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Despite a history of heavy anti-gambling enforcement, Malaysia may allow betting on the World Cup football this year.
Malaysia is a country well known for the strict enforcement of anti-gambling laws, but there may be a change to allow for World Cup football betting this year, reports the Bangkok Post.
The newspaper reports that Prime Minister N...
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Minister condemns credit offer
Online gambling has attracted more unwelcome Australian media attention in a week that has already seen 888.com come under investigation for its promotional activities
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Sportsbet.com.au is targeting gamblers low on funds by offering the...
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Is this a workable workaround?
The Washington Business Journal reports that entrepreneur Jeremy Levine is convinced he’s found a loophole that allows online betting on sporting events in the United States....and he’s using March Madness to see if he's right.
Levine, a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has launched a private beta test of his concept on Star Street Sports.com, which treats pro sports like a stock market....
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Scottish football legend Colin Hendry borrowed from a friend
Making headlines in the UK sports media this week is the sad tale of charismatic Scottish football legend Colin Hendry, who is apparently in financial trouble after letting an online betting habit get the better of him.
The Scots football ace lost his wife Denise in a tragic minor surgery gone wrong last year, and has apparently found it difficult to adjust to life...
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New South Wales Thoroughbred Racing Board to allow bookies to use online betting facilities
The New South Wales Thoroughbred Racing Board has agreed to allow bookmakers to bring laptop computers onto its racecourses for the purposes of betting as long as they obey strict terms and conditions.
These stipulations, which must be agreed to by both the racecourse and the operator before any wagering takes place, include a require...
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Mobile and online fantasy sports could be a lucrative new revenue stream
Yahoo is buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports, an enterprise co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book, reports Associated Press.
The agency names Jeff Ma, famous for his card coun...
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Latin American sportsbetting operator takes up white label television service
The Latin American-facing sports betting operator and Gaming VC subsidiary Betboo will receive over 1 500 televised sports events every year following an agreement signed with digital sports group Perform this week.
The events will be presented via the white label live sports internet television service...
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Information and in-play betting on interactive television service
The world's largest online betting exchange, Betfair, has launched its new in-play betting service for Internet-enabled television sets, opening up new betting opportunities for punters across the world.
The BetfairTV system allows punters to use a slimline version of the famously succes...
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Online bookmaker offers sports betting services optimised for Apple's device
Online sports betting Rank plc subsidiary Blue Square.com has launched its iPhone web app, offering live prices that refresh automatically within the page.
In addition, users watching live events covered by the company's ‘Be...
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Major newspaper and betting group to collaborate when the French market is liberated
Online betting group Sportingbet.com continued its preparations to enter a liberalised French gambling market with a deal this week with the online version of major newspaper Le Monde.
Le Monde.fr and Sportingbet have inked a two-year exclusive partnership which plans to...
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Four men and two companies face online sports betting related charges
The Kansas City grand jury probe into online sportsbetting activities has generated more prosecutions, reports the Kansas City Star, revealing that a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charged four men and two companies with runni...
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Wigan Warriors to partner Asian-facing online gambling site for the 2010 season
The Asian-facing and Isle of Man-based online gambling firm 188Bet has signed its first rugby sponsorship agreement - a one-year deal with rugby league football club Wigan Warriors, becoming the team’s official betting partner for the 2010 season.
188Bet already sponsors English Premier League soccer...
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Betting exchange demonstrates yet again that it can be a powerful ally in the fight against sports corruption
Australian newspapers are reporting another example of how the online betting industry can help fight corruption in sport through superior record keeping and bet tracking.
Online betting exc...
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Federal officials file forfeiture application against Patte’s Sports Bar
Friday was not a good day for the owner of Patte’s Sports Bar in Wilkes-Barre, West Pennsylvania. Officials from the US Attorneys Office filed a forfeiture application on the premises, detailing allegatio...
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Disappointing performance from Aussie online casino and poker operations
Con Kafataris, the owner of Australian online gambling group Centrebet and a 34 year industry veteran, will be focusing more on his online interests in future following a decision this week to close racing subsidiary...
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