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Kentucky Derby 2010 Odds: BetUS.com Sees Betting Surge

The Kentucky Derby 2010 odds have been updated at BetUS.com.  The race is set for May 1 and fans have really caught the fever.   The

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Apr/30/2010

Gambling911.com Connects Dots in Ken Weitzner Case

A news report by Gambling911.com publisher-editor-writer Christopher "Sting" Costigan yesterday revealed that Federal authorities have seized the hard drive from the computer of decease

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/30/2010

The Sin City Sydney Gambling On Vice Exhibition

Australia's can't get enough of crime, vice and the like, be it on television, on display at expos, or otherwise.

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/30/2010

Devlin-Brown: Tzvetkoff Left US on Private Jet Minus Passport

US District Attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown convinced the Court not to allow payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff out on bail despite last week's ruling to the contrary.  Tzvetkoff is alleged to have lau

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, Apr/30/2010

Kentucky Derby 2010: Betting Off to Brisk Start

Kentucky Derby 2010 betting officially kicked off Wednesday following the noon time post position announcements.  Trafficwise, Gambling911.com reported a few thousand more unique visitors over las

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/29/2010

Georgia on my Mind: BettorsWorld Founder Released

Bettorsworld.com co-founder Brian Georgia has been released from a Connecticut hospital where he has been recovering from a heart attack, Gambling911.com has learned.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/29/2010

Suicides Nothing New in Ken Weitzner Neighborhood

The alleged double suicide of online gambling news portal website owner Ken Weitzner and his wife Jackie is not the first to occur in this elite Chesapeake, Virginia neighborhood, Gambling911.com h

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/29/2010

Australia Internet Filtering Likely Won’t Be Introduced Now

The prospect of Internet filtering in Australia is highly unlikely in either the May or June sittings of Federal Parliament.  Online gambling websites were among those that appeared on a leaked li

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Apr/29/2010

Daniel Tzvetkoff Processed For Porn Too: Faces 75 Year Jail Term

Disgraced online gambling payment processor, Daniel Tzvetkoff, also processed for the adult entertainment industry.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/29/2010

Feds Got Ken Weitzner’s Hard Drives: He Burned His Genitals

More is being learned about the alleged double suicide of online gambling portal website owner Kenneth Weitzner and his wife Jackie. 

Sources close to the investigation reveal to Gambling911.com that the deaths were a combination of overdosing with pills (believed to be Valium) and carbon monoxide.   All the windows and doors of an apartment above the couple's garage where the bodies were found had been sealed off with tape.  A charcoal grill was used, resulting in the carbon monoxide poisoning.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/29/2010

Gambling Ring Leader Pleads Guilty

The leader of a Kansas City-based gambling ring with ties to the online sports betting haven of Costa Rica has plead guilty.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/28/2010

US Marshalls to Transport Daniel Tzvetkoff

As first reported by Gambling911.com Wednesday morning, online gambling payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff will remain in jail

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/28/2010

Australian Casino Employees May Get Probed

Probing of Aussie casino employees hey... sounds a bit sinister...the sort of thing you might except on TV smash hits 'Underbelly', 'Sea Patrol', 'V' and 'Border Patrol'.

Media Man and Gambling911 take their probe to the latest to borrow our expressions. No imitators will be tolerated, Gambling911... often imitated, never duplicated... recent example being our massive story on Australian Internet Devices... we know who you are, and you're next to be probed...

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/28/2010

Daniel Tzvetkoff Not Free Yet: Bail Denied After All

(Breaking News) Disgraced online poker payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff has been denied bail in New York.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/28/2010

Casino Affiliate Programs Dirty Little Secrets Vol. 2

Insiders, punters, media and online casino entrepreneurs, journos and everyone else...

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/28/2010

888 Holdings 2nd Quarter Disappointing

(Bloomberg) -- 888 Holdings Plc, the online gambling company that supplies services for Harrah's Entertainment Inc., fell the most in a year in London trading after saying the second quarter has be

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/28/2010

Son Loses Dad’s $1.5 Million Through Online Gambling

A father in China gave his son $1.5 million to have his relationship with his son severed after finding out the son was an online gambler.

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Apr/27/2010

Australian Rednecks Jailed in Casino Attack on Indigenous

Australian casinos remain in the news, unfortunately sometimes for the wrong reasons.

Media Man and Gambling911 take racism and violence seriously, as loyal readers would be well aware.

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/27/2010

GOP and a Democrat: Resist Overturning UIGEA

A letter is circulating around Washington urging constraint when it comes to repealing the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which essentially outlaws most forms of online gambling

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2010

Ken Weitzner Home Now on Real Estate Market

The home owned by online gambling portal founder Ken Weitzner and his wife Jackie is now for sale, Gambling911.com can reveal.  The couple died in what was initially ruled a double suicide though

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2010

Paddy Power Sin Bin: First Confessional Box Sponsorship

Yes it's true.  Ireland's leading bookmaker has entered into the very first confessional box sponsorship in a Catholic church in England. 

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2010

Australia’s Burswood Casino Back to Business After Attack

Things are returning to normal at Western Australia's Burswood Casino, and for one of the security team, after a court heard of their security staff ("bouncer") put the hurt on a patron.<

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/27/2010

A Good Day In Court for Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker enjoyed a welcome bit of good news on Monday.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/26/2010

WSEX Payouts Good Only in Sears?

Gambling911.com has been reporting extensively on World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com) and its inability to pay these days.  The once proud Antiguan-based online sportsbook has had its reputation drag

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/26/2010

Miami Herald: Online Gambling a Win-Win?

The Miami Herald on Sunday reported on the multi-billion dollar online gambling sector, asking if it is a "win-win". 

Democrats seem to think so, Republicans not so much.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/25/2010

Las Vegas Review Journal Editor, Poker Pro Run Over By Train

The Las Vegas Review Journal has been in the news a lot this past week.  First we learn that the newspaper is suing a handful of ventures for reprinting articles, including our friends over at

Submitted by Payton on, Apr/25/2010

Australian Gambling Device or Just Technology?

As our beloved internet and technology becomes more advanced, increasing questions are being asked about such matters in Australia such as when is a gambling device not a gambling device, but just

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/25/2010

Aussie Gambling Con Fails To Lay Golden Eggs In Hot Water

Australia and its colourful, often daring, gaming and casino entrepreneurs and their schemes, have been in the news a lot lately, and its been far from all good.

Yesterday Media Man and Gambling911 brought you the explosive Melbourne Storm sports betting scandal, and days prior, Gold Coast whiz kid, "payment processor" (and alleged money launderer), Daniel Tzvetkoff.  Well customers, today we bring you not 'Con The Aussie Fruiter' but Constantine 'The Con' Barris, whose lotto scheme failed to lay golden eggs for his investors, and has landed him in boiling hot water.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/24/2010

Jay Cohen The Jimmy Swaggart of Online Gambling?

The slow payments at once highly regarded World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com) continued this week.  Players requesting information from the troubled wagering establishment out of Antigua were for the

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/23/2010

Online Gambling Sites Fools Not to Offer Kentucky Derby Betting

As big an event as the Kentucky Derby is, I'm amazed by how some online gambling sites still don't offer betting on the Derby or limited offerings such as "matchups only".

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/23/2010

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