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, 25 November 2005 |
 There's only one word in the English dictionary that is an oxymoron all on its own: Virgin. Since rebel billionaire Richard Branson set his sights on music and aeroplanes, he hasn't looked back. If he did, he'd find his competitors fighting it out to ride on his coattails. Because where Richard goes, money follows. In that order.
He churns out ventures like Willy Wonka chocolates and hits a sweet note every time. Now, with billions of Pounds under his belt, Branson's set sail on a whole new adventure: online poker. Shocked? You shouldn't be. UK gambling laws are finally moving in a positive direction. And Branson's timing couldn't be better: just after the poker bubble burst and just before things go legal - and big. If everything goes as it should and Blair plays the game, by this time next year Britons will be trying hard to remember that other poker rooms ever existed before Virgin's.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2005 |
 If everyone from slots grannies to poker punters can have a bet online, why have the online casinos left Linux users out in the cold for this long? Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux is an open source (which means free) operating system, attracting the sharpest computer minds and netheads the world over. Linux is not for sissies - if you run a non-Windows box, you better know what you're doing.
And these guys do. They control every bit and byte that moves on their PCs. Which makes the fact that the casino industry has ignored a captive audience (that spends 14-18 hours behind their screens just waiting for someone to wave in their direction) like this for so long absolutely astounding. But if I have to be honest, I'd never even considered Linux gaming until 888 launched their new Linux casino offering a couple of days ago. Nerds of the world, unite!
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Tuesday, 22 November 2005 |
 It's funny how lazy we've become as technology's advanced in the last ten years. What's funnier is that the less we do, the more the world changes around us to accomodate our every need. Take gambling, for instance. When driving out to Vegas or Reno became too much of a mission, we invented online casinos. When that became too restrictive (I mean, you actually have to sit behind your computer and go to the trouble of loading a website) a new gambling solution presented itself: mobile gaming. And now, even though mgambling has barely taken off, the future in online gambling has just been launched in the UK, and it doesn't even require you to get off the couch - thank goodness!
We're talking interactive TV gambling - true casino games and full gaming transactions, all live and ready to play from anywhere in your house: the living room, the kitchen or even your bedroom. All you need is a TV, a remote and the vast amounts of energy needed to use a thumb on one hand to make it all happen in front of you.
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Monday, 21 November 2005 |
 It's been the biggest and most public poker game of the year. Who's got what? How much are they betting? Will anyone dare bluffing? But in a reverse twist on the usual game of poker, talks between PartyGaming and Empire Online have gone backwards: what started off as a river of dreams has ended up a complete flop.
How could this have happened? On the one side, PartyGaming represents one of the largest internet gaming success stories on the stock exchange. On the other, Empire Online was at one time inseperable from Party Poker. Where did things go wrong - and now that Empire Online is suing PartyGaming, where do they go from here?
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
 Like every year before it, we've all got our favorites for the upcoming Academy Awards. Some are rooting for Charlize in North Country for Best Actress. Others are convinced that there's no chance of Cinderella Man not scooping the Oscar in each of its nominated categories. Whatever your hunches for this year's winners, perhaps it's time to turn your opinions into real hard cash at Sportsbook.com?
Sportsbook.com is the first sports betting company to open odds on which movie will score the 78th Oscar for Best Picture - and, no surprise, Cinderella Man is sprinting ahead as the 6-1 favorite.
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Thursday, 17 November 2005 |
 What is it with Jesse Ventura? Pro wrestler the one day, governor of Minnesota the next and now vocal supporter of gambling over the internet. Frankly, we think he's great! While this guy is obviously addicted to fame and clearly trying to do anything to extend his 5 minutes into 5 years, his latest hobby is going to do the industry a lot of good.
Ventura is just one of a growing group of celebs standing up to be counted as a keen online gambler. He's picked a good time to jump on the casino bandwagon, too - talks on revised legislation are underway in the UK and USA as we speak. But in his usual style, Jesse has taken sideline support couple of steps further, by becoming the spokesperson for an online sports betting company.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2005 |
 Anyone with a glass eye can see that the kind of money involved in online gaming is serious currency. Second only to adult sites in terms of public interest and revenue figures, internet gambling has penetrated every corner of the globe at a remarkable speed, with astounding increases in overall spend.
Global gambling revenue, including sportsbetting, is expected to soar past the $10 billion mark in 2005. This moves online gaming into a whole new fortune bracket, raising interest in even the most conservative of financial circles. Just how much longer can the likes of Trump and Co. ignore this ever-profiting industry?
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Tuesday, 15 November 2005 |
 For some of us who've been around the internet gambling block a few hundred times in the last few years, whipping out your credit card at your trusty internet casino isn't such a big thing. For those who put security first on their agenda, payments using your credit card can be completely safeguarded through third party payment facilities like NETeller and Click2Pay - both of which have become recognized institutions in the online gaming arena. But what about those of us who don't have debit or credit cards? Yes, these people do exist.
Or what if you're paranoid about beaming your credit card details over the web? OR, and haven't we all been down this road, what if your credit card's maxed out - and you don't have (or don't want to use) a debit card? Or what about those of us who like to keep our gaming activities private, without the bank and the whole world knowing how often we ante up at our favorite online casino? Lots of questions, with one brand new and simple answer: Ukash.
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Monday, 14 November 2005 |
 A friend of mine recently returned from Vegas - giddy. He was completely out of control. He had snapshots of him and his friends outside every casino on the strip, off the strip and every possible spot inbetween. A picture of him pulling the handle at Fancy Casino. Another at the $5 blackjack table in Casino YouNameIt. Yet another throwing craps dice at Casino #643. He just couldn't get enough of all the casinos he could choose from, and how many games he could play.
I blinked and said, "If you went to Vegas because Disneyland was full, then cool. But if you went there to gamble ... why?" Anyone that gambles and doesn't do it online needs to wake up and count their chips. There are a hundred reasons why I never gamble offline anymore - here's 10.
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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
 In one of the most active periods in online gaming history, the last few months have seen major casino corporations selling like crazy. While other serious players are going public (like 888.com and PartyGaming), English Harbour has agreed to sell its entire operation to the Leisure & Gaming group - lock, stock and millions of smoking dollars. This just a month after Leisure & Gaming acquired Stanley Entertainment's internet gaming operation.
Should alarm bells be going off somewhere or did someone at Leisure & Gaming hit the lotto? And where does this leave your favorite casino brands?
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Thursday, 10 November 2005 |
 Together with Australia and Canada, the UK has long been targeted as the next best gambling arena, after the USA. Casinos and poker rooms have gone to extremes to try capture the hearts, minds and wallets of UK punters. From plastering posters on lampposts and distributing casino software cds to branding entire towns and taxis, there's been no limit to casino excitement. Until now...
Recent reports have suggested that the UK government is about to crack down on gaming advertising by tackling offshore internet gambling companies that have taken things 'too far'.
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