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The Facebook revolution has changed a lot of things about how we keep in touch and contact people. Status updates are used all the time to keep people informed on what’s going on in their lives and other important information. For instance, you can check up on what’s happening with your favourite online poker rooms and even the latest rakeback promotions by following them on facebook and twitter. Now just imagine that you are signing onto your Facebook page and you see an update that tells you that you have just won the lottery! That is exactly what happened to …

We read about them all the time and wonder what it would be like to see the ticket in your hand match up with the lottery numbers on the television. The screaming, celebration and disbelief! We all have a little scenario in our heads of what it must be like when our numbers come in. Two lucky winners this week had a slightly different scenario play out for them. Two separate winners on different continents both turned up at stores and handed over their winning tickets only to find out that they had won the big jackpot. Now, I don’t …

The hit 2008 film starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher may have been a good watch but most of us laughed off the possibility of this ever happening. Well it seems the impossible has actually happened in France!  Straight out of the movie script, two warring friends are in a court battle over who should have over $3 million in winnings from a slot machine! In March this year Marie-Hélène Jarguel placed $70 equivalent into a slot machine in France. With her was her male friend Francis Sune who she considered her lucky charm and accompanied her often when she …

Christmas is coming and with that comes the gift shopping. For many it has become an easy and convenient gift choice to buy a lottery ticket to give to a friend or relative. It is a great solution for an affordable fun gift that is easy to send in the post so it is understandable why it has become such a popular option. But the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission has a holiday season reminder for parents — don’t buy your kids lottery tickets for Christmas. Many parents buy a lottery gift for their children as a stocking filler. Scratch …

It was a bit of a shock this week when after four years, Jeffrey Pollack resigned from the World Series of Poker as Commissioner. He made a statement that he was seeking new challenges. This has left many scratching their heads as the World Series of Poker is just about to hold the biggest event in its history.   The WSOP poker tournament began in 1970 and has been gaining popularity over the years. There has been quite a surge in the past 5 years in the number of people wanting to compete and in 2006 there were 8,773 participants in …

Asia is about to go poker crazy as a new movie has just premiered in Hong Kong that will be sure to take the cinemas by storm. Texas Hold’em Poker, which is already seeing a worldwide increase in players, is sure to get a lot of new fans through the movie release. The story is set in Asia and is the tale of two poker playing rivals that are competing in the same competition for the crown.  The movie was filmed in the world famous Asian casino capital of Macau and has already caused a stir when hundreds of players …

It seems to be a definite benefit for a lottery ticket buyer to live in the Yorkshire area of the UK. With the British lottery celebrating its 15th birthday it seemed the right time to have a party, and who better to attend than the big winners of the area of Leeds. A whopping 229 millionaires have been created in Yorkshire since the lottery began. If that was not impressive enough, then the fact that the total winnings that have been paid out in the area is 1,085,964,265 UK pounds!  The winners gathered and celebrated the Lottery birthday with a …

As if we didn’t have enough machines to take our money. Normally we are quite happy feeding the slots and poker machines as we do have a lot of fun and may actually win in the process, but I really have to draw a big line when it comes to my bank ATM getting in on the act!  Gamblers in Vegas were all hit hard by the ATM gremlins as the glitch infiltrated several ATM machines around the city resulting in as many as 40,000 transactions being affected. Customers were going to the machine and using their cards as they …

After so many recent battles regarding restrictions to the world of online poker playing, it is nice to be able to bring some good poker news to our readers! At the moment poker players in France have been restricted to playing only with two state companies which have held the monopoly on gambling. All other gambling online has been restricted and banned within the French borders. It seems that this regulation has finally been recognised as unfair and a bill has been proposed to the French government that would mean more access to foreign casinos and tournaments for French players. …