Wednesday, December 21. 2005
The Times Online
Thanks to the Internet and television, poker exploded outside its U.S. homeland in 2005, and PartyGaming Chief Executive Richard Segal sees technology boosting that boom further in 2006.
Internet poker took a firm hold in 2005, sparking three big London stock ...
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Tuesday, December 20. 2005
$1.2 million the price for 40 online casino games and Sportsbook platform.
CYOP Systems International Inc., a provider of online gaming software and operator of games portals executed an agreement with FutureBet Systems Inc., this week to purchase 40 online casino games and a sportsbook ...
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Monday, December 19. 2005
Citigroup Investment Research lifts Sportingbet (SBT.LN) price target to 410p from 380p. "Extrapolating some of the company's figures implies the shares could be worth over 1100p." As the market grows in confidence over lifetime player revenues and cost of acquisition, this may ...
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Sunday, December 18. 2005
The Sunday Times
THE board of William Hill, Britain’s second-biggest bookmaker, has blocked a £4 billion all-share merger with Rank Group, the bingo and casino giant.
The deal was called off within the past fortnight after David Harding, William Hill’s chief executive, made a ...
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Saturday, December 17. 2005
www.smh.com.au
The South Australian Government is being asked to reclassify games with gambling themes as adult-only products.
The proposal has been put forward by No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon, who is concerned the games are rated as suitable for children from the age of eight.
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Friday, December 16. 2005
PIONEER CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY First online sportsbet was for $50 Looking at today's $12 billion online global gaming industry it is easy to forget that it kicked into gear a mere 10 years ago. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this week, Intertops.com reminded us that Internet ...
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Market watchers are bracing themselves for the possibility of profits warnings from US-focused sportsbooks after the NFL regular season threw up an exceptionally bad run of results in favour of the favourites, eGaming Review has learned.
One source who refused to be named suggested the ...
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Market watchers are bracing themselves for the possibility of profits warnings from US-focused sportsbooks after the NFL regular season threw up an exceptionally bad run of results in favour of the favourites, eGaming Review has learned.
One source who refused to be named suggested the ...
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Austrian-listed sportsbook BetandWin has agreed terms on the largest ever online gaming takeover after it announced it was to purchase Swedish poker operator and network Ongame for a total consideration of at least €474m (£322m or US$566m).
Ongame owns and operates its flagship poker ...
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Thursday, December 15. 2005
London, UK, Dec 14, 2005 - (OTC BB: WGMGY, LSE: WGP), The Board of World Gaming is pleased to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of the SPORTSBETTING.COM Group.
All conditions required to be met prior to completion have now been met.
Funding for the ...
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Wednesday, December 14. 2005
The Guardian
Yes
Edward Wray Co-founder of Betfair betting exchange
Betting exchanges are good for sport. They offer new ways of adding excitement to an event for fans, potential revenue streams for sporting bodies and a comprehensive audit trail to help with ...
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Tuesday, December 13. 2005
Is the total casino management of MindPlay killing 21?
LA WEEKLY
BILOXI, MISS. — The future of blackjack has been revealed and it’s ugly. As legalized gambling continues to blossom, with a record 73 million Americans expected to visit a casino before the ...
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Monday, December 12. 2005
The Mirror FA CHIEFS are investigating claims one Premiership player put a £100,000 bet on Harry Redknapp - even though he was already the 1-4 odds-on favourite to become Portsmouth boss. The FA confirmed last week they were working with spread betting firm Betfair after a staggering ...
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Sunday, December 11. 2005
DAILY RACING FORM It was hard to tell what was louder Sunday: the NFL dogs barking or the sighs of relief from bookmakers here and everywhere. NFL underdogs went 8-4-3 against the spread on Sunday after going 8-24 the previous two weekends. Those records are based on ...
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Saturday, December 10. 2005
TORONTO STAR
There is such a thing as a free lunch at Ontario`s government-owned casinos — as well as hotel rooms, NFL tickets, Rolex watches and tropical vacations. The casinos spent more than $300 million on perks like these last year to lure gamblers to the card tables and ...
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