The US finds ally anew with Italy who recently eneacted legislation that makes it illegal for any Italian Internet Service Provider (ISP) to allow connection to an offshore gaming site.
This law will affect over 600 online sites that the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance have deemed are operating a gaming operation. The law [...]

Sportingbet has announced a record quarter for the period ending January 31. The online gaming giant’s financial performance was described by Nigel Payne, CEO of Sportingbet, as “a period in which the scale of the Group’s operations has again increased significantly and a period in which the benefits of our shared purse strategy have started [...]

European customers of UK based betting exchange Betfair will be able to make payments using PayPal, a global leader in online payments, following a deal between the two businesses Betfair reported in a statement on Monday.
The arrangement will enable Betfair users living in the UK and the other European Union countries to use PayPal to make [...]

After Reaching 100,000 Simultaneous Players Milestone, Online Poker Website Guarantees $1,000,000 in Prize Money for Every Weekly Tourney
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ — PokerStars.com, the world’s largest poker tournament website, reached the 100,000-player milestone last week. The occasion marked the first time ever that 100,000 poker players were logged on [...]

The government of Italy have announced that they are set to block over 600 online gambling websites at the end of this week in an attempt to stop the fraudulent acquisition of passwords and credit card information.
The 684 web sites have been labelled illegal by the Italian government and these include every igaming operator [...]

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 21, 2006) – Ascend Media Gaming Group will present the inaugural Hispanic Gaming Summit July 18 at Paris in Las Vegas. It precedes [...]

LONDON (AP) – Hilton Group PLC changed its name to Ladbrokes PLC on Thursday after completing the sale of its hotels business to its U.S. namesake, leaving the British company with just its gambling division.
With the change, the company plans to focus on expanding internationally beyond its European bookmaking operations, including a consulting deal to [...]

Premised on the idea that "skill gaming is NOT gambling" a mainstream media company dives head first into online interactive gambling space. Liberty Media acquires Fun Technologies. FUN also offers fantasy leagues and sports betting odds information services, its suite of skill games include

Puzzle games
Word and Trivia games
Solitaire
Poker Solitaire
Mahjong or Mah Jong
Blackjack Solitaire 
Arcade games [...]

PokerShare settles suit with Excapsa softwar provider of UltimateBet Online Poker Room. PokerShare got so big so fast that UltimateBet complained to Excapsa – another chapter in the evolution of poker networks. Related story is PartyGaming acquires EmpirePoker thereby ending their own poker dispute.  
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Now you can not only watch the WORLD POKER TOUR® on television, but when you go to the casino you’ll be able to play in a WPT-branded poker room. WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE – News) and Foxwoods Resort Casino, the word’s largest casino, announced today [...]