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by jo on June 29, 2005
Gone are the days when actors were wannabe popstars - now they're all wannabe poker stars. The latest actress-turned-card player, oscar-nominated Jennifer Tilly won $158,000 at the Ladies...
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by jo on June 28, 2005
Thailand is the latest Far Eastern country looking at the possibilities to legalise gambling as the Thai Government looks to have a referendum - following raids on illegal casinos recently This new...
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by jo on June 27, 2005
After months of speculating and analysis and enough headlines to keep online poker in the business pages on a daily basis, Partygaming.com, operators of the worlds largest online poker room,...
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Filed in archive Gambling General
by jo on June 24, 2005
Shy and retiring online casino, golden palace, have once again been the highest bidder for a piece of americana. Online auction house, leland.com, auctioned off the Dealey Plaza White Picket Fence -...
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by jo on June 23, 2005
Many Canadians think they only spend $272 on gambling in a year - be it at casinos, horses, bingo or lotteries. In reality, they spend $1080 - thats 400% more than they believe they spend, according...
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by jo on June 21, 2005
The South African gambling industry raked in nearly 10 billion rand over the last year - including horse racing, casinos, bingo and limited-payout machines. This showed a 22% increase on the previous...
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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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by jo on June 15, 2005
Its a case of 'here we go again' in John Kyl's seeming one man quest to ban online gambling in the US. For almost a decade, republican senator, John Kyl, has led the US case to bring in...
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by jo on June 13, 2005
As the surge of online poker continues unabated, the lesser-known part of the technology is the increase in poker bots - literally PC's that act like poker players - something chess players have...
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by jo on June 07, 2005
Its been hyped beyond belief and is nowing floating on the UK stock exchange for $5 billion, but PartyGaming.com blames its popularity on good ol' TV advertising through the US Travel channel a...
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by jo on June 07, 2005
A leading betting company, horse racing video rights owners and 3G mobile phone operator have joined forces to offer live video streaming of horse racing through mobile phones, as well as betting...
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by jo on June 02, 2005
If its even possible, poker has upped the stakes in coolness this month as Rolling Stone features an article on the wunderkind 'crew' that stormed the poker world in 2004. Run by ex-online...
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by jo on June 02, 2005
Israeli online gambling marketing firm, Empire Online, is hoping to gain a $1 billion valuation when it floats on the London stock exchange this month. Empire Online makes its money purely by...
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