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by jo on March 21, 2006
Online casino publicity seekers, Golden Palace have once again been scouring the auctions and bought another piece of celebrity memorabilia they can hawk to the masses. This time they paid $7099 for a...
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by simon on March 21, 2006
Ever since Majestic Star bought the former Trump Casino-Hotel last year, the company have been reducing staff. Staff numbers have been dropped from 2000 to around 1,400. The casino has eliminated 33...
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by jo on March 20, 2006
Father, son group, Kerzner International, who own the atlantis Resort and Casino in Paradise Island, Bahamas, are planning to buy back their shares to take the group private. The $3.6 billion deal...
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by simon on March 20, 2006
Katherine Salvan, of Metairie, La has won over $8million from a $200 stake playing a Wheel of Fortune Slot machine. Salvan, a 10 year veteran gambler in South Mississippi, hit the jackpot after...
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by jo on March 19, 2006
Has poker finally jumped the shark? The New York Post certainly seems to think so. Pepsi have started to run TV ads in rotation featuring poker pros such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Scott...
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by simon on March 19, 2006
After ten months of campaigning, anti-casino activists led by Patricia Murphy (pictured) have won their battle against the building of an enormous casino complex at the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal....
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Tony Blair's government have been accused of dipping their fingers into lottery money, kept aside for good causes, to raise funds for controversial wind farms. The money went to a Danish energy...
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by simon on March 18, 2006
Talisman Group has announced its decision to Distribute DEQ's No-Commission baccarat Game Patents. Who are they? The Talisman Group are international consultants specializing in casino operations...
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This weekend sees the 75th anniversary of the historic decision to legalise gambling in the State of Nevada. The law was passed during the great depression with the hope that legal gaming would boost...
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by simon on March 17, 2006
Well Cheltenham 2006 is all over. War of Attrition (pictured) is the Gold Cup winner after a disappointing run by our selection Beef or Salmon. The easiest horse to back today, and of the festival...
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by simon on March 17, 2006
A win with Fondmort (pictured) made day 3 of Cheltenham a profitable one for us. It's the big race today, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, with £400,000 in prize money waiting for Beef or Salmon. In the...
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by jo on March 16, 2006
The House committee yesterday approved a bill aimed at making online gambling illegal. The bill, brought by congressmen Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, John Kyl of Arizona and Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa...
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by simon on March 16, 2006
12 year old Moscow Flyer has retired after finishing fifth in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The surprise winner was the Irish outsider Newmill (pictured) and our selection Foto Island came in...
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by jo on March 15, 2006
It must be so confusing being a law enforcement officer in the US right now when it comes to online gambling. Is it illegal? A State issue? A Federal Issue? No-one seems to know. But for one man in...
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by jo on March 15, 2006
There's an interesting dispute going on at the WPT these days - mainly with a bunch of pros that are attached to fulltiltpoker.com - including Chris Ferguson and Andy Bloch. Apparently, these...
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by simon on March 15, 2006
Positive result yesterday with wins for Brave Inca and Native Jack. If we bet 1 unit on each race let's see how we fared: Quatre Heures, accordion Etoile, Moulin Riche and Ouste worked together to...
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by simon on March 14, 2006
Well the first race of the Cheltenham Festival is less than an hour away - so you've still got time to put some money on Quatre Heures to win at 2.00pm. accordion Etoile (pictured) will take the...
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by jo on March 13, 2006
Jeff Williams must be thanking his lucky stars that Europe is more open in its age laws because at 19, he is still to young to play poker legally in his home country. Over the weekend, Williams, who...
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by simon on March 13, 2006
coral, one of the largest British bookmakers, is predicting a record £500million+ to be wagered on Cheltenham National Hunt Festival this year. This includes £50million bet at the course itself. If...
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by jo on March 12, 2006
Its the final 12 in this season's American Idol and as usual its a field day for the bookies - unless you can find the gem in this year's crop of young and not-so-young singers. A somewhat...
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The luxor Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is holding a Rock Paper Scissors tournament next month. Around 300 participants from all over the US are thought to be journeying to Las Vegas to take...
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More on Calvin Ayre... It seems that getting your picture on the cover of Forbes magazine may have a down side. Especially if you earn your billions through a gambling website. Calvin Ayre's Costa...
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