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Was this a good or bad week to be entering the UK sports betting market? Time, and the running of two days at Cheltenham, will tell. But the long-awaited entry of 888 into the sports-betting marketplace heralds a new dawn for the company, not just in the UK but across Europe. Jake Pollard reported of eGaming Review Magazine reported on Thursday. UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Austria, with localised versions of the sportsbook in each of those regions is now available from the Gibraltar-based online gambling firm.
888.com group
marketing director
Matt Robinson said:
“888.com’s entrance
into the sports
betting market
represents a
significant
milestone in the
progression of our
diversified,
multi-channel
strategy to grow
customer reach and
appeal globally. We
believe that
although our
sportsbook addition
will result in
existing clients
betting on sports
with us, it will
also provide an
opportunity for new
clients to
experience our award
winning brand.”
“Sports sponsorship
has always been a
significant part of
888.com’s marketing
strategy and now
that we are offering
clients an
opportunity to bet
on activities like
football and
snooker, we will be
looking to offer
plenty of markets on
Seville FC games and
888.com's fourth quarter sales showed a whopping 60 percent increase to $35 million, and poker revenue showed an increase as well of 16 percent to $21.4 million. CEO of 888 Holdings, Gigi Levy, said, "This is a transformational year. These are very good results that we think show our strategy is delivering."
The company recently
partnered up with
EntertAsia
as a means of
helping it to
achieve success in
Asia.
William Hill Wins Case Against Compulsive Gambler
Eliot Spitzer Terrorized Online Gambling Industry
Ironically, it appears to be these very same banks that led to Spitzer's dramatic downfall this week. Spitzer announced his resignation Wednesday morning after getting caught up in a "prostitution sting". His own bank branch in Manhattan turned him in to the Internal Revenue Service as someone who might be engaged in suspicious currency transactions, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
After the governor
transferred $10,000
by breaking it into
smaller amounts, he
then called the bank
asking that his name
be removed from the
transactions, the
sources said. Read More of Eliot Spitzer Terrorized Online Gambling Industry
Eliot
Spitzer Resignation
coming now
At 11:10 am, Spitzer, his wife and presumably Spitzer's high powered legal team were picked up at their 79th Street apartment by three separate black caravans. The news comes among revelations that Spitzer may have spent upwards of $80,000 of taxpayers money on high priced call girls. Shockwaves spread over New York and much of the world Monday when Spitzer was potentially revealed as "Client 9", caught on a federal wiretap arranging for a high-priced call girl to be sent from New York to his Washington hotel. The millionaire, married politician has been hopping into bed with harlots for as long as a decade and traveled as far as Florida for steamy trysts, sources told the New York Post Wednesday. Spitzer, an online gambling zealot, forced over a dozen banks to stop allowing such gaming transactions in 2002, crippling the industry. David Alexander Paterson would be assuming the role of New York Governor. Paterson would become New York's first African American Governor and the first "legally blind" Governor.
Eliot Spitzer to Resign: "Sienna" Says He Paid For Sex While DA
Spitz quits as another call girl "Sienna" comes out of the wood work Aids close to disgraced New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer, have stated that he will official resign on Monday. WNBC.com has learned that Spitzer will announce his resignation on Wednesday, but it will not become effective until Monday at the request of Lt. Gov. David Paterson who needs time to put a transition team in place. The news comes among revelations that Spitzer may have spent upwards of $80,000 of taxpayers money on high priced call girls. Shockwaves spread over New York and much of the world Monday when Spitzer was potentially revealed as "Client 9", caught on a federal wiretap arranging for a high-priced call girl to be sent from New York to his Washington hotel. The millionaire, married politician has been hopping into bed with harlots for as long as a decade and traveled as far as Florida for steamy trysts, sources told the New York Post Wednesday.
One of them, a
22-year-old call
girl who goes by the
name "Sienna" on her
Web site, told ABC
News that Spitzer
paid her for sex two
years ago when he
was still attorney
general. Eliot Spitzer to Resign: "Sienna" Says He Paid For Sex While DA
888.com Makes Name For Itself in World Snooker Championship
 888.com, the online gambling venture, was hit especially hard when they were forced out of the US market last year. But 888.com continues to rebound much nicer than another hard hit enterprise, PartyGaming, which last week announced the resignation of its CEO Mitch Garber. One of 888.com's big hits has been sponsorship of the World Snooker Championship. The event takes center stage this week.
The first-round draw
for the 888.com
World Championship
has done John
Higgins, the holder,
no favours,
according to the
Times Online.
The Scot faces
Matthew Stevens,
twice a finalist and
three times a losing
semi-finalist since
2000. “It's true
when people say
there are no easy
draws these days but
Matthew is one of
the toughest and
most experienced
players,” Higgins
said. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points. Recent United Kingdom legislation has placed restrictions on tobacco advertising, including sponsorship of sporting events. Embassy had a special dispensation to continue snooker sponsorship until 2005.
From one vice to
another, the
Championship is now
sponsored by
888.com,
after the company
signed a five-year
sponsorship
contract. During the
2005 Championship it
was announced that
the Championship
would remain at the
Crucible for at
least another five
years. Plans to
build a
purpose-built
billiardrome in the
city are in their
early stages. It is
anticipated that the
World Championships
will be switched to
the new venue once
the current Crucible
contract ends. 888.com is presently enjoying a successful entry into the Asian online gambling market courtesy of software provider EntertAsia.com
Texas Hold'em for the Asian Market
Today is "Asia Day" at Gambling911.com, or so it seems. So why not break the news that our friends at EntertAsia are about to release their own version of Texas Hold'em. EntertAsia is a premium sponsor of the Gambling911.com website. For EntertAsia, which recently partnered up with 888.com and already has one of the leading Asian online gambling sites in its corner, Easybets.com, this will represent the comprehensive gaming software company's entry into the remarkable world of online poker. Bodog CEO Calvin Ayre has been closely monitoring EntertAsia's every move. After all, he has Gambling911.com as his home page. The "expertise" in the Asian online gambling market is sparse, as Ayre points out. "I was there for the AiG (Asian i-Gaming) Conference, which is the only gambling conference in Asia that focuses solely on i-gaming. In its sixth year, it is the longest-running gaming event of its kind. It was a big success, doubling in size from last year, and it was nice to be able to catch up with some of my industry friends. I was surprised that there weren't more Asian people there; which might be an early indicator of what a challenge it will be for any Western based company to make the move into the Asian market. Not for the faint of heart…but I've always loved a good challenge." Bodog already offers its own successful online poker network, but nothing designed exclusively for the Asian poker player. EntertAsia's Texas Hold'em game has yet to be released, but you can rest assured it will be geared with the Asian market in mind.
Texas hold 'em (also
hold'em, holdem) is
the most popular
poker game in the
casinos and poker
card rooms across
North America and
Europe.
Hold 'em is a
community card game
where each player
may use any
combination of the
five community cards
and the player's own
two hole cards to
make a poker hand,
in contrast to poker
variants like stud
or draw where each
player holds a
separate individual
hand. Release date of the EntertAsia.com Texas Hold'em game has not yet been announced.
Eliot Spitzer Worse Than Joseph McCarthy?
Eliot Spitzer and the late Joseph McCarthy had plenty in common it appears. Not only did they instill fear in many (McCarthy set his sights on celebrities, Spitzer on corporate executives), they were both prisoners of their own vices. At the end of the day, when McCarthy was through ruining people's lives, it was reported that he suffered from cirrhosis of the liver and was frequently hospitalized for alcoholism. Numerous eyewitnesses, including Senate aide George Reedy and journalist Tom Wicker, have reported finding him alarmingly drunk in the Senate. Spitzer was busy prosecuting prostitution rings himself. He would often erect himself as the "Righteous Prosecutor of Wrongdoers" while serving as District Attorney in New York State. But in Washington, it was a different type of erection that may ultimately have ended up costing the embarrassed Governor his job. Read More of Eliot Spitzer Worse Than Joseph McCarthy?
They might as well throw a parade down Wall Street this week. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has turned into the ultimate "hypocrite", Wall Street investors and others claim. Throughout much of the last decade, Spitzer has focused his attention on taking down investment firms, banks and even online gambling enterprises. In response to vast requests, the Internet gambling site Bodog has promised to offer betting odds on the disgraced Governor before Tuesday evening sets in. Gambling911.com's own Tyrone Black tells us the investment assets management firm he works at was still in complete shock on Tuesday following the announcement that Spitzer got caught up in an escort service probe. "When the first email came in we thought it was a joke and everyone just started laughing," he relayed from his office in Manhattan. "Once we realized what was happening, nobody can stop talking about Spitzer."
China May Beat US to Online Gambling Regulation
Posted Mar 11th
2008 10:54 am by
Gambling911.com
News Wire Staff
The high growth
market of China may
soon begin to
license regulated
online gambling,
according to a
report in the Macau
Daily Times
newspaper. Online gambling is a billion dollar industry.
Eliot Spitzer "Prostitute Ring" Charged Up To $31,000 Per Day!
 Gambling911.com's own Cuban transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, gets to the bottom of the Eliot Spitzer Emperors' Club "Prostitution Ring" scandal A prostitute ring with alleged ties to New York Governor Eliot Spitzer feature call girls that charged upwards of $31,000 per day. The highest rate was part of the "seven diamonds" package. That is a lot of diamonds brotha! The Emperors’ Club was also quick to cash in on the European tourist trade, fueled by a cheap dollar. That same seven diamond girl cost €22,000. Remember, the Dollar is worth nearly half of what the Euro is these days.
Selection Sunday 2008 Will be Like a Zoo for Online Gambling Sites
Once Selection Sunday 2008 is over, a betting frenzy like no other takes place the few days in between Selection Sunday and the first game of the 2008 March Madness season is played. Online gambling sites also enjoy tremendous amount of action as a result of massive March Madness Brackets contests being offered. Typically, these websites offer a million dollar prize to those who get the bracket right in its entirety. It probably won't happen, but some have come close. "We've had people come within a few games," admitted a representative of BetUS.com, which again this year is offering up a $1 million bracket contest starting Selection Sunday March 16 (once all the March Madness teams are announced). For websites like Gambling911.com, Selection Sunday provides fertile traffic thanks to the masses looking to place bets immediately after games are announced in hopes of getting the best number (odds). Throughout the period between Selection Sunday and Game One, odds have a tendency to fluctuate violently on some games. In fact, you will want to bookmark our very popular live odds comparison page to take full advantage of the different odds being offered on the same game at various online gambling websites. Sites like BetUS.com were offering betting odds on the different divisions right up to Selection Sunday and probably right up to the first March Madness game.
Spitzer High Paid Hooker Identified as Temeka Rachelle Lewis
Spitz' Blitz of online gambling industry, Wall Street and prostitution rings comes into question Disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was expected to resign almost immediately following revelations that he had allegedly engaged the services of a hooker by the name of Temeka Rachelle Lewis. According to a law enforcement source close to the investigation, the Democratic governor used the alias "George Fox" when meeting with a prostitute. His alleged conversations with the prostitution ring are detailed in court papers in which Spitzer is identified as "Client 9," according to a source. Ms. Lewis was identified via the Feds "Prostitution" complaint.
Excerpts from the federal complaint that charges four individuals with operating a prostitution ring. The complaint was filed in the Southern District of New York. It is reported that Client-9 is New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Temeka Lewis is one of the four defendants. "Kristen" is a prostitute marketed by the Emperors Club under that name, the document says. QAT, mentioned in section 75, is a bank account customers used for payments. Read More of Spitzer High Paid Hooker Identified as Temeka Rachelle Lewis
Posted Mar 10th
2008 11;04 am by
Christopher Costigan
Spitzer, who is
married with three
children, made
cleaning up the
ethics of state
government a
priority when he was
elected. Read More on Eliot Spitzer and the Prostitution Ring here
RGA praises European
Commission for
opening probe into
discriminatory US
practices
Posted Mar 10th
2008 2:00 pm by
Gambling911.com
News Wire Staff
European Union to
take action on
behalf of European
gambling operators
Posted Mar 10th
2008 11:23 am by
Clement James,
VNunet.com
US
Government May Not
Appeal Ruling in
UIGEA Online
Gambling Decision
Posted Mar 10th
2008 11;04 am by
Christopher Costigan A decision by a US Supreme Court Judge to remove criminal liability of banks for failing to stop transactions related to online gambling is not likely to be appealed by the Government, experts believe. A Judge last week ruled that banks, credit card company and cash processors cannot be held criminally liable as previously stipulated by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. An independent trade organization, iMEGA.org, challenged the "policy enforcement" aspect of the UIGEA. The law was originally drafted to prosecute banking institutions and credit card firms. But the banking sector is in complete disarray these days thanks mostly to a housing market crisis and many believe the US Government will back off in terms of an appeal that would be based exclusively on grounds that banks should be held criminally liable for something the industry insists they have no control over. The banking sector insisted all along that "compliance was virtually impossible". An 11-page letter drafted by the American Banking Association (ABA) and submitted to the US Treasury in December illustrates this point. Read more of US Government May Not Appeal Ruling in UIGEA Online Gambling Decision
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Posted Mar 13th
2008 11:59 am by
Christopher Costigan
888.com
World Snooker
Championship matches
in the coming
months,” said
Robinson.
Posted
Mar 13th 2008
9:38 am by
Gambling911.com
Staff
A
compulsive gambler
has failed in a high
court bid to force
the bookmaker
William Hill to
repay his £2 million
losses.
In 2002, it was
Eliot Spitzer - then
Attorney General -
who nearly shut down
a booming online
gambling industry.
His actions forced
the hand of many
banks, threatening
prosecution to those
who allowed credit
cards for
transactions
identified as online
gambling.
DeFazio questions
USTR settlement of
trade dispute absent
Congressional
mandate
Depending on
traffic, disgraced
New York Governor
was expected to
announce around
11:30 am EST that he
would be resigning.
Posted
Mar 11th 2008
3:43 pm EST
by Payton O'Brien
It can be argued
that no single U.S.
politician has
instilled more fear
in the nation's own
people than 50's
Senator Joseph
Raymond McCarthy.
Oh, and then there
was New York
Governor, Eliot
Spitzer, who helped
open the week with a
bang.
Apparently there was
plenty of banging
going on with
the Governor if
you know what we
mean.
Unless you've been
living under a rock
the past 24 hours,
Spitzer is alleged
to have been caught
up in a prostitution
sting.
Say it isn't so but
China may soon be
licensing online
gambling operators.
Posted
Mar 11th 2008
10:19 m EST by
Sparky Collins
New York Governor
Eliot Spitzer has
informed his
administration he
was entangled with a
"prostitution ring".
The disgraced
Governor held a news
conference shortly
after 2 pm EST
Monday.
US authorities have
promised a hearing
in early April to
explore the burden
on US financial
institutions to
comply with the
Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement
Act of 2006.