Gambling
England Germany World Cup Game: A Bookie’s Treat
As long as England hangs around, the online bookmakers across the UK will make out dearly but an England - Germany draw will be the icing on the cake
Heeeeer’s John-ny: Disgraced Eliot Spitzer Gets CNN Gig
CNN looking to boost ratings with controversial show co-host, Eliot Spitzer
Government Gambling Recs Cost Pokies Clubs $4 Billion
Gambling911.com special contributor Greg Tingle looks at the toll on Aussie pokies clubs should the government have its way with recent gambling-related recommendations.
Australian pokies clubs and hotels say that the new Australian Productivity Commission Reports recommendations would cost them $4 billion dollars to implement. Media Man and Gambling911 take the probe to the one armed bandits...with this free of charge report...
Internet Gambling Facebook Page Turns Into Spam Central
Good intentions and a grassroots effort helped drive more than 400 fans to the OK to Play: Support i-Gaming Facebook page
Revealed At Last: Why Weitzner Killed Himself
A major news story about the life and death of EOG.com founder Ken "The Shrink" Wetizner is to run in a Norfolk, Virginia newspaper a week from this coming Sunday.
The story, by reporter Kristin Grace Davis, is to run in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper on Sunday, July 4, 2010, and will be able to be accessed via the paper's website, www.pilotonline.com.
Australia Releases 2010 Gambling Report
As readers would be well aware by now, gaming and gambling, be it casino, poker, slots, sports betting, bingo, scratchies, online or offline, along with internet censorship, are a few of the hottes
Australian Casino And Gambling News: Huge Week
Readers, punters, media and gambling tycoons, and everyone else... yet another huge gambling, gaming and sports betting week.
Some World Sports Exchange Players Getting Checks
There is some glimmer of hope on the World Sports Exchange front. The online sportsbook, one of the first to come online in fact, has begun to send out a series of payouts this past week accordin
Sports Betting Site Pays Out $150,000 Parlay
A lucky customer of the online sports betting website betED.com just won a whopping $150,00
Chinese Police Vow To Strike At Online Gambling During World Cup
BEIJING (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Public Security has vowed to crack down on domestic and foreign online gambling organizations as a number of football gambling web sites were discovered onli
Treat Gambling Like Drinking Says Report
(AAP) Problem gambling needs to be addressed in a similar way to binge drinking, the Productivity Commission has recommended.
Bookies Making a Killing With England “Flop” in World Cup
England's poor performance has resulted in huge revenues for the English bookmakers.
Simon English of the London Evening Standard: "Here's the usual plot for the World Cup: England get hugely hyped by the press, fans and players before they go on to perform indifferently in all but one game, which they still contrive to lose. They crash out amid tears from everyone - except the betting industry, which tries hard not to cry with laughter."
Australian Casino War Goes Soccer Mad With Guinness
The world famous Australian casino wars have taken on a new angle, with casino owners, media agents, whales and patrons catching World Cup soccer fever, with double dose of Soccer Roo Mania, a de
Asian Pacific Sports Betting, Gambling, Casino News
Gambling, gaming and sports betting news continues to show no signs of slowing down in the Asia Pacific region, including the land "down under" in Australia.
FIFA Keeps Close Eye on Match-Fixing
By Soccernet staff
FIFA has said it is monitoring World Cup games for match-fixing, with the most attention centring on the final round in the group stage.
Kahnawake and Antigua Form Online Gambling Pact
BY LYNN MOORE, THE GAZETTE
NJ eyes Constitutional OK for Sports, Web Betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Associated Press) - Convinced that Internet gambling is coming someday, New Jersey wants to be its epicenter.
Lawmakers want voters to decide this fall if the state should offer sports and Internet gambling in an attempt to make the state the nation's leader in an emerging betting industry and stop the slow death spiral of Atlantic City casinos and the state's racetracks. That's provided, of course, that a federal ban is repealed.
Crown Casino Aims To Sue Ex High-Roller Client Re $50m
Australian casinos do not like clients and former clients who owe them money.
World Exclusive: Weitzner Had Tax Problems
EOG.com founder Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner had financial problems long before his abrupt suicide two months ago, Gambling911.com can report in a world exclusive!
England Football Club Owner’s Son Has Near $1 Mil Gambling Debts
The son of a Top 4 England Premiership football club owner is a deadbeat, so claims intermediaries working on behalf of a Costa Rican-based online sportsbook looking to collect funds owed.
"He (the son) admits to owing but claims he's lost enough money in the past to the book that the debt should be forgiven," the intermediary, Charlie Bishop, tells Gambling911.com. "He also says that the sportsbook slow paid him once but that's because this individual was a notorious slow payer in the past."
Now the England football club owner's apparently refuses to pay monies owed.
Antoine Walker to Face Trial on $1 Million Gambling Debt
Former NBA player, who made millions during his career, faces trial for failure to pay nearly $1 million in gambling debts. He was also charged with writing bad checks.
Victor Chandler Falls In Love With Cousin’s Wife
Gentleman bookmaker, Victor Chandler, whose company is estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of £300million, has reportedly fell madly in love with his cousin's wife, Caroline.
Intralot Aussie Connection: My Big Fat Greek Profit Hole
Australia enjoys a largely positive history with our Greek friends. But, in recent years Intralot has impacted Australia's gaming sector in a less than stellar fashion.
Spain World Cup Loss Has Bookies Smiling
With Wednesday's upset of Spain in the 2010 World Cup versus Switzerland, the bookies both in the UK and online are preparing to celebrate.
Soccer Gambling Thrives in China
China didn't make the cut for this year's World Cup in South Africa, but according to the police, thousands of people have still gotten in on the soccer action by participating in illegal online ga
Asia Pacific Gaming and Casino News
Australia and the Asia Pacific region remains a hot bed for casino, online casino, gaming, political and internet censorship news.
Republican Congressman Explains Poker Tournaments
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -Republican Rick Barber is very up front with the fact that he advertised and allowed poker tournaments at the D
Obama Placed Beer Bet With Cameron
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will not be getting any beer, at least not as part of their World Cup bet against one another.
Robert Green Blunder Costs Punters £10million
Most of the money being bet in England on Saturday's World Cup matchup against the United States was being bet on England. That seems to be a no-brainer. The only question remaining following y
Hong Kong World Cup Betting Ring Busted
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong police said Sunday they have arrested 25 people for running a gambling ring that took bets on World Cup matches worth more than 66 million Hong Kong dollars (8.5 million
