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Closed down Wednesday, bought Friday

Online gambling website www.theritzclublondon.com - part of the Barclay brothers' Ritz Hotel empire - has been bought by ukbetting plc.

The Ritz Club announced on Wednesday it was withdrawing from the business because of fears of ...

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The House passed an Internet gambling ban earlier this summer, but the bill had difficulty moving in the Senate. However it was a priority of Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, and attaching it to the popular port security bill appeared aimed at insuring its ...

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The Panthers were the first professional team in South Florida to have an entire season 'presented by' a corporate sponsor. Now, they are the first to have a season financially linked to a casino.

The team recently announced the Seminole Tribe of Florida and its Coconut Creek ...

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Former Sportingbet Plc Chairman Peter Dicks, facing extradition to
Louisiana on illegal gambling charges, was set free today by New York
authorities after having been arrested as a fugitive.


``This is what they call a good moment,'' Dicks told his wife
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most forms of Internet gambling would be
banned under a tentative agreement reached on Friday by U.S.
congressional negotiators.

Pending a review by other lawmakers,
the measure could be brought up within hours for passage by the House
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WASHINGTON -- A dispute among Republican leaders may delay the fate of a proposed Internet gambling ban until after the Nov. 7 elections, congressional and lobbying sources said Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are ...

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America's hard-line stance on the issue of internet gambling is likely to be at the top of the agenda during the visit by a delegation from the government of Antigua and Barbuda to Washington this week.

The delegation, led by Minister of Finance Dr Errol Cort, has been holding a ...

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Victorian licensed bookmakers are now accepting bets on thoroughbred races as well as and sporting events via the internet.

Punters can register on-line and have direct access to participating bookmakers whilst they are standing at metropolitan tracks and a select number of ...

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Louisiana's investigation into online gambling originated in a routine staff meeting this year, when Captain Joe Lentini of Louisiana's Police Gaming Enforcement division reminded officers of the state's law against online gambling.

"I saw that this was a growing problem so I ...

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Bookmaker William Hill is pulling out of online gambling in the US on fears that the company will become the authorities' next target.

William Hill wants clarification on "the scope and enforceability of state and federal gaming laws", following the arrests of ...

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Sportingbet's Finance Director Andy McIver is working on the assumption that the U.S. state of Louisiana has a warrant out for his arrest on online gambling charges, he said in an interview on Wednesday.

His comments follow the arrest of Sportingbet Chairman Peter Dicks at JFK ...

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South Australia's gambling watchdog is investigating why the state's betting agency accepted a bet on a horse more than two weeks after the animal died, the gambling minister said Wednesday.

The Totalisator Agency Board accepted a $3.75 bet this week on Chicakaloo, with odds of ...

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It's pretty much understood that when a bunch of NFL favorites come in the books have a rough day, because the public tends to bet the chalk and tie them together in parlays. So, when favorites went 11-5 against the spread two weekends ago, it was understandable that the books were crying ...

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Empire Online, the internet gambling firm with a $260 million cash pile, today indicated that it had put its acquisitions strategy on hold in the light of the increased legal uncertainty sweeping through the industry.

The London-listed gaming group, which had been expected to act ...

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A former US attorney who served under former US President George H.W. Bush resigned on Monday as chairman and director of an online gambling company, highlighting fears among executives in the sector that they face arrest by travelling to the US or other countries taking a tough line ...

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