Sunday, July 31. 2005
The Telegraph
Betfair, the betting exchange, has ousted its chief financial officer ahead of a potential £700m-£800m stock market flotation.
Owen O'Donnell, 38, who joined the company two years ago from media group Pearson and is currently on paternity leave, has been ...
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Saturday, July 30. 2005
newsday.com
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- A first-of-its-kind computer program has state regulators and one of the world's largest casinos locked in an Internet gambling dispute that is being watched around the country.
At issue is the Foxwoods Resort Casino promotion ...
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Friday, July 29. 2005
egaming review magazine St Enodoc, the Gibraltar-based egaming white-label firm, is believed to be pursuing a listing on the London Stock Exchange. The firm is looking at an initial publice offering (IPO) this autumn, and has retained stockbroker Panmure Gordon to advise on ...
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egaming review magazine
UK sportsbook Bet365 has sold its chain of betting shops to Coral Eurobet for an estimated £40m as it looks to concentrate on its online and tele-betting operations. John Coates, chief executive of Bet365, told the Racing Post it would provide the firm ...
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Costa Rica-based GCS, the owner of sportsbooks Betcom and mybookie, has launched Nine.com, aimed at taking on Bodog for the US recreational market. The new site is intended to be the firm’s flagship brand, and will feature original entertainment content alongside the betting and gaming ...
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German TV station Premiere has launched a betting TV channel, with Austrian sportsbook BetandWin as its official betting partner. Premiere Win will start broadcasting on 1 August, just in time for the start of the new soccer season, and will allow subscribers to place bets on ...
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egaming review magazine
Skill gaming firm FUN Technologies will close its betting exchange operations, after posting its first quarterly operating profit of £62,000. FUN began life as betting exchange software firm Columbia Exchange Systems, before moving into skill gaming ...
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mainichi-msn.co.jp (extract) "OGAKI, Gifu -- A bank based here has come up with an unusual way to attract customers to its automatic teller machines -- by installing slot games in them. From Aug. 8, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank will introduce slot games in ATMs that give customers ...
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Thursday, July 28. 2005
gbgb.org.uk
New UK Gambling Commission will be at 2005 Betting Show
Britain's new controlling body for gambling, the Gambling Commission is to be officially launched in October this year and is already planning to meet the industry at the next Betting Show, scheduled ...
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Wednesday, July 27. 2005
SOURCE: WPT Enterprises, Inc.
WPT Enterprises, Inc. Prevails against WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Trademark & Copyright Infringers; Company Vigorously Defends Marks, Prevents Proliferation of Unauthorized Merchandise and Programming
LOS ANGELES, Jul 26, 2005 -- WPT ...
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Tuesday, July 26. 2005
REVIEW-JOURNAL
All the amateurs and experts who analyzed the NFL this time a year ago seemed to form a consensus that quarterback Drew Brees and the San Diego Chargers were a lost cause. If anyone claims differently, ask them to pass a lie-detector test.
Brees certainly ...
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Monday, July 25. 2005
Boston Globe
Steve Kane's Waltham start-up, GameLogic, was balancing on the thin edge of a poker chip with its first high-profile project in the United States, a partnership with Foxwoods Resort Casino that had its quiet launch last Monday. By Friday, Connecticut's Division of ...
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A.M. Costa Rica
The face of Costa Rican Internet gambling has changed from retail to wholesale.
In addition to accepting bets from individuals, mostly from the United States, some of the the bookmaking organizations here are targeting illegal gambling operations ...
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Sunday, July 24. 2005
Las Vegas Review
Online gambling is only a misdemeanor, legally speaking.
But, in the eyes of organizations like the NFL and the NCAA, gambling is as serious as it gets.
The NCAA strictly forbids its athletes and administrators from wagering on all sports. ...
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Saturday, July 23. 2005
NY TIMES
The winner of every World Series event this year was a man, as were all nine final tablists in the championship. So are the 69 highest-ranked tournament players. Jennifer Harman is No. 70, Cyndy Violette No. 72, Annie Duke No. 374. Harman, Violette and Duke have all won ...
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