The Chelsea boss Luis Felipe Scolari was sacked yesterday, after a string of bad results saw the Blues slip to fourth place in the Premiership. The goalless home draw with Hull City at the weekend proved to be the nail in the coffin for the Brazilian.

Gala Casinos have announced they are scrapping The Gala Casinos British Poker Tour (GCBPT) with immediate effect as there will not be a tour in 2009. The GCBPT ran for two seasons with Alan Vinson winning the 2008 Grand Final back in December.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day on Saturday 14th February, Getminted.com are offering, all of its regular players, a 50 percent payback of the money they lose to the site on Slots games on Valentine’s Day.

Online casino games developer, Microgaming have announced the release of three new online slots games this month. Heat, an athletic rodent and fishing bears are the themes of Microgaming’s latest additions to their portfolio of online games.

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has returned in 2009 with the APT Philippines being contested in the Dusit Thani Hotel in the Filipino capital, Manila. The main event - which consisted of a starting field of 262 players - was won by Neil Arce, a resident of Manila who was awarded with $185,000 in prize