Online gambling company Betclic, a subsidiary of the French Mangas Gaming group, has signed a two season shirt sponsorship deal with the top Italian football team Juventus.
The deal increases Betclic’s footprint in international football, something it is denied in its home country due to current French gambling laws. These restrictions are expected to be lightened [...]

As reported by the Baltimore City Paper: “As recounted in court documents made public yesterday in Maryland’s U.S. District Court, federal authorities seized the contents of six Wachovia Bank accounts held by a company called Forshay Enterprises, Inc., saying the accounts hold gambling proceeds involved in money laundering. The move follows nine other gambling-related bank-account [...]

He’s only 24 years old but in online card rooms across the globe, Chris Moorman is already known as nothing short of a legend. With career winnings totaling over $1.6 million, Moorman is to the online poker world what Doyle Brunson was to live poker decades ago: a young poker superstar who makes tearing up [...]

It’s been a long time coming, but the day in which Casino Rewards gives away $65,000 for free is very close. On December 1, 2009, Casino Rewards will be announcing the winner of their $65K Sweepstakes draw - and it may just be someone who has never even gambled in their life before.
The reality of [...]

Ladbrokes has dropped a long-running legal challenge to Norway’s gambling monopoly, reports Gambling Compliance.
The challenge was initiated in 2004 after Ladbrokes request to operate on and off –line horserace and sports betting games was rejected by the Norwegian Government.
Ladbrokes claimed that laws restricting Norway’s commercial gambling markets solely to games offered by state-owned firms Norsk [...]

The frustration on the face of Tiger Woods during his shocking defeat in the PGA Championship Sunday afternoon was nothing compared to the exasperation oozing out of Paddy Power.
In fact, Mr. Paddy Power, the director of communications for the Irish bookmaking operation that bears his name, was so disturbed by what was happening at [...]

Qualifiers get a chance to go heads-up against some of the world’s best poker pros for a shot at $1 million when NBC debuts the first-ever prime time poker themed game show on a broadcast network with the premiere of “Face the Ace” on Saturday, August 1 (9-10 p.m. ET). Hosted by Steve Schirripa (”The [...]

Lawyers for Laurel Racing went to Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday to argue that its rejected bid for a slot machine license should be put back into consideration by a state commission.
But attorneys for the state contended that Laurel Racing’s failure to put up a $28.5 million licensing fee simply disqualifies the company from consideration [...]

Competing groups of House members plan to air their views today on whether gambling is the solution to the state’s budget deficit.
Rep. Jim Craig, D-Manchester, said he has invited any House members who support legalized slot machines to join him at a noon press conference.
Rep. David Hess, R-Hooksett, plans to bring Attorney General Kelly Ayotte [...]

Democrats at the party’s state convention passed a resolution to oppose the legalization of slot machines in Massachusetts.
The resolution, which also called for opposing other efforts to raise more revenue through “addictive and predatory” gambling, was championed by Kathleen Norbut of Monson, a member of the Democratic State Committee.
She says it was designed to send [...]