Thursday, June 14. 2007
Broke and with head bowed, Yoshio Yamaki’s voice quivered as he gave his reply to Magistrate Marilyn Go’s question of if he knew why he was in court: “I like to plead guilty”. The disgraced former president of Long-Island based Sigma USA, who once made over $200,000 a year, showed up ...
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Thursday, December 28. 2006
ESPN runs some great participant surveys, here is some information they have come up with over the last month. Most of it will not shock hard core sports fans, but many of the results surprised this writer.
Percentages of participants who think these sports are fixed:
Pro ...
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Saturday, December 16. 2006
AOL and Lycos recently announced results of top searches carried out by their visitors for 2006.
Just what are America's Internet users looking for? In a word, “celebrities”.
Paris Hilton ranked as the number 1 search for AOL users. Over at Lycos, the most frequently ...
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Thursday, December 14. 2006
Lotto players don’t like their odds. Residents don’t like their odds when purchasing lottery tickets from B.C. retailers. People selling lottery tickets are six times more likely to win a jackpot than the general public, according to internal B.C. Lottery Corp. documents obtained by ...
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Monday, October 30. 2006
A financial adviser who conned clients out of £2.3m to feed an online gambling habit has been jailed for nine years.
Philip Smith, 49, formerly of Gaddum Road in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to offences including theft, forgery and money laundering. The court heard ...
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Sunday, October 29. 2006
A Perth-based company has been fined $5.5 million for sending millions of unsolicited emails, with a judge labelling the spam annoying, costly to combat, and a threat to the internet. It is the first time an Australian company has been fined under the the federal government's spam ...
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Saturday, October 28. 2006
South Australian 'No Pokies' MP, Nick Xenophon, has new ammunition in his call for a referendum on whether to ban poker machines.
The latest auditor-general's report shows national turnover on poker machines reached a record $7 billion in the past financial year, that is despite ...
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Friday, October 27. 2006
A bill introduced at Queen's Park yesterday could cost the CFL — and especially the Argos — a lot of money. Proposed by Government Services Minister Gerry Phillips, the Consumer Protection and Service Modification Act includes a clause that would outlaw advertising on Internet gambling ...
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Thursday, October 26. 2006
AN adviser to a football star who ran up £100,000 of gambling debts has been beaten up in a vicious street attack. Grant Brebner recently left Dundee United for Australia owing a substantial sum. The former Hibs player's affairs are being handled by a Tayside company. And the man ...
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Sunday, October 22. 2006
Casino operator London Clubs International was on the verge of American ownership today after Las Vegas gaming giant Harrah’s Entertainment upped its bid. Harrah’s, the biggest casino operator in the world and owner of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, increased its offer from 125p a share ...
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Tuesday, October 17. 2006
LEIGHTON Holdings has won its biggest Asian development, a $US1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) contract to build the City of Dreams casino and hotel complex in Macau for the James Packer-backed Melco group. The project in the Las Vegas of Asia will have four deluxe hotel towers, ranging ...
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Sunday, October 15. 2006
When you talk or write about the need to ban casinos, racinos and other forms of slot machine gambling in Maine, proponents of slots often respond by pointing to the widespread opportunities that exist for online gambling.
These folks are inclined to ask, if slot machines are so ...
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Wednesday, October 11. 2006
While the revenue earned by Strip casinos continues to feed Nevada's record-pacing year, downtown gambling halls are heading in the opposite direction. The closure of the Lady Luck and renovations at Fremont Street casinos were the primary reasons cited for the more than 14 percent ...
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Perhaps you've noticed them strolling toward the elevator with their butlers while you wait in the check-in line. Maybe you've seen them, from the 25-cent slots, as they stepped into the VIP room with enough chips to buy a Porsche, a house, or both. Most patrons will never be ushered ...
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Monday, September 25. 2006
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. (PBL) (PBL.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it is expanding its online and gaming businesses, buying an Australian online car site and agreeing to buy up to 50 percent of a UK casino business.
PBL, ...
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