Online Gambling News and Promotions

Ladbrokes are pleased to announce the launch of the new Ladbrokes Sportsbook site. They’ve given the site a sharp new look for 2010 as well as making some key advancement’s to enhance the user experience.

Navigation around the site is now easier then ever. Once logged in, referrals can add their favourite events from all sports to their personalised favourites area, making it quicker and easier than ever before to place a bet. The right hand side menu now houses the bet in play options allowing users to keep up to date with all live sporting action as well as displaying what they can watch on Ladbrokes TV too.

Some innovative key features have also been implemented and on your right is a small taster of what the new site has to offer.

Horse Racing and Greyhound – fans will now be able to view their betting options for the next races. No need to find another race card again!
Intelligent bet slips – add 2 selections from the same race and watch as the bet slip gives you the forecast option.

New Tote and US pools interface – giving the user more information including silks and form.

On the 17th December 2009 just before 16:00 UK time Mr P from Greece became the latest jackpot winner at bet365 scooping a massive jackpot just short of €450,000.

Playing on the ever popular Gold Rally slots game Mr P who has only been with bet365 about 6 months couldn’t believe his luck when the nine lucky symbols dropped in and changed his life forever.

In a telephone call shortly afterwards Mr P told bet365 that the shock hadn’t really sunk in yet. It all happened so fast he didn’t realise he had won.

Speaking about what he would do with his amazing win Mr P said that the timing was perfect with his wife expecting their fourth child shortly. He also said he would pay off his mortgage and spend some money on his children.

Race to a Million Promotion – December 2009

December saw the launch of bet365’s ‘Race to a Million’ promotion. The promotion which started on the 14th December and ran until the 26th December saw bet365 guarantee to give away at least three BMW Z4 sports cars along with loads of cash prizes as the special speedometer increased.

Each time the speedometer went through a multiple of 100,000 points all players online at the time were entered into a random draw for cash prizes on the spot and each time the speedometer reached a magic million points a draw was done for all qualifying players to win one of the cars.

On the 18th December the speedometer went through one million points and Mr Kevin B scooped the first of our cars. Speaking shortly afterwards Mr B was overwhelmed and couldn’t believe his luck. On the 21st December he was joined by Mr Tim B who was drawn from the hat to win our second car. Mr B needed a stiff drink to calm his nerves as he was told he had won a sports car worth in excess of £20,000. Finally on the 26th December Mr Bo Z became our third winner of our amazing promotion.

But it wasn’t all about the big prizes. During the promotional period bet365 gave away in excess of £40,000 in cash prizes to more than 1,300 individual players meaning that lots of players got to feel part of this unique and exciting promotion.

The speedometer finally stopped at 23:59 GMT on the 26th December at just over 3,500,000 points and marked the end of one of the best promotions ever seen in the casino.

Watch this space……

Casino and Tournament giants Go Casino will be celebrating 2010 with Free Weekend Madness Tournaments in January.

Go Casino has been running the extremely popular Weekend Madness series for months. These Tournaments have always had an entry fee, but to celebrate the New Year, they will be waiving all fees and running the Free Weekend Madness 50K New Year’s Celebration for four weekends in January 2010.

The Tournaments start Fridays at 8PM ET and run until Tuesdays at 8PM ET.

Tournament Dates:
Friday, January 01, 2010, 08:00 PM
Friday, January 08, 2010, 08:00 PM
Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:00 PM
Friday, January 22, 2010, 08:00 PM

You will have a starting balance of $80 when the Tournament begins. Your goal is to try to get this balance as high as you can. You will see your ranking on the bottom left of the game screen.

You can win real money without having to pay a cent, but if you find yourself with a balance below $20 in the Tournament, you have the option to re-load for only $12.99, which will get you $350 to play with.

TitanPoker the leading online poker room in Europe, has launched a series of online poker satellite tournaments to determine the winning players that will participate on its behalf at the ECPokerTour Barcelona €500,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament in Spain next March.

The ECPokerTour Barcelona €2,500 + €250 Main Event will be held at the Gran Casino de Barcelona. The tournament will take place over three days from March 19th – March 21st, 2010.
Players winning an ECPokerTour Barcelona package at Titan Poker (value $7,000) will receive the Main Event buy-in; 4 nights’ accommodation at Hotel Arts in Barcelona, including breakfast for each qualifying player and his/her guest; entry to a special players’ Welcome Party and dinner; and funds for flights and spending money.

Super Satellite tournaments are staged at Titan Poker every Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday night, each awarding winning players with the ECPokerTour Barcelona package. Qualifier satellite tournaments are being staged round the clock with buy-ins starting as low as $1+$0.10.

Veteran poker players and novices alike are invited to download Titan Poker’s user-friendly poker software and participate in one of the satellites to vie for a seat at the exclusive ECPokerTour Barcelona tournament.

ECPokertour’s last major event was staged at the at Casino di Venezia in Vittoriosa, Malta between November 13 and November 15 this year, with previous tournaments held in Salzburg and Madrid.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the World Series of Poker, the ECPokertour, the Aussie Millions, and the Asian Poker Tour.

NEW YORK, NY – Notorious NBA referee Tim Donaghy was put through the wringer given his involvement with an illegal NBA game fixing scenario to which he readily admits he was a part. David Stern and the NBA responded to the allegations with a full fledged investigation aimed at painting Donaghy as a desperate liar. Despite how adamant they were however, Commissioner David Stern made headlines last week loosely stating that he might be open to legalized gambling on NBA games. Setting off a firestorm of speculation from fans across the country and questions continue to fly. This being the case, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on the entire scenario.
Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on Legalized Pro Sports Gambling:

Which league will allow gambling on its games first?
• NBA 2/3
• NFL 10/1
• MLB 10/1
• MHL 7/1
• PGA 7/1

Which league will have a team in Vegas first?
• NBA 1/1
• NFL 3/1
• MLB 5/1
• MHL 8/1

This week’s Paddy Power’s Weekend Bulletin looks ahead to the weekend football.
After last weekend saw several big name players taking some theatrical tumbles Paddy Power are betting on which England international will be the next to be booked for diving.

Other specials include which Premier League manager will next have a fight with one of his players whilst there is betting on the next club for Jose Mourinho, accused this week of having his own scuffle with a journalist in Italy.
For Liverpool’s trip to Portsmouth Paddy Power bet on how long Aquilani will be on the pitch for this week as well as which former Liverpool player will be next to publicly call for Benitez to go.

Paddy Power also continues their first assist betting for all televised Premier League matches.

After an NCAA football season that took twists and turns and went through ups and downs, the bowl season has finally arrived. With the usual arguments over national title games, the BCS ranking system, and whether awards were given to the rightful winners dwindling down fans across the country are turning their attention to whether their alma mater will bring home hardware. As hype and speculation is reaching a fever pitch, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on all things NCAA bowl games.
Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on NCAA Bowl Games:

Saturday, December 19, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Wyoming Cowboys +10½ 7/2 55
Fresno State Bull Dogs -10½ 2/9

Central Florida Golden Knights +2½ 6/5 44½
Rutgers Scarlet Knights -2½ 2/3

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders +3½ 3/2 59
So Mississippi Golden Eagles -3½ 5/9

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
BYU Cougars +2 6/5 60½
Oregon State Beavers -2 2/3

Thursday, December 24, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
SMU Mustang +14½ 9/2 73½
Nevada Wolf Pack -14½ 1/6

Ohio Bobcats -2 2/3 49½
Marshall Thundering Herd +2 6/5

North Carolina Tar Heels +2½ 6/5 44½
Pittsburgh Panthers -2½ 2/3

Boston College Eagles +9 5/2 45
USC Trojans -9 1/3

Sunday, December 27, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Kentucky Wildcats +7 2/1 52½
Clemson Tigers -7 2/5

Monday, December 28, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Texas A&M Aggies +7 2/1 64
Georgia Bulldogs -7 2/5

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Wisconsin Badgers +3 6/5 56
Miami Florida Hurricanes -3 2/3

SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Wisconsin Badgers +3 6/5 56
Miami Florida Hurricanes -3 2/3

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Bowling Green Falcons +1 1/1 68½
Idaho Vandals -1 5/6

Nebraska Cornhuskers +1 1/1 41
Arizona Wildcats -1 5/6

ESPN Holiday Bowl

Thursday, December 31, 2009 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Air Force Falcons +4½ 3/2 61½
Houston Cougars -4½ 1/2

Stanford Cardinal +9 5/2 56½
Oklahoma Sooners -9 1/3

Iowa State Cyclones +2½ 6/5 48
Minnesota Golden Gophers -2½ 2/3

Tennessee Volunteers +4 3/2 50
Virginia Tech Hokies -4 1/2

Friday, January 1, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Northwestern Wildcats +7½ 5/2 54½
Auburn Tigers -7½ 1/3

Florida State Seminoles +3 6/5 60
West Virginia Mountaineers -3 2/3

LSU Tigers +3 6/5 44
Penn State Nittany Lions -3 2/3

Ohio State Buckeyes +3½ 7/5 51½
Oregon Ducks -3½ 5/8

Cincinnati Bearcats +10 7/2 56
Florida Gators -10 2/9

Saturday, January 2, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
No Illinois Huskies +6½ 3/2 50
South Florida Bulls -6½ 1/2

Connecticut Huskies +4½ 3/2 53
South Carolina Gamecocks -4½ 1/2

Mississippi Rebels -3 2/3 50½
Oklahoma State Cowboys +3 6/5

Arkansas Razorbacks -7½ 1/3 63½
East Carolina Pirates +7½ 5/2

Michigan State Spartans +7 5/2 60½
Texas Tech Red Raiders -7 1/3

Monday, January 4, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Boise State Broncos +7 5/2 54½
TCU Horned Frogs -7 1/3

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Iowa Hawkeyes +4 3/2 51
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -4 1/2

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE
Troy State Trojans +4 3/2
Central Michigan Chippewas -4 1/2

Thursday, January 7, 2010 EST
TEAM SPREAD MONEYLINE TOTAL
Texas Longhorns +5 7/4 44½
Alabama Crimson Tide -5 2/5

Next-gen online poker site PKR.com has today unveiled a major new partnership with IPC Media’s award winning men’s magazine brands, Nuts and Loaded.

The partnership sees the launch of Nuts and Loaded branded poker rooms that allows readers and fans to play their favourite game surrounded by images of the magazines’ lovely ladies. Players can also personalise their avatars with Nuts and Loaded t-shirts.

The partnership goes live with a major launch in both the print and online versions of Nuts and Loaded. Going forward, readers can expect to get poker tips and tricks from the members of Team PKR Pro, as well as stories of their fantastic exploits as they go from tournament to tournament. There will also be special promotions for readers throughout the year.

PKR marketing director Simon Prodger says, “We think that the collaboration with IPC Media is a perfect matchup of brands. Nuts and Loaded readers are spot on for us, and by having branded environments within our game, we offer them a unique poker experience.”

Nuts publisher, Clair Porteous adds, “Between them, Nuts and Loaded have a combined audience of more than 1.7 million monthly unique users online. Both are iconic men’s lifestyle brands and collaborating with a partner of the calibre and scale of PKR really ticks all the boxes.”

BingoDay is well known for delivering the best bingo games online. Besides the fun and supportive playing environment, a major draw is the site’s numerous winning opportunities including big bonuses, jackpots and prizes.

And December 2009 is no exception, featuring a month full of payoffs, with over £40,000 in prizes on offer.

Over the course of the entire month, from December 1 – 31, players are invited to participate in the Dress to Kill promotion. One special game per day will be played in the Royal Court room. Daily winners of these bingo promotions will be automatically entered in the prize draw for items such as designer handbags, with prize value totaling £1000.

In addition, each day throughout the month in the Crown Jewel room, one game will be played with £1000 payout guaranteed (£250 prize money plus a £750 jackpot). As an added incentive, there will be a tournament running for players who have purchased the most tickets for this game. At the end of the month the top player will win a further £1000 cash, plus a case of champagne. Over the course of the month that’s a total of £32,000 in cash giveaways (plus £250 for the case of champagne).

Finally on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, players can enjoy Festive Free Bingo featuring five free bingo games with £10 prizes in each of the rooms, for a total prize value of £300.

Appealing to players across Europe with multi-lingual capabilities, the Bingo Day site, software and customer support are fully localized in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.