New players in the online casino world will now have a resource to guide them through the range of different game rules and websites on internet sites.

The website – Casino Choice – aims to offer advice for online gamblers about the increasingly popular pastime.

As well as providing guidance on the best and most secure casinos on the web, the site also aims to give guidance on any security issues customers may experience.

There will be previews and reviews of online casinos as well as online forums so players can share advice on their favourite games.

London’s infamous Millennium Dome could have a brand new 24-hour casino built in it, under new plans to construct a super-casino somewhere in the UK.

Greenwich is one of several places in the UK vying for the right to build Britain’s only Las Vegas-style super-casino, with the Dome entry possibly having up to 1,250 slot machines and unlimited prizes.

Proposals for the site were submitted to the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s Casino Advisory Panel last week, by the Greenwich site remains under strong competition from Blackpool in Lancashire, which also wishes to build a super-casino and cash in on the gambling trend sweeping the nation.

The panel is due to make its decision later this year, after looking at the impact any casino building will have on each individual area, including any benefits and damage caused by the regeneration.

Manchester United superstar Wayne Rooney has proved that while he may be the master of all things on the soccer pitch, he is an unlucky poker player.

Reports of Rooney’s gambling have hit the headlines in the UK this week, as the Red Devils striker – England’s brightest hope of winning the World Cup this summer – has had his poker-playing antics revealed.

The Daily Mirror reported that Rooney recently lost a £25,000 Chrysler to fellow Reds team-mate Phil Bardsley in a game of poker, in one of the player’s regular home poker sessions.

The newspaper quoted a source as saying: “They play a couple of times a week. On this occasion Rooney lost the keys of his Chrysler to Bardsley.”

Recent claims have also suggested that Rooney, who appears to have not quite grasped the game of poker as well as he has the game of soccer, has accrued some £700,000 debts whilst playing in private games.

Nevertheless, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed the Mirror’s story as “absolute rubbish”.

It’s not known whether Rooney dabbles in any online poker playing, but he could perhaps do well to gain some practice online before his next round of high-stakes poker games.

Dominoes could be the next gambling craze, with the emergence of high-jackpot, televised competitions.

Prize money on the new ESPN cable sports network show could total $500,000 – and is expected to attract a host of eager domino players from around the world.

But the newly formed Professional Domino Association will not be looking for occasional players who have only played for fun on rainy days, as the show is targeting the Latino neighbourhoods of New York, where domino matches are turned into a colorful all-shouting contest.

“We think it will be the next cool thing,” said Lino Garcia, the general manager of Spanish language channel ESPN Deportes.

He told the Daily Telegraph: “We’re connecting with the best places dominoes is played, so naturally we’re going to start in uptown Manhattan and the Bronx, the places where it really happens.”

But online casinos are already wising up to the game and it is unlikely it will not soon feature on many online gambling and casino sites, should the TV series – and the craze – really take off.

Tinseltown is hoping to get a bite of the poker apple soon, after plans for the Hollywood movie Deal get underway.

Filming is beginning this month in New Orleans, with the World Poker Tour (WPT) taking the starring role.

WPT stalwarts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel are expected to all play themselves, while the film’s stars include Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison.

Poker stars Phil “The Unabomber” Laak and Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari are also reportedly part of the cast.

Described as “The Color of Money meets the poker world”, Deal is expected to be a big hit with poker players around the world.

“We are very excited about the WPT leaping from the small screen to the big screen,” said Steve Lipscomb, founder and CEO of WPT.

“Deal will bring our enormously popular show on the Travel Channel to an even greater audience and we hope that it continues to fuel the explosion of poker worldwide,” he added.

The film is expected to use the real set from the WPT tournament this April, with the winners’ ceremony stage loaded up and trucked down to New Orleans for shooting after the tournament.

The computer game of World Poker Tour has reportedly gone gold and will be available for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) this month.

Published and developed by 2K Sports, the game is scheduled for release on April 18th in the United States and is also available for the GBA, PS2 and the Xbox.

The new title features virtual versions of a string of poker professionals, including Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari, Evelyn Ng, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Phil “Unabomber” Laak.

Gamers can create and edit their own characters as well as choosing from a range of existing players and real-life WPT venues. Boosting career earnings unlocks special features and players can even go online to play against PSP and PlayStation 2 competitors.

The new artificial intelligence system for the PSP version offers 1,200 different characters, unlockable custom clothes and invitational events and 4,000 variations of poker.

Based on the World Poker Tour television poker series, players can set rules and limits for poker games and commentary is provided by actual WPT commentators.

A book written by a former speechwriter to Prince is going to made into a movie.

Penned in 1990 by biographer Anthony Holden, Big Deal: One Year as a Professional Poker Player was a big hit, selling quarter of a million copies worldwide.

The book will now become a film courtesy of Celadon Films, with a production date of 2007 and Hugh Grant and Johnny Depp have reportedly been floated as possible actors to play Holden. The writer’s son Joe has been signed up to write the screenplay, according to website Poker News.

Briton Holden coined the phrase “Poker may be only a game, but it is not a matter of life and death. It’s a lot more serious than that” and is somewhat of a legend in poker circles.

The writer left his role as assistant editor of the Times newspaper in disgrace after insulting his then boss Rupert Murdoch in front of the Queen and turned his hand to biography.

After his passion for poker grew out of his regular Tuesday night games, he decided to give up his day job, put $20,000 aside and become a professional poker player, writing Big Deal about his experiences at some of the biggest tables in the world.

Holden is rumoured to be penning a sequel to Big Deal, called A Bigger Deal, about his adventures during 2005 and 2006 in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). He is currently chief classical music critic for the Observer newspaper.

With the rapidly growing popularity of poker, a host of television programmes, books and websites dedicated to the game, the decision to make a film version of one of the most popular poker books ever seems a sensible one.

Alan Goodrum, a small town UK poker player, made his presence felt at a recent series of poker events in New Zealand.

Rather than just one run of luck, Goodrum surprised the crowd by winning not one but two tournaments at the New Zealand Poker Championships.

As well as winning the main event, Goodum was also victorious in the Peter Peko Memorial tournament for which he won $4,575.

The main event at the New Zealand Poker Tournaments saw Goodrum emerge victorious after surprisingly early exits from Lee Nelson and Gary Benson.

Goodrum won $37,824 for his efforts in the main event.

Oscar winner George Clooney’s planned Las Vegas casino development has been put on hold.

The Hollywood actor was planning to build Las Ramblas, a huge casino-hotel in Las Vegas based on the famous Las Ramblas promenade in Barcelona, Spain.

Only recently announced, the development of the 11 towered, five star hotel-casino will now have to be put back from the original completion date of 2008.

Clooney has previously said that he intends to donate almost a quarter of his upcoming casino projects to the African Debt Relief Program.

The project ran into problems after Clooney’s backers chose to sell the 11-hectare plot on which the £3 billion casino was to be built. The Ocean’s Eleven star reportedly says he remains committed to the project.

It may come as a surprise for many to learn that the smooth-talking, cool-as-a-cucumber hero James Bond cannot in fact play poker.

In actual fact, it is actor Daniel Craig, who is set to play the new 007 in his first Bond film Casino Royale, who needs to brush up on his card skills.

As the new film essentially focuses on gambling and card tricks it may be time that the actor took some lessons.

All is not lost though, as film producers have flown in a poker expert from Berlin in Germany to give the star a few tips.

According to sources from the Sun newspaper there is an essential part in the film that requires bond to show off his cool card skills.

“Daniel could not play cards – it was so funny. It was frustratingly ridiculous how long it took to teach the cast how to play or behave at a poker table,” the newspaper reports.

Casino Royale will be released on October 19th.