2011 February 11 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Tourists might leave a little more of their money to help pay for Georgia students to attend preschool and college under a proposal to expand legalized gambling slated for introduction soon in the House of Representatives.

Sheryl Sprague made it to the new Gun Lake Casino Friday. The Byron Center woman just didn’t get in.

The North Tahoe Business Association’s Joe King Poker Tournament is slated for Sunday, Feb.

Early Thursday morning, news broke that Sam Chauhan , mindset coach extraordinaire, had signed a deal with Full Tilt Poker .

POKIE MPs Nick Xenophon and Andrew Wilkie have held a secret meeting with almost every major church in Australia for an election campaign war against the club industry over poker machines.

Swedish online gambling firm Betsson AB presented its Q4 2010 and full year 2010 financial results this week. Betsson reported gross turnover’s in its Sportsbook of SEK 1 894 million corresponding to an increase of 151 percent of which live betting in the sportsbook amounted to SEK 1 144 million indicating an impressive increase of […]

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power plc has received approval from the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, connected with the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board, to purchase the remaining 39.2 percent minority shareholding in Sportsbet Pty Ltd. An extraordinary general meeting will be held on 22 February 2011 to cover the only remaining condition to the […]

WSOP’s European headquarters are set to move to Cannes. The World Series of Poker renowned for being the richest and most prestigious tour on the game’s calendar is set to head to France.

Christmas has come incredibly early on PartyPoker with a fantastic new freeroll series for new players.