EGamingPulse

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Online betting group Sportingbet said today that it has enjoyed a 'good' third quarter and operating profit before interest and goodwill amortisation for the quarter is expected to be no less than GBP19m.

In a trading update for its third quarter to 30 April, ...

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Antigua Sun

Antigua & Barbuda and the US will be meeting in May to discuss the way forward for the gaming industry in light of the WTO's final ruling on Internet gaming.

Spokesperson for the Antigua & Barbuda Offshore Gaming Association (A&BOGA) Ron Maginley ...

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Empire Poker has become the second member of the Party Poker network to make preparations for a US$1bn IPO as rumours persist that Party Poker is looking to scale down listing plans.

A report in a UK newspaper said the Cyprus-based owner of Empire Poker, Tradal, had retained ...

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MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE

Readying for new leadership, the Virginia Lottery faces challenges to its record profitability -- from increasing competition across the border and around the world for gaming dollars to political pressure at home to produce even more dollars for public ...

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CNN

Fantasy baseball? Sign me up. March Madness? Here's $20 for a bracket. The World Series? I've got $10 on the Cubs. Who will win "The Amazing Race?" Huh?!?!

According to Infoplease.com, the FBI estimates that more than $2.5 billion is gambled each year on ...

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- In what proves to be another
industry first, online gaming company MyBookie.com has signed an
exclusive product placement agreement with Warner Brothers for the
upcoming film 'Lucky You,' starring Drew Barrymore.



The ...

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Just six months after becoming the first UK bookmaker to own and manage its own Interactive TV station, William Hill have secured two new deals to offer more live betting related content than any other channel in the UK. Channel 425 has now raced past rival channels Racing UK and At The ...

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DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

When Oscar Santana gets home from school everyday, the Brooklyn teenager dutifully does his homework, then boots up his computer for an evening of Texas Hold 'em.

For Oscar, and a growing number of students, playing the popular poker game online ...

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The Courier-Journal

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Caesars Indiana casino was fined $50,000 yesterday for violating state gambling laws -- including 10 instances in which marketing materials were mailed to people who had placed themselves on a list that excludes them from the state's ...

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businessweek.com

The leader in online betting on horse races is trying to acquire an offshore outfit swept up in a federal probe into illegal gambling

Chuck Champion, CEO of Youbet.com, has a dream: He wants to revive off-track betting on horse racing as a thriving Net ...

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William Hill has entered into exclusive discussions to buy Stanley Leisure’s chain of over 600 retail betting shops for over US$0.96bn, in a deal that would see it become the UK’s largest bookmaker.

If the deal goes through it would see William Hill leapfrog Ladbrokes as the UK’s ...

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Chuck Blount on poker, the San Antonio Express

One of the most common questions that hits my mailbag doubles as the most difficult to answer: "Do you think I`m good enough to go pro?"

The safe answer is: "No."

Poker is all over television, ...

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TECHNOLOGY REPORTER



TORONTO -- From hard-core Texas Holdem poker players to "solitaire
moms," on-line gambling enthusiasts have created a burgeoning industry
that's set to rival Hollywood box office revenue in the next year and

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winneronline

The most hardened and cynical online gambler exhibits perhaps unexpected sympathy and real kindness on the rare occasions when a problem gambler surfaces, hastening to steer him or her to sites where they can receive professional guidance such as Gamcare and Gamblers ...

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Manchester Evening News

Bookie Fred Done wagered the sum on United finishing higher than Chelsea in The Premiership.

But now, with a seemingly unbridgeable gap between the Reds and the London team, Fred decided to pay out to the man who took up his bet.

The ...

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