EGamingPulse

With the World Cup quarter finals upon us, site monitoring and testing specialist Keynote Systems reports on which sites are topping the betting websites chart this week.
 
Measured on loading times and availability, the following sites have topped the poll on Internet ...

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US Treasury Office officials said Antigua’s regulatory system for its land-based gambling operations is antiquated and better legislation would be needed soon.

Yesterday, 25 representatives of the Office of National Drug & Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP), Inland Revenue, ...

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Credit card firms should place a cap on how much can be spent on internet gambling sites, an MP has said.
Mike Weir, the Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for Angus, called for a limit of £1,000 a week and for sites to limit players to one credit card each.

It follows cases where ...

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PartyGaming, the online poker company, is on the brink of unveiling plans to expand into sports betting via a series of acquisitions to be funded with the proceeds of a bond issue that could raise as much as £500m.
It is understood that the first purchase will be of a privately-owned ...

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THE All England Club and International Tennis Federation were last night under pressure to investigate a curious betting plunge on an obscure first round match at this year's Wimbledon championships.

Betting agency Betfair alerted the ITF late Tuesday that $820,000 in wagers had ...

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Police in the southern Chinese gambling enclave of Macau have seized 200 million Hong Kong dollars (US$25.7 million; euro20.5 million) in World Cup soccer betting slips from an illegal betting operation, a news report said Wednesday.

Hong Kong's government-owned radio RTHK said ...

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LONDON -- Soccer fan Henrik Gerdin is a contented man.

His team scored a late equalizer, he won a bet and his heart rate officially rose above orgasm level.

The 25-year-old Swede was part of an ongoing World Cup experiment by England's Loughborough University, sponsored ...

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VANCOUVER -- Good poker player that he is, Larry Klatt knows when to fold 'em.

Mr. Klatt, one of the organizers of a summer camp to teach children to be winning poker players, knew the deck was stacked against him when B.C.'s Solicitor-General called the two-day event ...

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Online betting company Centrebet has closed its $70 million initial public offer (IPO) oversubscribed after strong interest from investors.

The online wagering and gaming company, which will trade as Centrebet International Ltd, had offered 35.111 million shares at $2 each.

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Controversial casino magnate Stanley Ho's family has a date with the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse. Today, his daughter, Angela, is scheduled to be deposed as part of a U.S. District Court case being heard in Las Vegas. The litigation involves the DrHo888.com Web site, of which she is ...

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Five card players sit around a Reseda poker table while the dealer takes lessons from a homeless man. "Make sure you lay the card flat. You gotta lay it flat, otherwise everyone can see," the man tells an aspiring actress who paid $750 for six weeks of dealer training.


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Washington legislators would do well to retool their new Internet gambling law before the courts do it for them.

The law, which took effect June 7, seems to unjustifiably threaten free speech rights.

It makes it a felony if someone "knowingly transmits or receives ...

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If you've peeked at your junk e-mail lately, you may have noticed a
solicitation or two from Internet gambling Web sites. They offer access
to unlimited and anonymous online games of blackjack or Texas hold-em
poker. Many have asked me about this trend and how it came ...

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