Crown Resorts' Melbourne casino to face royal commission in Victoria while yet another director quits following Bergin report.
Matt Affleck, Annette Obrestad lead WPT Festa al Lago Day 2 survivors
Matt Affleck is chip leader after Day 2 wraps at the WPT Festa al Lago at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Annette Obrestad is close behind at #2 spot.
Australian bank under fire for controversial ‘lotto’ accounts
Australian banking regulators sore at the Bank of Queensland over its Save To Win accounts, in which depositors forego interest for lottery drawing.
Kenyan commerce shows potential of mobile money transfer services
With 70% of Kenyans owning a mobile phone, mobile money transfer systems are taking the place of traditional bank accounts and services.
British Columbia goes high-tech to bar problem gamblers from casinos
Casinos in British Columbia utilizing license plate recognition technology to identity problem gamblers attempting to violate self-exclusion deals.
Private companies like PokerStars, Full Tilt and Bodog to rule global poker: report
A report by Hum4n.com claims that online poker will see a future in which the big operators get bigger, at the expense of publicly traded companies.
UK confirms merger of Gambling Commission and National Lottery
UK government confirms it is going ahead with its plan to merge the Gambling Commission with the National Lottery Commission in two years time.
Facebook picks Microsoft, not Google, for social search partnership
Facebook announces partnership with Microsoft's Bing search engine on a project to bring a social component to internet searches.
Randy Couture goes All In for the troops with charity poker tourney
Randy Couture hosts the third annual Operation All In to benefit America's wounded veterans, taking place Oct. 30 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.