Sports News
Indonesian police are suspicious of hot spots
The Jakarta Globe reports that Indonesian police are keeping a close eye on football fans gathering to watch World Cup matches in wi-fi-enabled bars and cafes.
Police suspect that the intent is to gamble on the games, using internet websites.
“Why else would cafes or clubs provide wi-fi, asked one detective chief? “Why do their customers have laptops while watching the game?”...
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Irish retail shops pay cuts questioned
Stories in the Irish media over the weekend illustrate the tough times being experienced by online and land gambling group Ladbrokes, which employs around a thousand people in its 284 Irish retail betting outlets.
The reports focus on a recent Labour Court finding that the gambling company should reverse its deci...
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Stake in Kelicom gives entree to Favorit sports betting
Intralot Holdings International Limited has acquired a 33 percent stake in Russian betting firm Kelicom, gaining entrée to a ‘strategic stake’ in Russian sports betting operation Favorit Bookmakers Office and its extensive gambler database.
Kelicom holds a 74.9 percent stake in Favorit, and Intralot has agreed an option that...
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In-play betting facility to be provided to interactive television service
FetchTV viewers in the UK will be able to bet on sporting events as they unfold on television following a deal between online gambling group Betfair TV and IP Vision, parent company of Fetch.
The deal will see a live betting applica...
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Independent website performance monitor salutes two major sports betting sites for consistency and speed of response despite heavy traffic.
The independent website performance monitor Gomez reports that major online sports betting companies Stan Jame...
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Atex Polopoly will improve content management and uptime
The major Reading-based UK internet gambling group Unibet is to up its game in the management and content of company websites following an outsourcing deal with Atex Polopoly.
With 4.4 million online punters across Europe, optimum uptime and maintena...
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Federal court finds that racing fee collection system discriminates against bookies
Litigation initiated in New South Wales, Australia by Sportsbet yielded a positive result this week when a federal court ruled that the way in which horse racing authorities collect fees is discriminatory against major bookmakers.
Justice Perram ruled that attempts to exempt the TAB and local NSW bookies from the fee were protectionist.
As a r...
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Police blitz on World Cup wagering continues
Police raids on cyberbookies have raked in more confiscated cash and arrests in Hong Kong, with police revealing that over HK$113 million (US$14.4 million) in World Cup bets were seized and 64 people arrested in raids in Hong Kong and southern China.
Police in Shenzhen and Hong Kong cooperated in raids against cyber bookmakers operating with websites registered overseas to try to evade...
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25 arrests follow World Cup bets worth HK$66 million
Hong Kong police spokesmen told Agence France Presse over the weekend that they have smashed an illegal World Cup betting ring, arresting 25 persons in the raids.
The ring is alleged to have taken more than HK$66 million (US$8.5 million) in bets on the international football spectacle.
Authorities revealed that police had launched a series of raids after the tournament kic...
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Fight against World Cup betting continues
In an attempt to curb internet gambling on the World Cup football, Thailand enforcement authorities in cooperation with the Information and Communication Technology Ministry have blocked 248 gambling websites, and have threatened that any police found involved in or acting as bookmakers will be summarily discharged.
A special investigatio...
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Pan-European agreement involves a sports betting app. on Samsung internet-connected HDTVs
The giant television and appliance manufacturing group Samsung has inked an agreement with Betfair TV which will see the two companies partnering to offer the world’s first sports-betting application on Samsung internet...
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Malaysian stock exchange urged to look into a confusing situation
Did Vincent Tan’s online sports betting firm Ascot Sports get a government licence? This is the central question in a controversial row building in Malaysia where confusion reigns over whether the sports betting company will be able to legally a...
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“We haven’t issued it yet,” says federal government.
Confusion reigns in Malaysia, where businessmen, media and anti-gambling groups appear to believe that Vincent Tan’s Ascot Sports company has been award...
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New sports betting service to be provided to French licence holders
The major European online gambling group Unibet and newly French licensed operator France Pari have moved into the recently liberalised F...
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Connextra signs up for Livelogic in-play bet prompts
Bettorlogic, the in-play bet specialists backed by Betfair founder Andrew Black and former Sportingbet chief Nigel Payne, has signed an agreement with Connextra to integrate its unique live bet stimulation technology, Livelogic, int...
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