UK Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, has spoken out against the heavy-handedness of the US Government's approach to online gambling and in creating what she calls "The New Prohibition". more
Following the recent merger between Tribeca Tables Europe Limited and the Tain poker network to increase the group's market share in European online poker, it has now been announced that Erik Ahlberg is to be the new President of Tribeca Tables more
APAT, The Amateur Poker Association & Tour, today announced details of its premier UK based live event. The APAT United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship, a two day event will be hosted by Aspers Casino, Newcastle, on December 2nd & 3rd, 2006. more
Neteller plc, the Isle of Man-based e-wallet company beloved of online poker players the world over, has issued a positive third quarter trading update and stated the latest position regarding its position on US trading more
Our UK tournament reporter, Richard Prew, made the trip down to Southampton last Sunday for the Southern Masters at the Grosvenor Casino. A medium sized field battled it out for two days until early Monday evening where Richard made the final. more
Roland De Wolfe, one of UK poker's top professionals, has won the Dublin leg of Season 3 of the European Poker Tour.......Our Irish correspondent, Nicky O'Donnell, was there to record the best moments and concludes his series of reports. more
Never ones to shy away from sounding the foghorn about their own contributions to poker, Ladbrokes have now announced the next big thing in non-US poker, the Ladbrokespoker.com Poker Cruise in the Caribbean! more
According to reports by Reuters and the Sunday Times and Financial Times newspapers, two of the largest quoted online gaming companies, Party Gaming plc and 888 Holdings plc, are said to be in early talks to discuss a possible merger of their businesses. more
Roland De Wolfe goes into today's Pokerstars Dublin EPT final table at the Regency hotel with over 30% of the chips in play and has only seven opponents standing in the way of his first EPT title. more
There were quite a few familiar names in today's 208 player field for the second starting day of the Dublin EPT. This meant there were some interesting pairings as top pros were drawn together. London EPT Champion Victoria Coren faced the Devilfish... more
You would be forgiven for believing that the Showdown Poker Tour had disappeared without trace, especially after all the recent postponements and cancellations in Trouville, France and Tallinn, Estonia. more
The Pokerstars Dublin EPT main event, also known as "The Irish Masters" is a title yet to be won by an Irish player. Instead the Irish have had to settle for minor placings... more
The Cryptologic poker network grew a little larger today with the addition of a new online poker room. Scandinavian online poker operator Betsafe have signed a long term contract with the Cryptologic network. more
Just when you thought it was safe to go back online, along come our maverick friends from Ireland to give us a bit of a shock! They might be unorthodox to look at but the team at Paddy Power Poker know how to throw a party... more
Less than a week after welcoming our Estonian edition, Poker News is very pleased to announce the launch of the Spanish Poker News website, http://es.pokernews.com! more
VC Poker have launched a unique drive to reward student poker champions and identify young entrepreneurs of the future. The initiative is launched throughout UK universities and colleges more
32Red plc, the owner of 32Red Poker and the Bet Direct sportsbook, has reported that's its poker and sportsbetting businesses continue to grow, unaffected by the Stateside ructions. more
Bodog Entertainment Group SA ("Bodog"), the owner of the giant Bodog.com online poker room, has agreed to buy all of the gaming operations of the stricken Betcorp group for $9,000,000. more
Scottish football giants Celtic are to open their very own online poker room. Players will be able to form poker teams to play against each other and some famous Celtic players when the new poker site goes live. more
Poker News is pleased to announce that its comprehensive network of poker news websites has just been increased with Estonia's very own edition – http://ee.pokernews.com more