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by jo on February 02, 2006
A South Australian MP who is known for his tough anti-gambling stance is looking for the government to put a stop to SMS/text betting start up txt2bet alleging that this 24/7 betting option is more...
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by jo on January 31, 2006
Brokeback Mountain is the buzz film of the year - picking up 8 oscar nominations in all the major categories. Its also odds on to win Best Picture and Best Director - to the tune of an untouchable...
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by jo on January 25, 2006
When India face their biggest rivals, neighbours Pakistan, cricket sites on the web see a tenfold increase in traffic. Not too surprising, but when this increase also includes a bet, its worth...
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by jo on January 23, 2006
With the biggest game of the US football season just 2 weeks away, Vegas bookies have made Pittsburgh Steelers 3.5-4 point favourites to beat the Seattle Seahawks "Seattle's going to have...
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by jo on January 09, 2006
Irish horse-racing is on the increase. Over �230 million was bet last year at race meetings with �176m bet on course, whilst courses saw record attendances. Irish horse racing chief exec Brian...
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by jo on January 04, 2006
Its a new year and a new bunch of reality shows are about to hit the airwaves. Whilst American Idol takes time to warm up before you can get an idea of the potential winners (and lets be honest,......
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by jo on December 29, 2005
Most online gambling sites have long ignored the Apple Mac user - but with poker seeping into most people's minds, many of the smart online poker websites are starting to offer their games to Mac...
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by jo on December 19, 2005
Betbug.com, the world's first true person-to-person betting network, along with their partner, gamebookers, have purchased basketball star, Vladimir Petrovic of Greek League 1 basketball team...
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by jo on December 15, 2005
So hands up if anyone is surprised there's a betting scam involving reality TV shows. Anyone? Anyone? Is that a hand I see? No? thought not. It seems some of the biggest reality shows in the UK...
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by jo on December 05, 2005
***SPONSORED POST***On some Friday nights in the 50's, university students would go to a local "Speakeasy." This was an illegal gambling den where which they would enter by giving a...
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by jo on November 03, 2005
After a seemingly neverending saga of politics, police intervention and gambling, it appears as if Tasmania have finally offered UK betting exchange, Betfair, a license in their state. And the...
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- Seems like 888.comis finally putting some optimism back into the online gaming world and have released their 3rd quarter results that has put the boom back into poker stocks. They showed a 56%...
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by jo on October 25, 2005
One of the things that internet betting has done to the industry is create ever more 'special event' markets - by this I mean - if you can think of a betting event, there'll be an online...
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by jo on October 06, 2005
Sports betting movie, 'Two for the Money' gets released this weekend in the US to so-so reviews. The movie is about a former college football star who seems to have a knack finding winners....
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by jo on September 28, 2005
The Chinese authorities have sentenced an online bookie to 2.5 years in prison and fined almost $4000. Gu Lianbo ran possibly the biggest online soccer betting sites in Beijing, handling $74 million...
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by jo on September 22, 2005
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by jo on September 14, 2005
***SPONSORED POST*** Bet on this seasons Champion's League at BetEuroCurrent power-house Chelsea are early favourites for this year's Champion's League - despite being surprisingly knocked...
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by jo on August 10, 2005
The European soccer season has barely begun, but Bangkok City Police are already on the lookout for known betting syndicates. 93 of over 1000 bookies arrested in last year's Euro 2004 are already...
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by jo on July 28, 2005
Taiwan is once again going through a baseball betting scandal as police are looking into game fixing allegations in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), detaining 10 suspects including a...
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by jo on July 13, 2005
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by jo on June 16, 2005
SPONSORED POSTBet on Wimbledon 2005 at BetEuro Monday sees the start of the 2005 Wimbledon Tennis Championship and as expected, defending champion Roger Federer is odds on favourite to take the title...
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