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Tuesday, February 28. 2006

Magna Entertainment reports loss; bets on electronic media

Horse track operator Magna Entertainment Corp. (TSX: MEC.SV.A) lost
$105.3 million US in 2005, but the pace of losses eased slightly late
in the year and management has hopes riding on a new subsidiary. 

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Bookies plead for internet access

Daily Telegraph

NEW South Wales bookmakers will be forced to move their businesses interstate or face extinction unless the Iemma Government introduces legislation to allow them to accept bets over the internet.

Some of Sydney's leading fielders made these dire predictions ...

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Monday, February 27. 2006

Betfair and PayPal agree on online payments deal

thoroughbrednews.co.nz

Betfair and PayPal agree on online payments deal
By Rob Burnet

European customers of UK based betting exchange Betfair will be able to make payments using PayPal, a global leader in online payments, following a deal between the two ...

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Operation Slapshot will check up to 40 who worked with an accused member of a Burlco barracks

The Inquirer

New Jersey state police detectives plan to question as many as 40 troopers who worked with the South Jersey trooper accused of running a multimillion-dollar sports-betting ring with former Philadelphia Flyer Rick Tocchet, investigators said.

So far, ...

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Sunday, February 26. 2006

betting firms hit jackpot

The Observer
Want a windfall worth hundreds of millions of pounds? It's really not as hard as you think. All you have to do is run a betting business.
In the last two years, executives and shareholders in internet site PartyGaming have scooped £1bn; the private equity backers and ...

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Maltese Online Casino Sites To Be Blockaded

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MALTESE ONLINE CASINO SITES TO BE BLOCKADED BY NEW ITALIAN DECREES

684 online casino and sportsbetting sites to be blocked by Italian ISPs - but counter moves are in progress

Maltese officials were clearly disturbed this week as the Italian ...

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Saturday, February 25. 2006

CBS4 Investigates Online Gambling Advertisements

CBS4 - DENVER Even though online gambling is illegal in Colorado, CBS4's Rick Sallinger found that advertisements for a gambling Web site are being shown at the Pepsi Center and on television.
GoldenPalace.com is an internet gambling site where users can play everything from poker to ...

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Aruban casino boss had ties to Chicago mob

wwwabclocal.go.com

Authorities on the island of Aruba have not been able to solve the mystery of what happened to Alabama teenager Natalie Holloway. She disappeared while on a high school trip last spring. The ABC7 I-Team has learned new details about the casino where Holloway was last ...

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Friday, February 24. 2006

Chelsea man faces gambling charges

Boston Globe Staff
SALEM -- A Chelsea man acquitted last year in the slaying of a Revere strip-club manager was arraigned yesterday on charges related to a gambling ring first investigated by State Police nearly five years ago.
William Angelesco, 34, pleaded not guilty in Essex ...

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HAND-HELD devices secure, panel says

Nevada gambling regulators took another step Thursday toward approval of hand-held, wireless gambling devices that would expand the areas in casinos where gamblers can place bets -- even to buffet ...

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GameWatch Selects River City to Monitor Online Gaming Platform

River City Network Performance Group (http://www.rcnpg.com) today announced that it was selected by GameWatch (http://www.gamewatch.com), an online service delivery platform for popular multiplayer games, online gaming league services and services for the burgeoning field of eSports, to deliver ...

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Thursday, February 23. 2006

CASINO REGULATION: Group says regulators out of line

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Believing state ...

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Mob expert sees big score in sports betting A.C.-only bill to resurface today

Star-Ledger

Robert Buccino remembers the good old days, in the 1960s, when he was an investigator with the State Police, busting bookmakers faster than you could say, "Give me the home team and the points."

"You could arrest three or four a week with ...

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Wednesday, February 22. 2006

Sportingbet beats forecasts, plans new games

LONDON (Reuters) - Sportingbet , the country`s second-biggest online gaming group, beat forecasts with a 72 percent gain in second-quarter profit and said on Wednesday it was planning to launch new online games.
Finance Director Andrew McIver told a conference call Sportingbet would soon ...

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Internet gambling approved by panel

The Forum

ST. PAUL - A House committee laid down three of a kind Friday.

Another panel now must decide whether to fold the bills, which would allow Internet gambling, an expansion to the Canterbury Park card club and a casino addition to Canterbury.

But the ...

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