the Assembly, albeit in a somewhat stripped down form. The bill calls for the state to develop a licensing process for online poker businesses by January 2012, and has passed barely a month after Black [...]

The Irish Government is currently involved in an initiative to reform its archaic gambling laws which will include the regulation of online gambling and there have been various proposals to increase the betting tax from one percent to two percent which to date have not come to fruition. Coveney said that he believed that the [...]

The Spanish Congress, or lower house, has approved Spain’s gambling reform bill, which includes extensive provisions for online gambling legalisation. The bill was substantially amended in debate through the Congress Finance Committee, it is understood, although full details were not available at press time. The bill now moves to the Spanish Senate for further debate [...]