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The U.S. state of Nevada has taken another important step towards offering its residents legal online poker games. On Thursday state gaming regulators approved plans proposed by three Nevada companies to offer their services online within state boundaries.   The three companies are Atlantis Resort of south Reno, South Point Poker LLC and Global Cash Access … Read more Nevada Approves Three Companies’ Plans for Online Betting

It’s Oscar season, and you know what that means – Every person on earth who has ever been to the movies (i.e. every person on earth) is playing film critic and proclaiming their favorite for Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Score…okay, maybe not best score, but you get the idea.   The online gambling industry … Read more Best Oscar Movie & Celebrity Online Slots Games

It’s the end of another eventful week in the world of Spanish online gambling, as the cash-strapped country continues to announce the awarding of licenses to now legal online casinos and sportsbooks. Among those that received Spanish licenses this week were PokerStars and Betfair.   PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker website, went live with PokerStars.es on … Read more Betfair & PokerStars Launch in Spain

  In honor of the current Beach Life slots progressive jackpot, which now stands at an almost unbelievable $5.8 million USD, we thought we’d look back at some of the online gambling world’s biggest progressive jackpots and their winners.   The biggest progressives have most often resulted from slot games, wherein a portion of all bets … Read more Biggest Online Progressive Jackpots Ever Won

  On January 10th in the wee hours of the California morning, the nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards were announced. Within moments, sports books had begun making their own announcements – or rather, predictions – as to who would win and who would not.   The most popular Oscars betting markets revolve around the awards … Read more Oscar Odds Preview: Bookmakers Taking Bets on Winners & Losers

The 85th annual Academy Awards is fast approaching, and with more than a few gambling fans celebrating the event as though it were Christmas, smart online casinos are hosting promotions to match the hype.   Two such casinos are Titan Casino and Jackpot Capital, both of which are celebrating the Oscar movie and awards season with … Read more Casinos Hosting Big 2013 Academy Awards Promotions

No one knew what would happen when Spain passed its National Gambling Act in May of this year and began implementing online betting regulations in June. Would the market tank or would it soar?   The results are in. And they are definitive. In the four months since Spain went legal, the government has collected … Read more Legal Online Gambling Thrives in Spain Post Regulations

  Microgaming, one of the online gambling world’s top gaming software providers, announced that two players scored major jackpot wins at its casinos this week, the combined total of which was more than £3 million.   The wins took place at Platinum Play and Spin Palace casinos. Both sites are linked to Microgaming’s network of progressive jackpots.   … Read more Microgaming Jackpots Pay Two Players £3 Million

A software developer based in Ireland has released the first real-money poker application for the popular line of Apple mobile computers. SwitchPoker.com, created by game software studio SawadeeSoft, will allow players to play six-seat no-limit Texas Holdem poker on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch with other players on the iPhone network. However, the games will … Read more Real Money Poker Site for iPad

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have allowed his state to become the first to allow legal online gambling. The bill would have allowed New Jersey residents to play at a state-operated online casino. Christie cited “significant” issues with the bill’s legal language as one of the reasons behind his veto. Many of the … Read more New Jersey Governor Vetoes Online Gambling Bill

Shalom Shaked: 888 co-founder dies at 58 A spokesperson for pioneering online casino 888.com, recently announced that the site’s co-founder, Aaron Shaked, died January 2nd. He was 58 years old and had been battling illness for a number of years.   Shaked, a licensed dentist in his native Israel, created 888.com along with his brother Avi … Read more 888.com co-founder Shaked dead at 58

One of the “founding fathers” of the online casino industry will soon reach a momentous milestone. Bodog.net, the online gaming site launched in 1994, will soon deal its billionth (1,000,000,000) online blackjack hand. At its current pace, the milestone hand will be dealt in the next thirty to forty-five days. The Bodog brand has been widely recognized among the … Read more Bodog Deals Billionth Online Blackjack Hand