Riva Gambling Group situated in Sutton, south west London is now officially the owner of the first ever in England fully electronic bingo club.

The Gala Group makes a use of more than 600 handled terminals as a substitute for the usual paper bingo tickets.

The terminals have more games than what’s on offer in the traditional bingo halls and they also provide consumers with more different options.

The Riva Club at the moment is only electronic bingo hall, so it has achieved an early monopolistic position in this sub-market that has been moving into the bingo lovers’ lives through sources of media and introduction of some elements in traditional halls.

Riva Group is hoping this will attract new audiences, as the game will become more modernised and high-tech.

What do you thionk about this, guys? Do you like the idea of having robo-bingo or not?

It will definately feel like a alien idea at first, but I think after a while this could indeed attract different players. The only concern that I have is will this new market feel like an invasion for the loyal bingo players who might just turn around and leave as the whole thing is changed now

The 25^th and 26^th of November were not good days for bookmakers, that’s for sure. According to a BBC news story, armed robbers got away with thousands of pounds after threatening staff at a betting shop in Oxford with a machete and shotgun! A machete is certainly not the typical robbery weapon, but I wouldn’t hesitate to hand over any money I had if someone pulled one on me. Police said two men entered Ladbrokes on Blackbird Leys Road Saturday night and stole £2,000. The robbers were wearing balaclavas and one of them also had a fluorescent jacket. Although the staff was startled by the robbery, no one was injured. Just 24 hours later, a betting shop worker was attacked on his way home by two men who tried to force him to return to the shop and open the safe. The worker had locked up Betfred premises in Blackpool Road, Ribbleton, and Lancashire before waiting for the bus, where he was attacked. According to BBC news, the Betfred worker was hit over the head by what police believe was a gun, and he was ordered to return to the bookmakers. In this story, unlike the one 24 hours previous, the good guy wins out in the end. The worker managed to escape and raise the alarm. The two men have not been caught, but they did not manage to get inside the safe.

The developer and publisher Zed have brought out a multiplayer poker game.  Running a multiplayer game over mobiles is an impressive technical achievement, which is why so few publishers have done it.
The software is available to premium subscribers to the company’s Club Zed service. The game involves competing for virtual cash, although you’ll also earn points to make your way up the rankings. You can compete in tournaments, play against friends, or drop into random games full of random people.
Zed has got game chat, the ability to add other players to your buddy list, along with an internal email system to arrange games so you’re all online at the same time.
This is certainly a great achievement by Zed meaning you can play for fun wherever you are - looking forward to having a go on that one

Asian Poker Open starts on 22 November and runs through 27 November at the luxury Grand Waldo Casino on the Chinese island of Macau.
It is going to be the first No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament has been played live in the People’s Republic of China, it is to be held on the island of Macau.
The Asian Poker Open is a key stop on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), an annual series of televised No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournaments held across the region.
The PokerStars.net Asia Poker Open is a six-day poker event featuring a
Main Event USD $2,500 (HKD 19,500)
High Roller Event USD $15,000 (HKD 117,000) 
as well as other special side events.
The estimated prize pool for the USD $2,500 (HKD 19,500) main event is USD $600,000 (HKD 4,680,000), so the winner of the main event would walk away with a sum around the region of USD $170,000 (HKD 1,326,000).
The estimated prize pool is expected to be over USD $1,290,000 (HKD 10,000,000, which is 900,000 Euros, or 629,000 GBP)

Sky Poker is developing a portfolio in the gaming industry. It already has a full interactive poker room and a poker channel. Now they have introduced The Club which is a brand new poker magazine show that is hosted by Sky Sports News’ Dan Lobb and poker player Matt Broughton.

There is to be a new show every weeknight, it will provide a fully interactive forum for players to discuss anything about poker. Viewers can email the show with photos and experiences to the show at theclub@skypoker.com There will be studio guests from the poker world. There will be newsand views from the Uk and online poker scene.

The Club is on Sky Poker Channel 846 every weeknight at 8.30pm

Online casinos are great! But many of us get confused as to where to find the best online casino and most importantly how trustworthy the chosen casino is. There are sites that help us make a reasonable choice between all UK online casinos without wasting any time by doing our own in-depth research on every individual online casino operator. www.casinoveritas.com is definitely one of the most informative genuine and professional UK online casino comparison sites available on the web today. The site is managed by a group of dedicated professionals who spend their time researching and testing every UK online casino site available to screen out the black sheep and give you the shortlist of the best UK online casinos.

You can find best UK online casinos, online casino game reviews, the list of all free play slot sites as well as latest casino news and USA gambling info. If you are interested in online casino software, and which one is best to use for which specific games, Casinovertas.com has all the information you need on the big names in online casino software market, such as Microgaming and Playtech.

This is a site for beginners and pros, as it lists all the bonuses from the main UK online casino operators, so you can compare and choose the one that looks the most appealing to you. There is also a list of recent jackpot winners, in case you are a little bit of a goldigga and are looking for a boy/girlfriend who would not forget a wallet every time you are going to a restaurant.

On a serious note though, this site is definitely worth checking out, as we here at Gambling Diva use it ourselves to get the latest info on everything to do with UK online casino world.

I love that whatever pamela Anderson does, she is surrounded by controversy. So her latest wedding took place in veags and she and her new hubby spent hours hanging out at the Las vegas poker tables.

pammy had attempted to launch her vey own online poker site back in 2006. Her new love interest, Rick Salomon also calls himself a professional poker player (and porn director - Paris Hilton - One night in Paris).

In the 2006 WSOP Rick managed to finish in the top 200. But that still means there were scores of people above him. But while I dont like the guy I guess I cant knock him for getting that far, I mean its further than I have gotten!!

But then I dont call myself a professional poker player.

I was amazed to have read yesterday that a father of two was arrested after having left his young children in the car to go and play poker with his friends!  What was he thinking!  Poker is understandably important to so many people as it creates a buzz that no other sport can give.  But to have your own children in the car, with the engine running is unexcusable.  I could understand forgetting to flush the loo before rushing to a game or forgetting to feed the cats.  It was lucky that the patrolling officers found the car, otherwise who knows how long those kids may have been there.

This incident has got me thinking.  I wonder if David Beckham has ever left his boys in the car in the car park behind Old Trafford or the Bernabeu.  Or maybe Barry Bonds once forgot to met his mum at the airport because he wa to busy hitting home runs.  Or maybe this incident was blown out of proportion? 

what do you think guys, am I being a bit over the top about this?

All the good poker magazines have online counterparts such as gambling online magazine. The content is similar but it is easier to link to the special offers they have, rather than cart the magazine around with you or remember the special promo code.

Then there are the online lads mags. Monkey has to be one of the best ones out there. Its interactive, free, full of content and stuff to keep you busy in your lunch break.

What are your favourite online magazines?

So there has been more bitching as Janice and Katie become the camp bitches. On her first night in camp Katie sidled up to Janice and told her about her time on the Apprentice.  They competed for title of biggest bitch in Britain. Katie is on the show to show another side to her. She is under the impression that people in the UK still care about her and what she is doing.

 What else…. Well Janice got nominateed for a second Bushtucker Trial and this time she beat her opponent Rodney.  Rumble Rally involved being tied to a sinking car and attempting to untie the stars before the car sank.

 Rodney managed to untie an impressive 8 stars before the car sank. Janice, the unlikely hero managed to untie 9 stars; “I felt like James bond”.

Rodney was sulking that he was beaten by a girl although noticed the work that Janice has had done and implied she was some sort of bionic woman.