Archive for the 'Gambling News' Category

Tennessee Titans A Touchdown Favorite Over New Orleans Saints In Final Regular Season Tune Up

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The Tennessee Titans and the New Orleans Saints meet in the final regular season tune up prior to the start of the 2010 NFL regular season next week.  Both teams have showed signs that they plan on contending for division, conference, and potentially the Super Bowl, with the development of players throughout the preseason. The [...]

Commerce Casino director reveals fear of offshore poker competition

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Tom Malkasian, a director of the Commerce Casino, has responded to the Poker Players Alliance's 'Players Before Profits' campaign in which the million strong action group urged US players to voice their disapproval of the Californian card room’s opposition to federal legalisation of online poker. In a company statement, Malkasian defended the Commerce position, saying: [...]

Commerce Casino’s opposition to legalised online poker attracts PPA’s ire

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The one million member online poker action group Poker Players Alliance came out with all guns firing this week in a press release criticising the Commerce Casino for its opposition to the federal legalisation of online gambling. InfoPowa readers will recall that the Commerce Casino was recently involved with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians [...]

Remote Gaming Association underwhelmed by Dutch poker recommendations

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

The Remote Gaming Association has been quick off the mark in commenting on this week’s release of a Dutch commission's report on online gambling, criticising its findings because these exclusively recommend that online poker be regulated, but not other forms of online gambling. Speaking for the Association, chief executive Clive Hawkswood said that the proposal [...]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Edge Kansas City Chiefs 20-15 In Second NFL Pre-Season Game At Home

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

The Kansas City Chiefs took the field at Raymond James Stadium Saturday night on a mission to show their fans they have made the necessary adjustments to improve upon their 4-12 finish from a season ago. They fell just short of a win, but their starters went up early on the Tampa Bay defense. The [...]

New England Takes Down Atlanta In Wes Welker’s Return To Action

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

While the Patriot pass offense was up to its usual standard, the run game accounted for 120 yards and two touchdowns, including a 20-yard run by Sammie Morris in the third quarter. On the other side of the ball, the Atlanta offense looked solid when the starters were in, that included quarterback Matt Ryan.  Ryan [...]

Premier League Betting – When Will Wayne Rooney Score for Manchester United?

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

When does a dry spell become a drought? Possibly when the Premier League’s player of the year has failed to score in his last 13 matches. With Wayne Rooney having failed to convert since March for club and country bookmakers Paddy Power are betting on when the goal-starved striker will next hit the back of [...]

iPad betting application from Betfair.com – Online Casino News

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Players at leading online casino and sportsbook Betfair.com can now get in on the action using their Apple iPad after the UK-licensed site released the world’s first betting application developed especially for the tablet computer. Betfair.com revealed that the new application is free from Apple’s Applications Store and allows players to check out the markets, [...]

Dwan Challenge Continues, Just Over 10,000 Hands Remain

Friday, August 13th, 2010

In January of 2009, Tom Dwan, one of the fastest rising stars in the world of poker, issued a challenge any and all poker players. His challenge was a proposition bet, a bet that stated that he felt he could beat any player heads up over 50,000 hands. He stated that he would lay $1.5 [...]

Kentucky sets sites on Party Gaming

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The state of Kentucky’s long-running attempt to hijack the domains of international online gambling companies, which has seen a succession of court cases, appeals and amendments by the Kentucky officials recorded yet another state amendment in the latest appeal, with online gambling giant Party Gaming added to those companies the state has cited. The news [...]