PartyGaming, operators of PartyCasino and PartyGammon, were delighted with the inaugural PartyGammon.com Million backgammon tournament, which concluded last weekend in the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

Manchester has been selected as the location for the UK’s first super casino, beating hot favourites Blackpool and London.

NETeller says it may now take up to eight weeks to transfer money to and from the United States, after its two founders were arrested in the US on money laundering charges.

Staff at grovesnor casinos across the country, including croupiers, cashiers, valets and restaurant staff, staged a walk out yesterday in protest at pay.

The 2007 French Open poker tournament on the European Poker Tour has been cancelled due to pressure from French authorities, according to a statement released on the EPT website.

The controversial plan to license and regulated internet gambling from within the UK is supported by the public, according to a survey conducted by PKR.com and YouGov.

Payment options for US gamblers are getting thin on the ground in the wake of the NETeller arrests, with a further two third party payment processors pulling out of the US market this week.

According to yesterday's Sunday Times the U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to some 16 international investment banks over the course of the last three months, demanding they hand over all documents relating to internet gaming firms.

Bookmakers around the UK have installed Jade Goody as the favorite to be evicted from the Big Brother house tomorrow in her head-to-head battle against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. In fact the odds being offered for a Jade eviction are the shortest for any contestant in the history of Big Brother, coming in at 1/5!

The board of NETeller have been swift to act following the arrest of its two founders and ex-directors, first suspending trading on its stock, and now, we have just heard, blocking US customers from transfering money to and from Internet gaming sites.

Monday’s arrest of NETeller’s two founders Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre was finally settled this morning when the New York U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI released a joint statement regarding the arrests.

The UK may be about to see its first “Racino” if plans for the complex at Dunstall Park are approved by Wolverhampton City Councillors.

Employees at four London casinos have gone on strike in a row over pay, the BBC revealed today.