Mixed Holdem Poker Tournament in WSOP won By Frank Gary
June 26th, 200825th June 26, 2008- The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet with 219,562 USD is won by Frank Gary. He defeated Jonathan Tamayo with an unbelievable streak of luck.
Singapore to see online gambling rising higher
June 24th, 2008The gambling companies of Singapore named Singapore Turf Club and the Singapore Pools are missing out huge opportunities of earning a good percentage of revenue by not offering the online betting opportunities to the local residents.
Luis Velador emerges WSOP Bracelet winner
June 23rd, 2008The World Series of Poker also conducts number of smaller No-Limit Hold’em tournaments with 1500 USD apart from a signature tournament and the main No-Limit Hold’em tournaments event which will take place in July.
Mobile contest- Restricted by Malaysian Government
June 20th, 2008Celcom Mobile, which is the second largest mobile company in Malaysia, is stopped by the government as it was running the contest which was based on SMS for offering new cars. It was stopped as some of the unspecified sources have claimed it to be a resemblance of gambling and it also incurs high SMS charges.
Lawsuit filed against the casino in Rohnert Park
June 18th, 2008California- A Federal lawsuit has been filed on Friday by the East Bay Attorney to prevent the casino to be built in the Rohnert Park.
New gambling rules in Norway
June 16th, 2008Trond Griske, who is a Norway’s Minister of Culture and Churches, has asked for the implementation of new rules and regulations in the gambling machines which will actually limit the money spend on betting by the player per game. And also to have a check on how much they can loose per game, how long they are playing the game so that the government can keep a check on it by having these strict rules.
Ukraine restricted gambling in their country
June 14th, 2008The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine website official notification states that the there is an impending crack down in the Eastern European countries for the registration on casino and gambling advertisements.
Collaboration of Blinkx with Poker Channel for Poker videos to poker lovers
June 13th, 2008April, 2008, the biggest search engine of videos in the world named Blinkx has announced their collaboration with Poker Channel which is the only channel which works exclusively with general entertainment and poker gaming.