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Leading UK bookmaker William Hill has signed a major new sponsorship deal with The Football Association (FA), to become the ‘Official Supporter’ of the England Football Team, as well as the FA Cup’s Official Betting Partner. The ground breaking... 

UK online gaming group 888 Holdings has just released its fourth quarter results which showed a 28% rise in revenue year-on-year to $91 million. Overall, the group’s revenue for the whole of 2011 was up 26% to $331 million compared to $262 million in 2010,... 

Just before Christmas, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney offered Texas governor Rick Perry a $10,000 bet on national television, which was subsequently refused by Perry who said he was “not in the betting business.” However, any thoughts... 

According to a report by online news source ‘Subjectpoker.com,’ Chris “Jesus” Ferguson may be hampering a purchase deal of Full Tilt Poker by Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) in order to safeguard $14.3 million he put into the company post Black-Friday. Apparently,... 

Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) have announced they are hopeful of completing the $80 million purchase of Full Tilt Poker from the DoJ by the end of February. In the meantime, a due diligence process instigated by GBT in order to reveal the true extent of Full Tilt’s... 

Macau has just released its casino gambling figures, revealing a 34.8%  increase in revenue to 25 billion patacas ($3.13 billion)  for January, compared to the same month last year. The results were ahead of many analysts’ predictions of between 23 to 26... 

Caesars Atlantic City celebrated a milestone event last week, after its poker Bad Beat Jackpot was hit for the 20th time since it was introduced to the casino in August 2010. At 3:45a.m. on Thursday, January 19th, one lucky player at the Caesars poker room hit... 

The state of Louisiana has released its casino figures for December 2011, showing a 1.2% decline in revenue to $201.9 million compared to the same month in 2010. Breaking the figures down further, around 2.6 million people visited Louisiana casinos in December... 

The PokerStars management team has undergone a seismic shift over the past year, with CEO Gabi Campos now the third high ranking official to exit the world’s biggest poker site since Black Friday. In May 2011, the European Poker Tour (EPT) tournament director... 

The state of Nevada has just published its gambling figures for November 2011, showing a 7.1% increase in revenue to $880.1 million compared to the $822.1 million collected in the same period last year. The Las Vegas Strip generally accounts for around half the...