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Australia Likely To Get Online Gambling Legalisation Soon

Australia is heading towards getting new laws, legislation... the works, to cover the online gaming - gambling sector, following the global trend.

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/16/2010

Marvel Comics Commits Material Breach Claims Cryptologic

CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a global developer of branded online betting games and Internet casino software, announces that arbitration proceedings have been f

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/16/2010

Ken Weitzner Considered Suicide 4 Years Ago

Website owner Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner, who operated Eye on Gambling (www.eog.com) and committed suicide last week, eerily spoke about considering sui

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/16/2010

Aussie AFL footballer Brendan Fevola Gambling Addiction

Media Man and Gambling911 investigate and tell it like it is in regard to Brendan Fevola...

The star athlete is seeking professional help in a bid to "knock it on the head".

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/16/2010

Ken Weitzner May be Poster Child for Anti Online Gambling Folks

It may not be long until we start hearing online gambling foes in Washington throwing the name "Ken Weitzner" into their self-absorbed agendas to ban Internet poker and sports betting.

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, Apr/15/2010

Online Gambling Prohibition: Blame it on Abramoff

Uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has long been noted as the individual who allowed online gambling to thrive unregulated, unlicensed and - for a few years - free from prosecution.  Whether the industry

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, Apr/15/2010

BetOnLine.com New Ownership Should Keep Ship Afloat

BetOnLine.com has new ownership that's been getting gradually integrated over the past few months and the news is good I, Jagajeet Chiba, can report with blitheness.

Three individuals we know and respect here at Gambling911.com are now involved with the overall management of the company according to various reports.  They are former management from BetOnSports, MVP Sportsbook and Sportsbook.com and I would like for them each to get the recognition they rightfully deserve on the Googles.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/15/2010

Weitzner’s Rivals Speak Out

Owners of rival websites are speaking out about the shocking double suicide of gambling-themed website owner Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner and his wife last week in a Virginia garage.

Weitzner had been the owner and operator of The Prescription (www.therx.com), a website featuring sports handicapping selections, a posting forum and news articles about sports wagering, until selling the lucrative site to Marty Jensen in 2001.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/15/2010

Online Sportsbooks Mean Big Business For Online Poker

Some in the online poker community choose to brandish sports betting as "shady" and "not as important in the whole scheme of things" when it comes to the online gambling sector.

Submitted by Ace King on, Apr/15/2010

Gambling911.com Founder Discusses Ken Weitzner

As many Gambling911.com readers may know, Gambling911.com founder Chris Costigan once worked for TheRx.com, a website owned and operated by Kenneth "The Shrink" Weitzner.  This past week

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/14/2010

Daly Says Shrink ‘Obsessed’

A former employee of Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner says the controversial gambling news website owner who died last week was an "obsessed" man whose desire to dominate a rival fue

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/14/2010

Cops Won’t Release Weitzner Details

Police in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, said today that they will not be publicly releasing the official police report about the deaths last week of gambling news website operator Ken "The Shrink

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/13/2010

Shrink Would Often Read About Suicide

Speaking exclusively to one of Kenneth Weitzner's former lovers, Gambling911.com can reveal that "the Shrink" had a preoccupation with suicide to the point where he would often read up on

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/13/2010

StarCraft Cheating the Biggest Scandal to Hit e-Sports

Korea is being rocked by a scandal of epic proportion involving StarCraft where a number of gamers are being linked to match-fixing, cheating and illegal betting.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/13/2010

Casino Raiders Strike Upscale Casino

by Peter Allen, Daily Mail

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/13/2010

Ken Weitzner: Not a Doctor, But Played One On The Internet

Some years back, a now-infamous television commercial began with a man declaring, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV."

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/13/2010

Foul Play Ruled Out in Shrink’s Death

Foul play is not suspected in the deaths of gambling news website operator Kenneth B.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/12/2010

Steve Wynn: “Joe Francis is Insane”

Joe Francis of "Girls Gone Wild" "holds the all-time record for cuckoo," claims gambling mogul Steve Wynn.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/12/2010

Kenneth Weitzer and Wife to be Cremated

He was a man of the Jewish faith and, while cremation is not commonly permitted, EOG.com founder Kenneth Weitzner will be cremated along with his wife following a memorial on Tuesday.  Weitzner's

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/12/2010

Barney Frank Online Poker Hearing Postponed

Washington, DC - Due to a conflict in the Chairman's schedule, the hearing entitled "H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act and H.R.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/12/2010

Online Gambling Portal Owner Bizarre Death 2nd in 12 Months

The death of Kenneth Weitzner marks the second time in less than 12 months that an online gambling portal owner has died under mysterious circumstances.  Weitzner was confirmed dead shortly after

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/12/2010

Kenneth Weitzner Death Confirmed

It's official: Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner is dead.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/12/2010

Costa Rican Sportsbooks Respond to Recent Arrests

By Chrissie Long, Tico Times Staff

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/12/2010

Barney Frank Hearing on Internet Poker Friday

Congressman Barney Frank has scheduled a hearing this upcoming Friday to discuss legalization of online poker.  Two bills will be presented by the House democrat from Massachusetts.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/11/2010

Tiger Woods Return Great for Sportsbooks

LAS VEGAS -- Tiger Woods' comeback to golf has not only been good for ratings, but it's also a big hit with Las Vegas sportsbooks.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/11/2010

Weitzner Son Claims Suicide: Still No Official Reports

The son of online gambling portal owner Kenneth Weitzner revealed on Sunday that both his stepfather and mother died of an apparent lethal dose of pills and carbon monoxide some time late Wednesday

Submitted by C Costigan on, Apr/11/2010

Gambling, Bikies, Drugs, Porn And Vice Inc. Down Under

Underbelly and vice is alive and well down under in Sydney, Australia.

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/11/2010

Nephew Tells Friends EOG.com Owner Killed in Car Crash

While the online gambling community continued to speculate on the cause of "death" of an industry portal owner, the nephew of the supposedly slain man has told close family friends outsid

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/11/2010

Crown Casino Faced With Bad PR as Key Event Approaches

In the land "down under" sometimes hard news is kept quite for a while, but invariably the cat gets out of the bag.

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Apr/11/2010

EOG.com Owner Kenneth Weitzner Dead?

Speculation was running rampant late Saturday that the founder of theRx.com and later, www.eog.com, had been killed (mysteriously).  Nobody has been able to confirm the fate of Kenneth Weitzner, a

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Apr/11/2010

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