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by jim on January 27, 2008
Until a few years ago the Table Games in most casinos were grouped together in an area that came to be known as "the pit". In fact many of these properties actually located their table...
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by jim on December 18, 2007
Source:www.shapepostcards.com There are almost as many "betting systems" as there are gamblers. Some of these systems work, more or less, some of the time, and some appear to work, because...
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by jim on November 09, 2007
Source:www.nyc.metblogs.com All gamblers should have a limit on how much they will gamble in a given session. I'm a firm believer in the, "Never gamble more than you can afford to lose"...
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by jim on October 24, 2007
Source:www.ksl.com Are you bored with betting on horses, or NFL games, or Cricket matches? Well now there's an online gambling site that is accepting bets on different kinds of action, including...
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by jo on October 23, 2006
Betcorp is the latest sportsbook to bow out of the internet betting industry by selling out its Canadian and Costa Rican operations to Bodog.com Since the US made online gambling an almost impossible...
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by jo on October 12, 2006
The European Union have included France, Italy and Austria to an ever-growing list of countries they're investigating for restricting or banning foreign online betting and gaming operations. The...
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by jo on September 29, 2006
New York has decided not to play ball with Louisiana and has allowed former SportingBet PLC chairman, Peter Dicks, to go home. Dicks was arrested after landing in JFK earlier this month since he was...
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by jo on September 19, 2006
The US isn't the only country arresting online gambling execs. France got in on the game last week when they arrested 2 CEOs of Austrian-based Bwin.com (formerly Bet and Win). They were released...
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by jo on September 08, 2006
US authorities have once again arrested a British online betting executive - this time its Peter Dicks, the chairman of online gambling giant, Sportingbet.com. Not content with nabbing David...
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by jo on August 29, 2006
The Hong Kong Jockey Club rakes in HK$60 billion a year in betting revenues - surprisingly this is near enough identical to illegal bookmakers in Hong Kong who take in between HK$50-60 billion. The...
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by jo on August 17, 2006
Beleaguered ex-BetonSports CEO David Carruthers has finally been freed on bail in St Louis - released for a cool $1 million Carruthers will need to wear an electronic bracelet and remains house-bound...
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by jo on August 11, 2006
Beleaguered online sportsbook, BetonSports.com has bowed to the pressure of the last few weeks and shut its doors completely to US players The company has been charged with fraud and racketeering in...
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by jo on August 03, 2006
PartyGaming don't care about the US. Or maybe they do. The world's biggest online gambling company have put their hands into their deep pockets and paid $130 million for Gamebookers - a...
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by jo on July 26, 2006
Its not been a good fortnight for David Carruthers - the now ex-CEO of battered online betting group, BetonSports.com. Having been arrested whilst en-route through the US from Costa Rica, BetonSports...
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by jo on July 17, 2006
Since the anti-online gambling bill went through the House of Representatives last week, some people in the US are clearly out with strong arm tactics to prove their point. David Carruthers, the...
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by jo on July 07, 2006
The World Cup has been a boon to Chinese police - they've hit the jackpot by swooping in on 4 online gambling rings, including catching the highest ever member. 24 people have been arrested since...
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by jo on June 30, 2006
The World Cup has caused a 50% increase in online betting with Thai gamblers - according to Thai Webmasters. Online betting is illegal in Thailand but that hasn't stopped thousands of Thai's...
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by jo on June 29, 2006
Partygaming, the owners of partypoker.com may make a surprise bid to enter the competitive sportsbetting market. They are about to unveil plans to acquire one or multiple sites using the proceeds of...
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by jo on June 26, 2006
The Hong Kong Jockey Club controls all betting in Hong Kong and in 2003 legalised football betting - as long as it was made through them alone. Since the world cup has started, over 100 people have...
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by jo on June 20, 2006
Match fixing, illegal betting, referee manipulation. All is not well in italian soccer. The scandal potentially involving a number of big Italian clubs broke a few weeks before the World Cup. Now...
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by jo on June 18, 2006
The Australian World Cup were embroiled in a betting scandal as it was revealed they bet amongst themselves to who would be the first goalscorer. Tim Cahill won the bet - as he admitted many of his...
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by jo on June 14, 2006
Eight people were arrested in Sydney for allegedly operating a betting ring. Six men from Hong Kong and two Malaysian women who flew into Australia a few days ago had set up in the Metro Hotel. On...
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