Australia's PBL to expand online, gaming interests
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...
View ArticleHigh-rollers spend thousands and tip hundreds
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...
View ArticleNevada gaming flourishes, but one area struggles
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...
View ArticleCongress puts a chokehold on virtual casinos for good reason
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...
View ArticleCity of Dreams casino has $1.75bn price tag
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...
View ArticleAmerican gambling giant increases bid for UK casino group
Casino operator London Clubs International was on the verge of American ownership today after Las Vegas gaming giant Harrahs Entertainment upped its bid.Harrahs, the biggest casino operator in the...
View ArticleFootbal star flees, accountant badly beaten over debts
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...
View ArticleAnti Online Gaming bill would cost sports team plenty
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...
View ArticleSA gamblers lose record amount on pokies
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...
View ArticleHefty fine for spammer who sent 75m emails
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...
View ArticleCon man gambled away £2.3m online
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...
View ArticleLotto: Ticket sellers 6 times more likely to win
Lotto players dont like their odds.Residents dont 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...
View ArticleOnly Poker can challenge Paris Hilton in most searched list.
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...
View ArticleBest sex of your life Vs. your team winning.
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...
View ArticleTheft of $5M No Safe Bet for Disgraced Exec
Broke and with head bowed, Yoshio Yamakis voice quivered as he gave his reply to Magistrate Marilyn Gos question of if he knew why he was in court: I like to plead guilty. The disgraced former...
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