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Guernsey's economy received $75 million from e-gambling in 2009.

Sigurd Eskeland won the $2,500 Mixed Games championship at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday morning, claiming a WSOP gold bracelet and $260,497 in prize money.

Valdemar “Luigi” Kwaysser won the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday morning. It was the first WSOP bracelet for the resident of Budapest, Hungary, worth $617,214.

Audacious gamble involving 200 placing bets at the same time at 100 different bookies pays off.

More than half of the bracelet events at the 2010 World Series of Poker have been completed, and we’re just two weeks away from the start of the Main Event. Sounds like it's time to look back at the top stories of this year’s WSOP.

German football fans are placing their World Cup bets with registered outside the country.

Greece to remove ban on gaming machines to raise revenue.

Business man shot over son's unpaid gambling debt to loan sharks.

UK and US diplomats wager -- a meal -- on World Cup match outcome.

The French government issued 17 online gambling licenses to 11 different operators Tuesday for betting on sports, horse racing and poker.

The European Court of Justice ruled that member states can prohibit Internet gambling firms from operating within their borders if their own national courts deem that such a ban combats fraud and crime on Thursday.

Swiss Federation of Casinos retain exclusive rights to hold poker tournaments.

Right2bet discusses Norway becoming blocking financial transactions to prohibit their citizens from using unlicensed foreign gambling operators.

Following regulatory changes, William Hill pull out of the French online gambling business.

Leisure & Gaming shares suspended.

An affiliate from Greece won the trip to Dublin where he will stay in a four-star hotel and enjoy an evening of entertainment at the Fitzwilliam Card Club.

Ireland set to introduce legislation to tax online gambling.

British voters will go to the polls tomorrow, but they've already gone to the bookies in record numbers.

Following a £1.2 million refurbishment, the existing Grosvenor Casino on the seafront will re-launch as the G Casino Brighton next month.

The Grosvenor Casino on St James Boulevard will complete its £1.5 million refurbishment next month to become the G Casino Newcastle.