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Australian gambling news of a rather controversial nature continues to be all the rage. Today we probe the Tabcorp Holding's owned Star City casino and investigate the allegations that some of their gamblers break their own self imposed bans.
Submitted by Payton on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:05
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French journalist Tristane Banon alleges that IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her too as France mulls over a new candidate to become the next Presidential nominee.
Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 11:08
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Australian pokies reform continues to dominate Australian news headlines.
Submitted by Greg Tingle on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 10:40
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BetUS.com is the latest online gambling website to offer odds on Muammar Gaddafi and whether or not he can remain in power.
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 14:14
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With the opposition in Libya now claiming more cities on their march to Tripoli, the gambling public at intrade.com is feeling more confident that Moammar Gadhafi will be toppled prior to April 30
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 10:45
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The betting public at intrade.com has pushed Muammar al-Gaddafi’s odds of losing power in Libya by year’s end to 70 percent
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Tue, 03/22/2011 - 19:32
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BetUS.com is the latest online gambling site to offer odds on Libya strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 17:33
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The online betting market of intrade.com now has Muammar Gaddafi’s chances of relinquishing power as Libya’s strongman before year’s end at 75 percent.
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 12:47
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Good news for the people of Libya as the most likely event to take place per the folks betting at the prediction market intrade.com is that Muammar Gaddafi will no longer be ruling Libya by year’s end.
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 12:19
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The online prediction market of intrade.com has Libya strongman Muammar Gaddafi no longer in charge by year’s end.
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:21
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Bookmaker.com, the oldest established North American online gambling firm, has long taken down odds on which country would face unrest following Egypt.
Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 21:25
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Iran has been praising Egyptian protestors while cracking down on their own in recent days. It remains to be seen whether Iran will be the next country to see a major upheaval in its government.
Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 23:24
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The online gambling website Bookmaker.com will be paying even odds on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepping down.
Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 11:19
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The online gambling website Bookmaker.com released odds on the Egyptian uprising around the time things were just starting to get heated.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 18:20
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The oldest established North American bookmaker, appropriately named Bookmaker.com, has released odds on what will happen next to Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 15:16
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Australia media, new media, gaming media and political media continues to have fun and games with the Aussie Government and election coverage. Online and offline censorship, and Australia's telecommunications sector including broadband, publishing and freedom of the press are enjoying solid coverage.
Submitted by C Costigan on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 11:12
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There will not be any Web filtering in Australia, at least not in the foreseeable future.
Submitted by C Costigan on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 09:18
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Readers, punters, gamers, casino billionaires, entrepreneurs, journos and political pundits, what a week, and what a story have we got for you. You've heard of an own goal in soccer. Well, get this... Australian political parties betting on themselves to loose the upcoming election.
Submitted by C Costigan on Sun, 08/01/2010 - 20:12
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The man who is trying to protect Australia from all the evils of the world and block the Internet to online gambling websites and dentist offices, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, was recently voted the “Dumbest Politician” in a magazine survey.
Submitted by C Costigan on Sun, 08/01/2010 - 12:21
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Wyclef Jean for President of Haiti? Stranger things have happened and one online gambling site may begin offering odds
Submitted by C Costigan on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:39
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The tiny Caribbean island nation of Antigua plans to take sanctions against the United States in its quest to have full compliance of a World Trade Organization decision on Internet gambling. To date, the US government and local law enforcement continue to aggressively go after online gambling entities operating outside the States. Antigua claimed that such actions placed undue stress on its nearly 15 year Web gambling sector, which has long accounted for a significant percentage of the nation’s overall economy.
Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 21:32
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Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has just been sworn in as the Philippines latest Congressman. He joined the House of Representatives on Monday in the southern province of Sarangani.
Submitted by Tyrone Black on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 09:15
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Spain closer to Euro departure as the countries credit ratings were cut on Friday.
Submitted by Payton on Sun, 05/30/2010 - 08:11
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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 list of “banned sites”.
Submitted by Alistair Prescott on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 19:38
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Australia’s Communications Director Stephen Conroy is conveying his message of stymieing the press and censorship to the innocence of his nation – its vulnerable education system.
Submitted by Alistair Prescott on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 10:03
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