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The chairman of British gaming company Sportingbet, Peter Dicks, was detained by American authorities in the early hours of today while travelling in the US on non-company business.

Sportingbet did not go into further detail and a company spokesman was not immediately available to ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Online gaming group PartyGaming is not bidding for sports betting rival Victor Chandler and is unlikely to get into a bidding war for World Gaming plc, Chief Executive Mitch Garber said on Thursday.

Mitch Garber also told a conference call that sports betting ...

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The US is taking measures to crack down on internet gambling
The chairman of UK-based gambling firm Sportingbet has been arrested in the US as he travelled through the country.

Peter Dicks, 64, is due to appear in a US court later, though details of what charges he might face ...

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BOOKMAKER Paddy Power is on track to deliver 40 per cent growth in operating profit for the full-year after recording a 12 per cent rise in first-half earnings.

The firm, which operates more than 200 betting shops in Ireland and Britain, reported profit before tax of about £13.9 ...

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PADDY Power is considering opening a casino in Ireland if the Government opts to regulate the gaming industry.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has set up a working group to consider whether to legalise and regulate casinos, which are currently outlawed. The ban has not prevented ...

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The chairman of Sportingbet has become the second director of a US-focused online bookmaker to be arrested in three months, prompting a further round of selling across London-listed gambling stocks.

Peter Dicks was arrested on a fugitive warrant at New York's JFK airport in the ...

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