2012 March 24 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

More than 120 poker players from all different skill levels came out to enjoy a few rounds of cards and raise money for the University of Virginia Cancer Center.

Place your bets: Expanded gambling comes to the House of Representatives this week, and the betting line has never looked better. Don’t misunderstand; this controversial bill to legalize two large casinos and two smaller ones is no slam dunk. But this legislation has never passed the lower legislative chamber, and Wednesday’s version stands the best chance ever. Heading into the weekend …

CLARK, Pampanga - The Philippine gaming industry is the "next market to watch," with the ambitious 120-hectare integrated casino and tourism hub in Manila expected to trump those in Las Vegas and Singapore in the next 4 years.

The automatic rakeback online poker site is hosting its mid-month $10,000 Guaranteed tournament on Saturday, March 17, 2012, and online poker players who hit the cash tables leading up to it can have their tournament seat paid for thanks to the site’s automatic rakeback model.

A handwritten letter penned by a prominent hospitality executive before he killed himself blames his organization’s former accountant for transferring the group’s money through her personal checking account to offshore accounts to pay for online gambling.

WMS’s innovative new social gaming offering Friendslot has been launched on Facebook by subsidiary Jackpot Party Casino as a free social slot game where players […]

Police in Ohio have seized more than 80 computers and other electronic equipment from an internet cafe that authorities claim was being operated as a […]

Online gaming group Webis Holdings’ Finance Director Damon Waddington has resigned his position effective April 20, 2012. While Waddington leaves to pursue new opportunities, other […]

New Jersey-based gaming developer High 5 Games released two new online games this week. “The Prince of Lightening”, a 3×5 reel game is set in […]