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Online payment specialist NETeller has boosted its presence in the UK with the acquisition of credit card processor Netinvest and its subsidiary Netbanx for £12.36m
Founded in 1996, Netbanx has relationships with all of the major UK acquiring banks, as well as ...

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NY TIMES
As recently as 1995, only two or three major events - among them the Diamond Jim Brady at the Bicycle Club outside Los Angeles and Amarillo Slim`s Super Bowl of Poker at Caesars Palace - competed with the World Series on the tournament calendar. Fields of 100 or 200 were ...

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El Paso Times
Juárez Turf Club Race and Sports Book officials said Thursday money issues that prevented timely payouts the past several days at their Downtown location are expected to be remedied by this weekend.
Julian Guerra, a consultant for the Juárez book for the past year, ...

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Betcorp, the parent company behind online sportsbook BetWWTS, has reported strong growth and a return to profitability in its latest results.
The group reported after tax profits of A$3.3m (US$2.5m) for the nine month period ending 2 October 2005, compared to a loss of A$13.7m (US$10m) ...

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Sportsbook and gaming operator Victor Chandler has just announced the launch of a dedicated Asian betting site, vcbet88.com.
The China-focused website is the first stage of a marketing and technology agreement the Gibraltar-based operator has reached with Macau-based marketing agency ...

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Sportsbook and gaming operator Victor Chandler has just announced the launch of a dedicated Asian betting site, vcbet88.com.
The China-focused website is the first stage of a marketing and technology agreement the Gibraltar-based operator has reached with Macau-based marketing agency ...

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Betfair is hopeful it will see a positive conclusion to its efforts to gain a licence to operate in Australia before the end of the year or by early 2006.
Betfair has applied for bookmaker’s licence in Tasmania, which will enable it to operate and advertise on Australian mainland. ...

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news.com.au
AUSTRALIANS would bet on two flies on a wall, so the saying goes, but for many households gambling is more than just an occasional indulgence - it's a necessary luxury.
With millions of dollars expected to pour into Melbourne Cup wagers and sweeps next week, ...

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NY Times
Bettors are keeping a close eye on Angelina Jolie.
As rumors swirl that R&B stars Beyoncé and Jay-Z are expecting a child, online-gaming site SportsInterAction.com is busy taking wagers — for real money — on the gender, name, weight and expected due date of the still ...

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THE Australian
The future of controversial UK-based betting exchange Betfair could be known within 10 days.
Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon told Parliament this morning the Government was close to deciding if it would grant Betfair its first Australian licence.
He said he ...

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The State
State police and prosecutors this month won an early round in the latest video gambling fight: prepaid Internet games.
Greenville Circuit Court Judge Edward Miller rejected Texas-based Game Systems’ request to block police from seizing computers used to play Internet ...

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HONOLULU (AP) _ Thousands of miles from the nearest casino, in a state where gambling is illegal, people in Hawaii are wagering thousands of dollars in poker tournaments and other games -- without getting arrested.
And they are doing it from the comfort of their homes, where ...

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JAMES McMANUS NY TIMES

On May 18, 2004, after providing some personal cases in point for my friend Andy Glazer as he worked on "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Poker" (Alpha), I finished fourth in the World Series of Poker limit hold`em championship at ...

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