Tuesday, July 31. 2007
Sweden’s horse racing monopoly AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has launched a lawsuit against Malta-based Unibet for an amount nearing $36 million, reports the Swedish news publication Travnet. The suit results from allegations that Unibet has been illegally using information from ATG’s database ...
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Thursday, July 26. 2007
On Tuesday, the tiny nation of Antigua and Barbuda presented a request to the World Trade Organization for the right to levy commercial sanctions against the United States, totaling $3.4 billion US, for failure to co-operate with the WTO’s ruling declaring America’s ban on foreign Internet ...
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Tuesday, July 24. 2007
Nearly two weeks after regulations under the United States’ new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) were put into effect, Antigua and Bermuda’s online gaming industry are feeling the pinch.
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Friday, July 20. 2007
Does a computer bluff well? Can you read a computer’s reaction to his/her/its cards? These are a few of the questions that will be facing two poker professionals on Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia as they face a poker-playing computer in a showdown for ...
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Thursday, July 19. 2007
The recent passing of the Gambling Act in London has caused renewed debate over the effect of gambling in the U.K. Three out of four Britons gamble every week. Nearly nine and half billion pounds every year goes down the drain, nearly double what it was four years ago. These trends, ...
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Wednesday, July 18. 2007
According to comScore’s MediaMatrix latest internet rankings of American online activities, online radio was the largest gainer by far in traffic – up 34% from May to 48.9 million unique visitors per month. The biggest single site was Yahoo music with an 11% gain to 25 million visitors. ...
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Tuesday, July 17. 2007
After last year’s quick passage of legislation that made it more difficult for Americans to gamble online, three bills that have taken aim at the restrictions are finding little support amongst politicians, especially as Congressional and Presidential races loom. The first and ...
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Monday, July 16. 2007
After several years in the French court system, Malta-based ZeTurf has come out on top according to the French high court - le Cour de Cassation – in its actions against the French racing horse monopoly Parimutuel Urbain (PMU). In its ruling the court stated that PMU cannot prevent ZeTurf ...
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Thursday, July 12. 2007
On Thursday gaming company 888 holdings stated that despite numerous issues first half trading was still in line with its expectations and confident that its prospects for the rest of the year would also meet expectations. After several initial years of constant fluctuations, 888's ...
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Wednesday, July 11. 2007
Maybe it’s the nice weather. Maybe it’s family time. Or maybe, just maybe, the long grind of the baseball season is to blame. Whatever the reason, most bettors seem to hibernate until the NFL pre-season starts up again. According to Fred White, Racing and Sports Book Director for the Rainbow ...
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Monday, July 9. 2007
Paddy Power LLC has some eco-friendly egg on its face after a gaffe on one of its proposition bets cost the Irish bookmaker 10,000 euros – roughly $13,600. After listing a bet that Al Gore would be the next high profile American arrested – and not specifying if it would be Al Gore, the ...
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Friday, July 6. 2007
Yesterday, Australian based Internet gaming giant TABCORP announced its annual internet sales had skyrocketed to just over $1 Billion, a nearly 25 percent surge, news that sent its stock higher 15c to close at $17.39. Wagering director Robert Nason revealed that the company now ...
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Thursday, July 5. 2007
British bookmaker Ladbrokes indicated this week that despite shortfalls in its over the counter business, an unexpected rise in high-wager betting over the telephone in the past few weeks has helped them reach record highs in profits.
Profits from telephone betting in the ...
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Wednesday, July 4. 2007
April of this saw UK high-street and online bookmaker Ladbrokes cease takeover talks with 888.com. Most will agree that this was mainly due to the possibility of retrospective prosecution by U.S. authorities against gaming companies who once took bets from US citizens. According to ...
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Online gambling has been around less than fifteen years. In that time there have been some key moments that have defined the industry as we know it today.
1995 – The very first Internet casino opens it doors. It offers blackjack, roulette and craps amongst other casino games. ...
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