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IOC's established International Sports Monitoring watching Olympics for any illegal betting patterns.

The PKR.com "London Calling" festival began on Monday and consists of 57 tournaments with the majority of buy-ins ranging from £20 to £100.

Global online gaming operator, StanJames.com announces a major five-year sponsorship agreement with The Jockey Club that will result in one of the showpiece events at Cheltenham Festival becoming the Stan James Champion Hurdle.

Government clerk jailed for 9 months for creating false invoices for MPs to pay off his gambling debt.

Ijaz Butt withdraws comments on match-fixing and the English cricket team.

James Bord, from Stanmore, U.K., won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event title on Tuesday night at the Empire Casino in London.

Tracey Collins wins ‘Leader of the Year’ at the International Women in Gaming Awards.

World Snooker organization comes down hard on cheats with new zero tolerance policy on corrupt activity.

Accusations continue to fly in cricket betting crisis.

Jeffrey Lisandro captured his fifth career WSOP gold bracelet after winning the £5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship at the World Series of Poker in London over the weekend. November Niner John Racener finished in fifth place in the event.

A team of Grosvenor Casino employees complete a ‘high stakes’ game of poker on top of Mount Snowdon.

Phil "The Unabomber" Laak got a big monkey off his back on Thursday, winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the £2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em championship at the WSOP Europe.

Rules may be introduced to prohibit athletes from gambling on events.

Fourth cricket player interviewed voluntarily in relation to match fixing allegations.

Dispute over gambling levy amount, agreement unlikely by deadline.

Judge criticizes online gambling companies as he jails gambling addict for 20 months.

IOC to monitor qualifying events in advance of London 2012 Olympics over gambling corruption fears.

Snooker player cleared of match fixing, but fined and banned for six months at tribunal.

Pakistan batsman recorded saying some of his team-mates may have been fixing "almost every match".

Agreement on racing levy due by October 31, 2010, but two sides remain far apart.