ASSISTANT PRINCIPLE ARRESTED IN GAMBLING RING BUST

Police raided a house in Mission, Texas in an illegal gambling ring sting. It was revealed that the primary person involved in that ring is an assistant principle of a school. Fourty to fifty people were in the house playing cards at the time of the bust.

IDENTITY THIEF EMPLOYEE CAUGHT AT ONLINE CASINO

Patrick Kalonji stands accused of using his position at the online casino, BetOnSports.com to fraudulently obtain the personal data of more than 150 people. He was part of a crime syndicate who used the information to purchase goods online.

US ONLINE GAMBLING BILL DEFEATED

The defeat is a blow to both the online gambling industry, which has been looking for ways to repeal the UIGEA, and the banking industry, which wants no part in trying to regulate the online gaming industry.

MORE THAN $155B GLOBAL GAMBLING REVENUE ESTIMATED IN 2012

The report identified the Asia Pacific region as the world's fastest growing gambling region with new resorts in Macau as well as Singapore and Thailand helping generate increases of 15.2 percent annually.

THE MAN VS MACHINE POKER CHALLENGE

After narrowly losing out during last year’s inaugural Man Versus Machine Poker Championship, a redesigned Polaris artificial intelligence (AI) computer programme will again be taking on some of the best players in the world.

GAMBLING PROHIBITED FOR CHINESE TOURISTS IN TAIWAN

Taiwan and China are attempting to mend the bad relations that have existed between the two countries. A new tourism agreement has been put in place, and one of the stipulations is no gambling by Chinese tourists in Taiwan.

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WILL MONITOR SUSPICIOUS GAMBLING

The International Olympic Committee has introduced new anti-gambling measures to quash any suspicion about results at the Olympic Games in China - a country that has an annual gambling turnover of $US100 billion.

BONUS ABUSE ON THE RISE TO 27 PERCENT

Online casinos utilize the idea of free casino money, or 'bonuses', in order to attract new players, and considering the sheer plethora of offers of this kind available throughout the industry, it is clear that this is a profitable marketing technique - or is it?

BWIN RECEIVED UK'S PAYMENT PROVIDER LICENCE

The internet casino and gambling company predicts this move as an important strategic step for the company, and believe it will open up a lot of market options; they otherwise would not be able to enter.

CHINA’S LARGEST ILLEGAL GAMBLING TRIAL BEGAN

Prosecutors allege that more than 3,000 people worked for the network with the 20 most senior employees operating a clear division of labour.