The Swedish gambling group Betsson has delivered another solid quarterly result, posting Q3,2009 numbers that show a 17% rise in pre-tax income to SEK 79.6 million (Q3,2008: SEK 68.2 million).

Pushing past recent its historical declines in revenues, the gambling enclave of Macau off the coast of China reported very positive October 2009 revenues of US$ 1.59 billion this week. The Dow Jones news agency said that analysts attributed the strong results to the growing momentum of the Chinese economic recovery and an unusually long National Day holiday during the month under review.

Microgaming has released more detail on the conclusion of its 11 day, €1.3 million Grand Slam of Slots, which was won by a Ladbrokes Casino player this week. Using the online handle 'Pattoned', the UK player scooped the €1 million grand prize, commenting: "I'm absolutely stunned! What will I do with the money? Who knows; we'll have to wait and see! "

Mr.J, an online gambler at VC Gaming's Casino Club Internet casino has already started spending a major windfall of €309,000 he won last week on the Roman Empire slot; the excited player nipped out to buy a BMW and plans some house renovating in the near future, the company revealed this week.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released some startling statistics this week, revealing that the nine land casinos in the state had delivered a 31.97% increase in gross gaming revenues over the same period in 2008.

Speculation earlier this week that the ruling political party in Poland is about to seriously restrict the national gambling industry were confirmed when Prime Minister Donald Tusk revealed that drafting of new regulations was already far advanced.

Over the objections of the US Department of Justice, a Federal judge has ruled that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is permitted to join a legal challenge to a Federal law prohibiting state-regulated sports betting.

One of Ladbrokes Casino's online players is a million euros richer this week following the completion of the Microgaming One Million Euros Grand Slam of Slots competition which was concluded on November 2nd at 8pm Central European Time.

Gary S. Kaplan (50), founder of the failed and now defunct Betonsports plc online gambling site, was sentenced to 51 months in prison by a court in St. Louis Monday. The man who founded the online sports gambling operation had earlier pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit $43.6 million in illegally obtained revenue as part of a plea agreement, reports Associated Press. Prosecutors have said that amounts to more than half of Kaplan's total worth.

November 7th is a date many pokerheads have outlined in red on their calendars; after weeks of anticipation it marks the start - or re-start - of the World Series of Poker action, specifically the final table climax in which nine finalists battle it out.