Originally Posted on Thursday Feb 4 10:29:00 GMT 2010 There is good news for the online casino business.  One of the biggest and most influential online companies, PartyGaming, which operates PartyCasino and PartyPoker, has seen a big growth on its previous year’s figures. Like most online casino sites, PartyGaming was hit by the 2006 ban on…

Originally Posted on Thursday Jan 28 4:49:00 GMT 2010 Everyday seems to bring yet more news of online poker and gaming sites selling out to competitors, or merging with other sites, thus generally forming bigger companies and in turn making for less competition. It must be these bigger companies that are able to offer rakebacks to their customers. …

Originally Posted on Thursday Jan 21 10:59:00 GMT 2010 Many online poker sites are helping to raise money for the Haiti Relief Effort. Amongst the many sites involved are two businesses, owned by Tokwiro, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, who are holding a poker tournament tonight. The idea is that players should give a portion…

Originally Posted on Sunday Jan 10 12:21:00 GMT 2010 The New Zealand Government Watchdog is looking into a possible crackdown on the pokie industry.  There is evidence that some organisations are taking cuts from the profits which should be going to community groups. There seems to be some good reasons to look more deeply into…

Originally Posted on Sunday Jan 3 3:12:00 GMT 2010 A 37 year old New Zealand man has seen out the Old Year with a record win of almost $800,000.  He placed a multi-bet over six races at Ellerslie races. He managed to pick all six winners and won a record fixed-odds payout by the TAB….