2011 January 29 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

This article is about helping beginners in poker learn about bet sizing. It is an essential skill in poker and one that should be learned early if a player wishes to improve.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — – In a move to offer its players a customized poker experience and deliver everything they want in a poker room, Doyles Room is moving to the Yatahay Poker Network effective today.

Canadian online gaming provider, Chartwell Technology has announced its audited financial results for the year ended October 31 2010. Fiscal Results: For the three months ended October 31, 2010, the firm’s revenue in its fourth quarter was CAD$2.4 million compared to CAD$3.5 million for the same period a year earlier. The decline is attributed to […]

With the growing likelihood that state, rather than federal, initiatives will determine the future of online gambling in the United States, several major companies have joined together to advocate legalisation. This week the US Online Gaming Association came into being, supported by sponsors like Sportingbet.com and PKR.com, and headed up by former Poker Voters of […]

The McMurphy’s slot, another recent release from Rival Gaming.  The 20 payline slot is themed around an average family who love to travel and the reels feature famous tourist landmarks; Leaning Tower of Pisa, London’s Tower Bridge, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and New York’s Statue of Liberty. The game features […]

With UK and Irish horseracing levy and funding debates between Government, horseracing organisations and bookmakers in the news, the Italian agricultural minister has told parliament that horseracing needs a permanent state funding solution separate from income raised through betting – similar to how the Italian National Olympic Committee is financed reports Racing Today. The Minister, […]

Online gambling giants, PartyGaming PLC and bwin Interactive Entertainment AG shareholders held separate Extraordinary General Meetings today and have announced the approval of the anticipated merger. All nine resolutions relating to the approval of the merger with bwin, including the change of name from PartyGaming Plc to bwin.party digital entertainment plc, were approved by PartyGaming […]

In the end, it just wasn’t meant to be. Nobody has won the same World Poker Tour event twice.

I had an admittedly unorthodox reaction to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s announcement last week that she would not propose privatizing North Carolina’s government-run liquor stores.