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Every thursday Unibet is having their Sportsbook Poker Freeroll. There is a prizepool of nothing less than €1000 euro, and there is no buy-in. Hence, the freeroll.

Unibet has having this tournament every thursday night at 19:00 (CET+1) and there is €1000 euro in the prize-pool. It cost absolutely nothing to participate in this tournament, but you do have to do one thing before you can join the tournament.

Before the tournament starts you'll have to place a bet in the sportsbook of min. €10 euro, as soon as you have done that, you'll get a ticket to join the tournament. You don't have to place the bet today, if you've already placed a bet in the last seven days.

Go to Unibet right here --->

The only requirements to this tournament is, that you have placed a min. €10 bet on a sport event in the last seven days. If you haven't done that, you can still do it. Just go to the sportsbook, place a €10 bet, and then get your ticket to play tonights €1000 FREEROLL!

Here's how you get the ticket:

1. Sign-up at Unibet or Log-in

2. If you haven't placed a bet in the last 7 days, place a €10 bet on the sportsbook.

3. You'll recieve your ticket in the Poker Lobby, and you can join the tournament.

4. Register for the Freeroll and hopefully win!

Click here to get to Unibet

* You can find the promotion under Unibet.com/promotions and this tourament last for all 2015/2016 season. *

Earlier this month, Thai police raided a "gambling den" in a popular beach resort located in Pattaya, Thailand where they found tables seated by elderly expats, apparently members of a bridge club. Pattaya is a town situated on the east Gulf coast of Thailand. It has had for a long time a reputation for being a haven both for expat retirees and foreign criminals.

Read more » Elderly Bridge Club Expats arrested by Thai police in anti-gambling raid for 'Illegally possessing more than 120 playing cards'

Charlie Carrel, age 22, nicknamed "Epiphany77", started his poker adventure about two years ago by depositing £10 into an online gambling account on PokerStars. Since then, he says he has garnered a sizeable fortune reaching more than £1.5 million.

Read more » Charlie Carrel: The College Dropout who became a Millionaire Online Poker Pro at Age 22

Lucy Elston, aged 41 and a mother of two, from Margrove Terrace, Barnstaple, was an online gambler who stole money from her aunt's lifesavings to allow her to continue her gambling habit, has been jailed not just for theft, but also for the serious breach of trust.

Read more » Online Gambler Gets Jail Time after Stealing Aunt’s Lifesavings

Richard Cole, age 30, resident of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England, went missing after going to various bars located in the Thorbeckeplein area on January 25, 2016. Authorities have recovered the body of a British male from an Amsterdam canal.

Read more » Body of Missing Poker Player Richard Cole found in Herengracht canal in Amsterdam

Deceased 31-year old Puerto Rican, Henry Rosario Martinez, has one of the most unusual requests from his loved ones prior to his death. He asked them that they dress his embalmed body in his usual attire and sunglass and be sat upright at a poker table with friends and family for one last time.

Read more » Deceased Man Gets His Last Poker Game

A few days after PokerStars announced that they will be seriously implementing strong measures to prevent cheating amongst players, a bot-scandal suddenly reared its ugly head at the final table of Event #8 of its high-profile tournament festival, the TCOOP (Turbo Championship of Online Poker).

Read more » Russian Player Suspected of Being a Bot Makes It To PokerStars' TCOOP Final Table

Does this guy ever stop winning? Well, it clearly doesn't seem that way given that Steve O'Dwyer added yet another High Roller title to his poker resume on Monday! This time he outlasted a field of 15 of the world's best poker players in the 2016 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge!

Read more » 2016 Aussie Millions: Steve O'Dwyer Wins The $250,000 Challenge!

Fabian Quoss defeated an extremely tough field of 30 players (+11 re-entries) over two days of play to claim the $100,000 Challenge title and AUD$1.4 million first-place prize!

Read more » 2016 Aussie Millions: Fabian Quoss Wins The $100,000 Challenge!

On Sunday, the final 7 players of a starting field of 732 (the fourth largest Main Event in Aussie Millions history) returned to the Crown Poker Room to battle it out on the final table. Not less than three Australians and two women made the final table this year but after 92 hands of play the biggest stars, Ari Engel from Canada and Tony Dunst from USA, were playing heads-up for the title!

Read more » 2016 Aussie Millions: Ari Engel Wins The Main Event for AUD$1.6 million!

Pregnant Aussie Player Katrina Sheary was in the preliminary events of the 
"Aussie Millions" 2016 poker tournament a week ago. Amidst the poker competition, it did not take long before she went into labor. Since she was unable to take her post in the tournament the next day, Peter Sheary, her husband, was allowed by the event's directors to play instead of her.

Read more » Woman Gives Birth During Poker Tourney - Husband Comes To Her "Rescue"

An online gambling addict who worked as a bookkeeper stole more than £850,000 from his employer, and now he has been put behind bars for a period of three years and four months.

Read more » Bookkeeper Stole £850,000 from His Employer to Fuel Gambling Addiction

About two weeks ago we had the privilege of announcing a brand new no deposit bonus campaign from Good Day 4 Play, a poker room that was established last year but already has thousands of active players. You might have seen Mikalai Vaskaboinikau's face on one of many promotional banners since the launch.

Read more » BRM-Exclusive: Interview with Mikalai Vaskaboinikau

In an attempt to bring down the infamous DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services) Bitcoin extortion group DD4BC, law enforcers from across Europe have joined forces using a closely coordinated operations that has led to the arrest of a key target connected with the group.

Read more » Police Forces Team Up To Target DD4BC Cybercriminal Group

A total of 41 entries were made in this year's Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge. There are now only 6 players remaining after two days of play and they are fighting for the entire prize pool of a whopping $4,018,000!

Read more » 2016 Aussie Millions: $100,000 Challenge Final Table Set

Millions of Americans purchased Powerball lottery tickets last week with dreams of winning the $1.58 billion jackpot. High Stakes poker player and Instagram phenomena Dan Bilzerian decided to try his luck as well by buying tickets for $100,000!

Read more » Dan Bilzerian Spent $100k On Lottery Tickets

It may not be as prestigious as the land-based casinos that you will find in Macau or Las Vegas, but in the Land of the Rising Sun, senior homes are rapidly becoming a new frontier for the world of gaming these days.

Read more » Seniors In Japan Gamble To Stay Mentally Sharp

We have teamed up with partypoker to give new depositing players a ticket worth $109 for the brand new "The Heavyweight: Kangaroo - $5,000 Gtd!", a tournament set up specifically for Australian players!

Read more » Exclusive Offer For Australia!

Gaming magnate James Packer has been involved in an altercation with a security guard, Dr Iskandar Chaban, who failed to recognize him at his own casino. The confrontation occurred when the 60-year-old security guard attempted to block Mr. Packer's entry to the main gaming floor of the casino.

Read more » James Packer in Altercation with Security Guard at Melbourne's Crown Casino

In 2015, the first ever Super High Roller Bowl attracted a field of 43 players despite its massive buy-in of $500,000 (Brian Rast received more than $7.5 million for winning the tournament). The team behind the SHRB has now announced that this year's edition will have a buy-in of $300,000 and feature seven 7-handed tables with a 49-seats cap - with 14 seats being reserved by Aria for non-professional.

Read more » 2016 Super High Roller Bowl Announced

The 2016 PCA Main Event concluded last Friday at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island in the Bahamas! In total, the tournament attracted 928 entrants who battled it out for several days until only one player remained, Mike Watson.

Read more » PCA 2016: Mike Watson Wins The Main Event

Leonardo Pires, the hyper-aggressive Brazilian who led the tournament for three consecutive days, didn't make it to the PCA Main Event final table. Despite the fact that Pires entered Day 5 with more than 25% of the chips in play, he still ended up hitting the rail already in 13th place for $45,860.

Read more » PCA 2016 Main Event: Mike Watson Leads Final 6; Pires Didn't Make The Final Table

Toh Hock Thiam, a 54-year-old Singaporean male was charged in court on January 2, 2016 due to possession and use of counterfeit casino chips.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) stated in a news release, "Toh was believed to be the boss of a syndicate that is responsible for the counterfeit casino chips in Singapore and for that he was arrested in Malaysia on December 31, 2015."

Read more » Suspected Boss of Fake Casino Chip Syndicate Arrested in Singapore