Thursday, June 30. 2005
Online poker is on a winning streak. According to research firm River City Group, Internet poker alone is a $2 billion-a-year industry with a million players monthly. ComScore Media Metrix -- which measures all U.S. Internet users at home, work and college locations -- reports more than 29.1 ...
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Wednesday, June 29. 2005
Utah could have up to 88,000 'problem' gamers
Desert Morning News
Players at a Texas Hold 'Em card tournament work their cards in December 2004 at the Shilo Inn in Salt Lake City.
No formal study has been conducted that enumerates how many problem gamblers live in Utah ...
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Tuesday, June 28. 2005
The Times Online
PartyGaming shares jumped by 11% in a frantic first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange pushing the value of the firm to US$9.4bn.
Over 340m shares changed hands making Party the most actively traded stock on the LSE.
And the positive ...
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Monday, June 27. 2005
The Gaurdian The online casino group PartyGaming today priced its shares at 116p in the biggest London flotation in five years. With a valuation of £4.64bn, the owner of PartyPoker, set up in 1997, is worth more than established companies such as British Airways, J ...
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Sunday, June 26. 2005
NY TIMES
As a rule, companies don`t often draw attention to business practices that could land their executives in jail. But for PartyGaming PLC, potential illegalities aren`t just a secret hidden in its business plan - they are the centerpiece of its business plan.
A ...
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Saturday, June 25. 2005
NY TIMES
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn poker. The game, after all, has gone hand in hand with our history for almost two centuries now. Since its development on Mississippi riverboats, poker - with its risk-loving bravado - has echoed the ...
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Friday, June 24. 2005
LONDON
(Reuters) - European restrictions to cross-border gambling over the
Internet will face a growing number of legal challenges and could fall ...
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A fresh horse race-fixing scandal has broken out in the UK, reigniting the war of words between the fixed-odds industry and Betfair. UK newspaper The Racing Post revealed the Jockey Club is investigating a gambling ring, which allegedly layed bets on horses it knew were going to lose ...
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Thursday, June 23. 2005
The Forum
BISMARCK - North Dakota`s anemic pari-mutuel betting activity rose sharply recently when the Fargo company that simulcasts races for off-track betting gained two out-of-state partners who place large wagers.
That is good news for the horse industry and the ...
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Wednesday, June 22. 2005
Canadians spend more on betting than on education, personal care, books.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Canadian gamblers "vastly underestimate" how much they`re losing, says a Gambling in Canada 2005 report.
While Canadians tell Statistics Canada they spend, on ...
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Tuesday, June 21. 2005
Gaming wire
The Nevada race and sports industry is poised to enter a new phase that is expected to expand its customer base through high-tech telephone betting.
Already approved by Nevada’s Gaming Control Board, the new system utilizes a global positioning system (GPS) ...
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Monday, June 20. 2005
silicon.com
Pioneering internet betting exchange Betfair.com has recorded continued growth after its model of allowing punters to trade bets with one another continued to win hearts and minds among the UK gambling public over the past 12 months.
Betfair is increasingly ...
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Sunday, June 19. 2005
Times Online
PARTY GAMING, the online poker company planning a controversial £4.8 billion London listing, faces the threat of legal action under the Canadian Criminal Code.
Canada is an important market for the poker group but there are doubts about if the firm’s gaming ...
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Saturday, June 18. 2005
Daily Mail
MICHAEL Jackson demanded a three-year contract before signing up as chairman of internet gambling float PartyGaming.
Jackson, who will net £3m for three years in the job, told PartyGaming's bankers Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein it was the minimum tenure he ...
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Friday, June 17. 2005
delmarvanow.com
A bill was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly May 31 that, if passed, would allow sports gambling in Delaware -- making it the only state east of the Mississippi where sports wagering would be legal.
Under the legislation, businesses ...
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