2005 August 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

LONDON (Reuters) - Online gambling group Sportingbet SBT.L said on Tuesday profits in the final quarter of the year were better than it expected, fuelled by growth in customer numbers and solid sports, casino and gaming margins.

The city of Springfield may lift its ban against social gambling. That would let bars and taverns host Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments.

GET ready because The Devilfish is coming to SunSport Online on Friday. Dave Ulliott has shown his hand at the biggest poker tournaments in the world for around 30 years.

Joseph Asher, Managing Director of Cantor G&W holds an HP PDA with a roulette wheel program, one of many gambling programs available, Thursday, June 23, 2005 in New York City. Nevada has become the first state to approve the use of wireless, handheld gambling devices at its hotel-casinos.

My wife and I relish the limited opportunities we get to play poker in a brick-and-mortar casino.

In my last column, I discussed a hand I played against Marcel Luske at the Professional Poker Tour event recently held at The Mirage.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Beaver County developer challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s slot machine gambling law.

Asian punters will drive sharp growth in the mobile gambling industry over the next five years, with global revenues forecast to top seven billion dollars a year by 2010, a research house says.

Bookmaker Coral Eurobet was today said to be gearing up for an 800m stock market flotation.