A British-owned gaming site is to accept US poker bets to boost flagging poker revenues even though online gambling is effectively OUTLAWED in America. Ladbrokes’ saw online poker profits FALL 6.4% over the past 12 months although profits on other channels rose. Bosses say they have been forced to join the Microgaming poker network because [...]

Macau’s casinos made £3.68 BILLION before tax in the first six months of 2008, it was announced yesterday. That compares to £5.2 billion over the WHOLE of 2007 — or about 70 per cent. Despite that, industry insiders are warning of tighter times ahead for the island province’s casinos because the last three months were [...]

A government-run online casino set up to control internet gambling has been told it is breaking European competition law. Svenska Spel was formed in 2005, and runs online poker as well as the Sweden’s national lottery and sports betting. Looking for Problems But figures from Sweden’s National Institute of Public Health which reveal that Swedes [...]