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William Hill Plc, the U.K.'s second- largest bookmaker, said annual earnings beat its forecast after a run of winning wagers by customers came to an end last month.
William Hill said that operating profits for the year ended Dec. 27 was `slightly' more than the company's estimate of 230 ...

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2005 saw the Internet and television facilitate a poker explosion outside of its US homeland. 2006 promises to see this continue according to chief executive Richard Segal.
‘The beauty of it all is that we've invented nothing new. We're just taking games that have been around for ...

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After an up and down season, New England Patriots are hitting form at the right end of the year. This weekend as they prepare to host Jacksonville in one of the four Wild Card games, Sportsbook.com has installed them as a resounding 8.0 point favourite.
Peter Childs, Odds Maker at ...

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International gaming and leisure company, The Rank Group (Rank), has sold its film processing division, Deluxe Film for £430m, leaving it as a predominantly betting and gaming business.
Rank owns leading UK online and telephone betting business, Blue Square, the land-based Grosvenor ...

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Skill gaming provider FUN Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary SkillJam, has signed an agreement with Lycos to create and provide it with a white label casual gaming platform.
SkillJam will develop, operate and support the pay-for-play platform for Lycos Games and adapt it ...

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Sportech, parent company of Betdirect and Littlewoods Gaming, has terminated its interactive gaming contract with UK television network ITV.
The contract was signed in March 2002 in the expectation of capitalising on the projected growth of interactive TV betting and gaming, with ...

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Betfair caused some surprise this week when the company announced the appointment of David Yu as chief executive and the resignation with immediate effect of executive chairman Sir Robert Horton and two other non-executive directors.
The move comes a matter of months after the departure ...

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