Gaming

The world record for the biggest online casino jackpot was broken last week when a player at Intercasino won a massive jackpot of $5,898,352. The previous world record was about $3 million.

In a revealing interview with the New York Times Jamie Gold admits to flashing cards and not wanting to bust out one of his friends. A spokesman for the WSOP also comments that Gold’s actions could be seen as collusion.

Specialty chocolatier Images in Chocolate today announced the first custom imprinted chocolate poker chip available in the U.S. marketplace.

A British gambling addict, who broke into his own neighbours' homes in search of money to fund his habit, was sentenced to seven years in prison.

In 2005, every Norwegian over the age of 15 gambled almost NOK (Norwegian Krone)11,500 on registered Norwegian games of chance. Now, SINTEF Health Research is to survey how many Norwegians are addicted to gambling.

As part of the launch of 777.com's new VIP Lounge, the gambling guide has conducted a poll which set out to discover what makes the players in the gambling community feel like true VIP players. Here is what they have discovered.

A slot parlor in Pennsylvania paid a man $102,000 on Saturday for a win even though it was an error that caused the machine to flash a message that announced his win.

Las Vegas Gaming, Inc. has scored a major award win at the recent Global Gaming Expo. LVGI's new PortalVision(TM) product took the trade show floor by storm as the biggest innovation to hit gaming since dice, and now an independent panel has named PortalVision one of the Best Consumer Service Technologies for 2006.

Singapore is planning on training the future staff of the city-state's upcoming casinos in a special school dedicated to gambling.

A new study shows that addicted gamblers tend to have more of physical health problems. Researchers found that among more than 43,000 Americans in a national survey, problem gamblers had a higher rate of liver disease, high blood pressure, high heart rate and angina.