2005 October 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Slots have been so slow coming to Pennsylvania that state regulators could have gone through the normal bidding process to pick firms to conduct background checks.

British hotels and gambling company Hilton Group Plc said on Friday it is in talks to sell its hotels to U.S. group Hilton Hotels Corp, which industry sources say would be a 3.6 billion-pound cash deal to reunite the Hilton brand after 41 years. “

Advertising has gone to extremes these days with companies like Goldenpalace.com using any means to get themselves in the public eye. Painting the logo on cows, streakers at sports events,tattoo’d on peoples bodyparts are only some of the recent …

Noble Poker just announced that they will top the $1 Million dollar giveaway by having a $100 Million dollar Mega Tournament in April at Las Vegas with qualifiers being played online now. (www.NobleMillion.com) While the Mega Tournament in Vegas h

Premier League club Aston Villa has signed a sponsorship rights agreement with online gaming company, GTcasino.com, also known as Golden Tiger Casino and Poker in the Casino Rewards group.

British online betting exchange Betfair issued a fast response to media speculation that it was planning an imminent listing on the London Stock Exchange this week. Asked by Sky TV News whether the rumours were true, a senior executive unequivocally denied these were true.

VIPCasino has just added 14 new games including multi payline Slots and a whole new range of Scratch Card from software developer, CryptoLogic.

Top British online gambling group Sportingbet brought a breath of fresh air to the week’s pessimism over Internet gambling prospects when it announced it’s results mid-week.

October 13th was a lucky day for Alan Welton of West Sussex in the UK - he hit a GBP225,793 jackpot on the “Rags to Riches” progressive slot game at Intercasino.co.uk.