Monthly Archives: January 2010

Nasty shock for Dutch poker player as tax man claims a 29% cut of earnings

The twoplustwo message board has been on fire this week after disclosures were made that a Dutch player was having tax problems. The tax authorities are claiming a 29% cut of poker earnings in terms of the amended Betting and … Continue reading

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Microgaming Powered Online Casinos Hot With Slot Jackpots

Aztec Riches Casino The Microgaming network of online casinos has been one of the hottest of late when it comes to slot jackpots. The hits have kept on coming this week with th biggest jackpots coming on the CashSplash game. … Continue reading

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Poker Legend Doyle Brunson Benedict Arnold?

Poker icon Doyle Brunson would know who Benedict Arnold is.  After all, they graduated High School together. Okay, that was an attempt at a very bad joke….a very very very bad joke. And we at Gambling911.com don’t really believe that … Continue reading

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Hoyt Corkins Captures WPT Southern Poker Championship

DoylesRoom.com’s Hoyt Corkins now ranks among the most successful WPT poker champions. Late Wednesday evening, Corkins captured the WPT Southern Poker Championship title, the second WPT title of his career. With 14 cashes, 6 final tables and 2 championship titles … Continue reading

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MGM Mirage Stock Rises While Other Gaming Stocks Fall

MGM Mirage MGM Mirage stock rebounded in the afternoon on Friday after having a tough morning. The stock, unlike most other US based gaming stocks, had an increases in price for the day. While other gaming stocks were falling on … Continue reading

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Manhattan Slots the latest online casino to launch under Club World stable

The Club World online casino group has revealed that it is geared up to launch a new online casino third week January at the ICEi expo in London. Branded Manhattan Slots and powered by RealTime Gaming, the new venue will … Continue reading

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Macau Sees Double Digit Growth

(Bloomberg) — Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. is seeking to regain market share as gambling in Macau returns to "double digit" growth for the first time since the global recession started, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Melco Crown, in fourth place … Continue reading

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Good turnaround at 32Red with gross win of £12.8M

It appears that the disappointing performance of the Gibraltar-based online casino group 32Red in the first half of 2009 is a thing of the past, with the company reporting a better second half to post a 2009 FY gross win … Continue reading

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Melco Crown Entertainment Stock Drops Almost Ten Percent

Melco Crown Entertainment It was another rough day on the stock market for a company who has had too many of these days in the past several months. Melco Crown Entertainment stock fell almost ten percent on Wednesday. Melco Crown … Continue reading

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Wayne Root: Obama Death Panels Equal Unions

Wayne Allyn Root is a frequent contributor to the Gambling911.com website and the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate.  Today he goes off on President Obama, claiming among other things that "Obama is the first president owned by the unions" and … Continue reading

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