Gamble More Online Gambling News Blog The gambling industry is filled with news about internet gaming. Good news, bad news and news about things you didn't even know you needed to know. A lot of what's out there, though, is either made up of boring technical jargon or filled with press release hype that's simply a waste of your time.
So Gamble More's Gambling News Blog is here to bring you daily news updates that cut through the casino clutter, giving you the most important news of the day, together with our personal commentary on what's going down. Here's what's happening in the casino industry right now.
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Friday, 04 August 2006 |
 Whatever the House had to say about online gambling legislation hasn't dampened Party Gaming's determination to entertain America. Experts are divided on the issue: some see no chance of the Senate giving the online gambling bill their attention or their vote, while others are screaming from the rooftops that the Armageddon of Internet Gaming is upon us.
As far as Party Gaming (the group that owns Party Poker, Party Casino and Party Bingo) is concerned, politics and gambling will have to agree to disagree. At least until any gambling laws are actually passed and signed by the President.
Even though the Senate could soon ratify the House's decision, and the BeonSports debacle shocked casino executives everywhere, the only plans Party Gaming are willing to alter are their travel itineraries. Their marketing and advertising strategies still include a strong focus on a USA online gambling audience, with a focus on brand building for Party Casino.
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Monday, 17 July 2006 |
 Whether you love or loathe Hillary Clinton, online gambling odds show that internet gamblers fancy her as the It Girl come 2008. Not great news for constantly defeated (though now a little older, wiser and bearded) democratic hopeful Al Gore. He had probably pinned all his hopes on taking a back seat for 8 years while George Bush did his best in the oval office.
The problem he faces now is that the American public want to see a 180 degree shift in the leadership of their country when they next go to the polls. And though Gore is definitely not Bush, it's difficult to be any more different than Mrs Clinton. Online gambling odds tip her as the favorite to put her hand on the Bible as the next US president in 2008 - and she may just pull it off.
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Tuesday, 04 July 2006 |
 It's World Series of Poker time again and Harrah's has just announced that 32 hours of online gambling will be broadcast on ESPN! The 2006 WSOP tournament is every poker player's dream tournament. It's the Olympics of the poker industry, where professionals and amateurs go head to head playing Texas Hold'em poker for millions of US dollars. And 32 hours of the most adrenalin-filled action are about to hit TV and computer screens around the world.
Sponsored again this year by Milwaukee's Best Light beer, the ESPN broadcasts will start airing weekly between 8 and 9pm on Tuesday 18 July, right through to 31 October. The big news this year is that for the first time ever, you'll be able to watch the final table's game LIVE! If you've got 25 bucks in your pocket and a TV or PC to watch it on, ESPN's special pay-per-view channel (called The World Series of Poker Live!) will beam the sensational poker showdown from 3pm EST on Thursday 10 August. The show won't end until you know who survives the last all-in, so you might want to start practising that fake cough for a sick day on Friday the 11th. It's going to be a L-O-N-G night!
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
 Wimbledon is all about the best of the tennis best playing for the most important title of the year. But as far as online gambling bets go, Roger Federer can't lose. The biggest tennis championship of 2006 is already drawing massive crowds, despite some of the matches being called off for rain. And the competition is drawing equal amounts of interest at online sportsbetting site Sportsbook.com, where punters are betting in droves that Federer will win his fourth Wimbledon title in a row.
Federer is an easy favorite at some decent odds: 3 to 1 at the moment. Maria Sharapova is the hot women's tennis favorite at odds of 5:2, even though she's only fourth seeded and went down in flames last year to female tennis sensation Venus Williams. Some die-hard patriots don't care what Federer's chances of winning the tournament are - they're backing the US hopeful Andy Roddick with everything they've got at Sportsbook.com, at odds of 6:1. Roddick and Federer have gone head to head before in the last two Wimbledon tennis finals but Roddick got thrashed by the Swiss sportsman, who only lost a single set to poor Andy.
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
 This is online gambling history in the making! The Millionaires Club progressive slot jackpot at InterCasino has soared past $3 Million! It's far and away the highest progressive slots jackpot in the history of internet gambling - and it just keeps on growing. To date, online gambling slots winners have been happy to take home million dollar checks in the 1.4 or 1.5 million range. But when Millionaires Club flew past the $2 Million mark without any sign of slowing down, online gamblers everywhere sat up and took notice. Big time.
Online gamblers the world over are logging in to their real money casino accounts at InterCasino, hoping that their next spin will take them to glory - and make them 3 million US Dollars richer, instantly. And if the winner finds their knees a little wobbly when they see all the reels line up and the 7-digits credited to their account, InterCasino will be sending over a sweet little cherry on the multi-million dollar cake: a brand new BMW Z4!
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
 World Cup soccer fever is hotter than ever! Sports fans are glued to their TV screens and Bodog Online Sportsbook is taking online gambling bets galore - mostly in favor of Team USA! Bodog's laying odds on a list of props wagers that mainly revolve around the American soccer team, who are deseparately trying to edge their way into one of the world's biggest sports. Partly because Americans love any game that involves a ball and a referee - but mostly because this is one sport that they don't dominate. Yet.
The FIFA 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany is just a little bit bigger and more important than the 'World Series' of baseball that Americans lay claim to. Ironically, the 'world series' actually only includes American states and American athletes. The soccer World Cup is an entirely different affair. It's a truly international event with global teams and a global audience numbering in the hundreds of millions. Just about every country on earth will receive satellite transmissions of the games and broadcast it to their eager citizens in a wave of sports fanaticism and patriotism matched only by the Olympics.
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Monday, 05 June 2006 |
 It was only a matter of time before online gambling set its sights on Hollywood and now, thanks to Bodog.com, movie buffs can turn critiques into cash overnight! The endlessly enthusiastic moviegoers Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are famous across the globe for their thumb-based movie reviews of the big screen blockbusters. And now with a quick online gambling bet, gamblers everywhere have the chance to make money by predicting what the pair will think of the latest film releases.
Ebert and Roeper work for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper as film critics with their own column. They also appear on a weekly TV show broadcast and watched by millions in the USA. Two thumbs up is their highest rating of a film (much like five stars), with two thumbs down being the worst. They've watched some of the greatest films ever screened and some of the lousiest flops imaginable. But through it all, everything boils down to just two thumbs - and which way they'll be pointing by the time they get back to the TV studio. Bodog.com believes it's high time the ultimate outcome have a little more edge - by attaching odds and an internet wager to the weekly ratings.
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Monday, 29 May 2006 |
 If the online gambling industry has anything to worry about, it isn't legislation, it's regulation. When it comes to budget, branding, credibility and loyalty, online casinos have a long way to go if they want to be on a level playing field with land-based casinos and gambling giants like MGM Grand, Mirage and Harrahs. Imagine the power a multi-billion dollar budget will yield if Trump had to go online. Or the Bellagio. Instantly, online gambling customers would trust the casino. They'd immediately tie into the offline loyalty system and benefit from any existing relationships they've had with the land-based casinos in pre-internet years. It'll all be one experience for the player. If they don't feel like driving down to the Taj Mahal, just log into the online casino version.
Online casinos have known and feared this since the earliest talk of legislation cropped up. They'd much rather have online gambling outlawed than face the wrath of a Vegas-funded marketing strategy. And that's assuming that the online casinos we know today will even be granted a license. If legislation dictates that only a fixed number of online casino licenses are issued, who would you imagine that the US government would favor? An offline casino brand that has proved itself and, more importantly, paid tax for decades - or an online outfit headquartered out of an offshore island that has continued to prosper from American citizens, regardless of the USA's opinion on the matter? It's because of their unbeatable budget, brand recognition and market share that the offline casinos are keen to see online gambling legislation ushered in as soon as possible!
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
 Some internet casinos go all out to reward their customers for their online gambling loyalty. And some, like Poker.com, celebrate with a year's supply of cake. Plus $10,000 in cash as the cherry on top!
To mark the occassion of their first birthday, Poker.com turned one day of excitement into a year-long party for one online poker player from Massachusetts in the USA.
694 Poker.com players took part in the anniversary tournament but only one would walk off with a $10k prize and enough cake for an entire year, just to sweeten the pot!
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
 With just 16 days to go until the 2006 FIFA Soccer World Cup kicks off, online gambling bets are already in full swing. 16:1 that Beckham will be England's top goalscorer is today's headline bet at VCBet - the online sportsbetting site that forms part of the Victor Chandler group of internet gambling group. And that's just the beginning! As the countdown to the start of the Soccer World Cup continues, more bets at unmatchable odds will be introduced. Tomorrow's big bet will be 15:1 (for 15 days) odds on a player / team / result and Friday's will be 14:1 (for 14 days left to the first match) on another surprise World Cup event, to be revealed once a day until 9 June 2006.
Even for those not placing a bet online, sports fans across the globe are in an absolute frenzy as the big day draws nearer. The 2006 FIFA Soccer World Cup is every football fanatic's reason for getting out of bed every day - and their reward only rolls around once every four years, when the best international players face off for what is widely accepted as the best soccer championship on earth. 32 of the world's greatest soccer teams will take part in the World Cup, all played and broadcast from cities across Germany: Berline, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart and Nuremberg.
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Monday, 22 May 2006 |
 Though Hicks is the favorite to win the American Idol crown on Wednesday, more online gambling money is on McPhee! Believe it or not, the Idol finale could really go either way. While Taylor Hicks has the charm, voice and personality to walk off the winner, McPhee has a good enough sound and more than enough fans to dig her heels in until the final vote is in.
More importantly, while the calculated odds at online sportsbetting site Sportsbook.com make Hicks an almost sure thing, McPhee has a higher percentage of bets in her favor. What this means in plain English is that the THEORY is that Hicks will win the competition but the REALITY is that McPhee has a bigger following, more votes and just as good a chance of snapping up the American Idol title during the live finale show on Wednesday.
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