The online gambling group Unibet has expressed its outrage at a decision by the organisers of the Tour de France to ban their team from competing in next month’s competition.

Gary Kaplan, the BetOnSports founder who was arrested in Dominica in March this year has been refused bail by a St Louis Judge and will remain in jail until further notice.

The European Poker Tour has just released its schedule for its fourth season, which features increased buy-ins and therefore bigger prizes.

Phil Hellmuth, aka “The Poker Brat”, has long stated his ambition to be the greatest poker player in history.

It has been a frantic few days in the 2007 World Series of Poker, with seven bracelets handed out since Friday, along with $2.8 million in first prizes alone.

The 2007 World Series of Poker has been going for just seven days but has already seen over $16 million handed out in prizes.

Florida congressman Democrat Robert Wexler is planning to introduce a bill aimed at exempting poker and some other “skill” based games from the Internet gambling ban passed last October, according to Reuters.

The 2007 World Series of Poker opened on June 1st amid predictions that the UIGEA would seriously affect numbers at this year’s tournaments.