Sports betting

The tabling in the New South Wales Parliament today of amendments to the Racing Administration Act 1998, heralds the endorsement of Betfair in that state.

The so called "race fields publication" clause is framed very much along the lines of the equivalent Victorian ...

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British online gambling company Sportingbet Plc said it would take charges totalling 210 million pounds ($391 million) following the sale of its U.S. business, as it posted a 75 percent rise in annual profit on Thursday.

Sportingbet <SBT.L> sold its U.S. operations to private ...

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Over the last few weeks, Las Vegas and off-shore bookmakers may have felt like it was déjà vu all over again as the point spread of select college football games were pounded relentlessly, often forcing a line move of 3-4 points.

The scenario, according to sources in Las Vegas and ...

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A resolution of the civil action filed by federal prosecutors against BetOnSports should be finalized by next week, lawyers said in court this morning.

Jeffrey Demerath, a lawyer for BetOnSports, told U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson that the company received a proposed consent order ...

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AUSTRALIAN online gaming company Betcorp has suspended its United States operations after the enactment there of restrictions that effectively ban some forms of internet betting.

Melbourne-based Betcorp said it had suspended its US operations after the Unlawful Internet Gambling ...

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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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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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William Hill and Paddy Power have reported record levels of betting during this year's Ryder Cup in which Europe beat America with considerable ease.

Hills have announced that the tournament held at the K Club has been the biggest betting golf event of all time while the Irish ...

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BetOnSports, the billion-dollar global Internet gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in St. Louis and Washington, is negotiating a settlement of civil and criminal charges against the company, lawyers on both sides said in court this morning.

"What we are ...

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A consortium from the horse racing industry has made a bid for UK state bookmaker, the Tote, it is reported.

The consortium is said to include Arena Leisure, which owns racecourses, the Racehorse Owners Association, and the Racecourse Holdings Trust.

The government has ...

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An Internet gambling company looking to muscle in on legally hamstrung competitors has unleashed a marketing blitz on Boston, slapping up billboards beckoning bettors to bet on the Patriots, even as Congress considers a ban on online wagering.
Billboards touting BetUS.net have ...

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UKBETTING, the online sports content and gaming company, is preparing to appoint UBS to handle a strategic review that could lead to a sale of its betting operation, The Times has learnt.
An auction of its internet betting arm, which does not take bets from punters in the United States, ...

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UKBETTING, the online sports content and gaming company, is preparing to appoint UBS to handle a strategic review that could lead to a sale of its betting operation, The Times has learnt.
An auction of its internet betting arm, which does not take bets from punters in the United States, ...

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Most football bettors don't start seriously looking at point spreads and totals for the coming weekend's games until the middle or late part of the week. And the beginners and less-sophisticated recreational gamblers often assume that whatever point spread they see on a game is the ...

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