MANCHESTER, England-The undisputable queen of British women’s poker is Helena Brett; she won the Grand Final of the Betfred Ladies’ Poker Tour.

Brett who is thirty one hails from Staffordshire and heads the commercial activity for a charity organization, she beat Raine Hilson at London’s Western Club having competed in poker for just over a year.

Brett just one of ten poker enthusiasts to participate in the Grand Final qualified in July having won the Northampton leg of the tour.  She is a true champion having come up against some very seasoned poker players to walk away with one of women’s poker most rewarding prizes.

The final constituted three players only; Helena, Raine and Karen Walton who slugged it out for over two hours, Walton earned third place in the poker tournament.

Once the heads-up kicked-off Brett found herself on the short stack, thanks to some courageous play she doubled …

Harra’s will trade from now on under the name of Caesars Entertainment Corp. The aim of th new company is to significantly enhance its presence and increase its revenue stream within the casino industry whilst the globe is still gripped by economical uncertainty.

Formerly known as Harrah’s Entertainment Inc will still stay one of the company’s brands, alongside Caesars, Horseshoe, Total Rewards and the World Series of Poker. The new name has a very strong correlation with its most well-liked casino, the well-known Caesars Palace situated on the Las Vegas Strip. The company is also the owner of Caesars casinos in Atlantic City, N.J. and Windsor, Ontario and operates under this name for its various internet casinos in the UK.

Under the Harrah’s brand the company owns and manages 16 internet casinos across the United Kingdom. Shortly after Harrah’s cancelled its IPO the new name change followed suit.  Assuming it decided to …

So far 2010 has been a reasonably lucrative year for Sportingbet; the company targeted different overseas markets by means of expanding their mobile-gaming products resulting in a revenue increase of 19% for the last quarter.

Operating profit for the bookie has gone up from £6.3m in the first quarter of 2009 to £7.5m and ended October 31st, its overall profits before interest, tax, reduction and paying off existing debts increased by 16.5% from £9.7m to £11.3m.

“CEO, Andy McIver said, “the market is still a bit stormy”. “As it is the global markets are still gripped by recession and it impacts heavily on the online casino industry. To date we’ve seen some encouraging growth in Greece and Spain.”

McIver said countries that have indicated some steady growth during this quarter are: Turkey, Australia, South America and Eastern Europe, Poland’s overall revenue has increased by 40%.  Australia’s revenue after costs has gone …

Good news for online gamblers across the United States. A bill that permits gambling online in New Jersey has been approved by the Senate of New Jersey.  Gamblers from other states will not be permitted to wager at internet casinos situated within the New Jersey state, however this is a positive step and hopefully other U.S states would follow suit.

“Gaming analyst Steve Schwartz said, “It is imperative we take it one state at a time in the U.S where internet gambling is allowed. “It always begins with one state and boils over to another and it won’t be long before internet gamblers will be able to gamble across state borders at their own free will.”

The issue whether or not to legalize online gambling in New Jersey has taken a couple of months before a decision has been reached.  One of the key issues the bill will address when …

A new type of gambling fraud is occurring more frequently in Canada nowadays and it has officials up in arms, it entails members of the public faking cancer to get charity cash.

The latest person to be caught out in this diabolical scam is Tina Michele Sammons; authorities charged Sammons with four cases of fraud involving the amount of $5,000 and conning an impressive $300,000 from friends and relatives alike. She informed her relatives that she has been tested positive for cancer and that the B.C medical aid scheme did not cover all her medical costs.

Victims that have been conned by Sammons are her spouse’s parents, a co-worker of her brother and her brother-in-law.  It’s purported that the cash was utilised to fuel her gambling addiction and she gambled a large proportion of the cash at the View Royal Casino.

An erstwhile friend said she used to accompany Sammons …

One can’t believe that the Feast of Season is just around the corner again, the hour glass is fast running out for 2010.  We’d like to present our players with new forthcoming casino game to be released by Microgaming for the month of December.  These new slots machines will hopefully get you in that holiday spirit. Kick back, relax and enjoy! Herewith a brief narrative of Microgaming’s new games releases.

Santa’s Wild Ride

This slot game has a Christmas theme, aptly named “Santa’s Wild Ride”.  It offers players 243 alternative ways of winning, contains 5 reels and comically displays Santa using various modes of transport like a sleigh, a bike and so forth.   The elves don’t manufacture toys anymore in Santa’s Wild Ride and their sole responsibility is to safeguard Santa’s rod.  The wild symbol presents players with various modes of winning and they can win up to four times their …

Chief executive of The American Gaming Association in the U.S, Frank Fahrenkopf, said that land-based casinos throughout the U.S’ gambling revenue have improved by a meagre 1.3 percent in the third quarter to $8 billion.  It’s more or less a $100 million more for the same period than the previous year.

“Most economists have underestimated the impact the current recession still has on the American economy and this year’s economic growth is slightly better than last year,” Fahrenkopf said. “Your average American consumer is spending less; this is also clearly reflected in the internet casino industry as well.”  Revenues in general have been very low throughout the year so far and we sincerely hope that 2011 will be better.

Casino operators in Asia have fared way better than their western counterpart, presently the Chinese commune of Macau is the globe’s premier casino destination, Fahrenkopf said that in terms of revenue …

For the last couple of years Atlantic City casinos have been grappling to try and save their ailing gambling industry by means of looking at alternative methods to generate more income.  In essence it’s up to the lawmakers to save the floundering gaming industry in the U.S.  The State’s casino gambling industry is in the balance when senators will decide today what the best option will be going forward.

Atlantic City’s welfare is predominantly centred on a very successful tourism industry which attracts thousands of visitors to its casinos every year.  The bill is set to be given the green light or not today and it aims to establish a state-controlled tourism industry in Atlantic City.

In the event the bill is implemented, all manner of tourism and promotions would then be in the hands of the State-this would be considered a huge win for the tourism industry in general; since casinos …

Ontario’s students are to become a case study for The Responsible Gambling Council; since a large proportion of this group have gambling related problems.

Students in Ontario have been gambling like crazy be it at internet casinos, lottery, horse betting and to top it all it’s getting more and more difficult for some of them to kick the habit. A recent gambling survey done by a New York University group revealed that approximately 30,000 students in Ontario are compulsive gamblers! In turn this has not only impacted on their studies but on their health as well.

A new production program called 82% is based on general poker strategy; it has been established specifically to aid problem gamblers.  Rick Simm, who is an actor in the program, acknowledged that there are various elements of risks involved and they want to equip students with an awareness and knowledge to avoid the pitfalls …

Sportingbet’s chief executive said Unibet’s departure “is highly unlucky” from a likely amalgamation with the British sportbook and consented to a leak whilst negotiations were still on the go.  The net result was that the Swedish internet casino decided to pull the plug on the possible merger.

Andy McIver, said to eGaming Review: “It’s very unfortunate that we couldn’t close the merger with Unibet, not to even mention the leak which caused a raucous in the media.  Our discussions with Unibet were still in its infancy stages and sadly it failed.” He went on to outline the “logic” in joining the two sportsbooks, Unibet and Sportingbet as “unleashing the potential market cap of both operators”.  “This amalgamation could have been an important addition since Unibet possesses a different geographical region and their potential in various regions caught our attention,” he said.  However, he declined to inform egaming review if they were in …