Sometimes Irony can be cruel. Pinnacle Casino is one of West Ham United’s main sponsors as they fight relegation from the Premiership but its emerged gambling is ruining the club from the inside.

In many ways David James is unique in football, keen on poetry and art his cultured leanings often cause surprise amongst his fellow professionals. However James is more of a typical footballer than you’d think and last week the Portsmouth and England Keeper talked about his earlier gambling days.

Calvin Ayre, founder of Bodog.com, one of the world’s most lucrative sites explained how the new prohibitive laws in the States are affecting big business.

The new ban preventing gamblers from sparking up means many are moving to online gaming sites but one Casino chain has come up with a novel way to prevent customers playing from home.

A three-member WTO panel has ruled that the United States has failed to comply with a ruling which restricts offshore online gambling companies.