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Billionaire Calvin Ayre “Vanity” Comic Book Voted Worst Ever
Leading up to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2010, held this past weekend, illustrator Evan Munday offered up his opinions on the best and worst comic book series.
Steve Wynn Splits With Girlfriend Andrea Hissom
On the heels of what many believe will be the most expensive divorce ever, hotel developer magnate Steve Wynn h
BBC: Sport and Gambling United Against Cheating
Sport and gambling have been in the headlines in the recent months, with various allegations about match-fixing in snooker.
Volcano Ash Cloud Fears Loom as Affiliate Super Show Nears
It's being billed as the biggest gathering of online gambling professionals this industry has ever seen. The iGaming Super Show takes place in Prague, Czech Republic May 25 through 28 but getting
Snooker Champ John Higgins Bet On Himself To Lose
More information continued to come out regarding last week's shocking revelations that Snooker champion John Higgins accepted money to fix matches.
Undercover reporters from the News of the World videotaped Higgins shaking hands on a disgraceful deal to fix a string of high-profile matches after demanding a £300,000 kickback.
US National Casino Gambling Revenue Down
National gross gambling revenues fell to $30.7 billion in 2009, a decrease of 5.5 percent from 2008.
Australian Land Based Casino News Update
Australia is home to some of the world's great casinos, hotels and resorts.
350 Beautiful Guests Celebrate as Tzvetkoff Rots in Jail
Some of Australia's most gorgeous people turned out to celebrate at majority owner Daniel Tzvetkoff's Zuri Bar and Lounge while Tzvetkoff himself languished in a US prison cell, quite possibly faci
Casinomeister: Won't Forgive Gambling Wages Virtual Group Yet
While the Gambling Wages affiliate program and Virtual Online Casino group attempts to clean up its image, as first reported by Gambling911.com a few weeks ago,
Chinchilla Hopes to Tax Online Gambling in Costa Rica
The first female President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, looks to raise money by taxing that Central American nation's expansive online gambling business. Most of the North American facing onl
News Media Begins to Focus in on Weitzer Suicide Pact
To date, Gambling911.com has been the only mainstream news media outlet covering the suspicious deaths of online gambling website portal creator, Kenneth Weitzner, and his wife Jackie Balance Weitz
Oil Dome Odds Not Good Say Bookies
It has never been done before. A giant dome being submerged a mile into the Gulf of Mexico's waters in order to try and cap a gigantic oil leak. The odds from
Granny Busted for Illegal Gambling
An elderly woman in Eldorado Park has been busted for running an illegal gambling enterprise from her home.
Australian Sports Betting Scandals Continue With AFL
The integrity on a number of Australian sports remain in question following a shocking week plus of Aussies getting mainly the wrong sort of media and public attention.
Let's see...it started last week with the NRL's Melbourne Storm with the sports betting trigger, then the "famous Australian" cricket matter (with bomb on the side in India), then the snooker world championships with the John Higgins match fixing allegations...(eventually the championship being won by Aussie Neil Robertson), and now the AFL (Australian Football League aka Aussie Rules) are in the firing line.
Crown Casino Logies Twitter Gate Claims Journo Scalp
Think all of the excitement (and hype) had died down from the Logies held at James Packer's Crown Casino, down under in Melbourne, Australia?
Bingo.com Closes $2,250,000 Private Placement from Unibet
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Daniel Tzvetkoff Fiancé Must Return Luxury Car
Federal investigators in Australia were on the hunt for indicted payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff's fiancé as they seek to recover debts and assets including a luxury V10 Audi.
Tzvetkoff, who is accused by a number of online gambling firms of stealing millions of dollars, was indicted while in Las Vegas last month for money laundering. Prosecutors are also searching for those millions of dollars, claiming he has a stash in Caribbean and Swiss tax havens.
Mobster Can Go To Daughter's Wedding: Can’t Speak to Groom’s Dad
A man charged with running an illegal gambling operation will be permitted to attend his daughter's wedding on one condition: He is not permitted to speak to the groom's father.
U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Guzman imposed his own code of silence after a federal prosecutor said the groom, Frank Caruso Jr., was convicted in the beating of a 13-year-old boy and his father, Frank Caruso, had ties to the Chicago mob.
Bet911 Five Minutes of Fame Over: Book is Insolvent
A small and poorly capitalized online sportsbook appears close to shutting down. Bet911.com, which quite obviously attempted to capitalize on the Gambling911.com name but was never permitted to a
Snookered by Snooker: Neil Robertson Wins Under Dark Cloud
Snooker has made massive national and international news, however as is often the case, bigger news stories often have a huge negative aspect, as is the case here.
Rats! Shrink Ken Weitnzer Was a Federal Informant
Deceased gambling portal owner Kenneth B.
China: Online Gambling an Overseas Hostile Force
China will soon ban anonymous online comments left by users along with other "harmful information" found on the Net. The "harmful information" includes such things as online g
Snooker Match Fixing Scandal: “Higgins Was Oblivious”
Snooker's governing body is set to commence a probe into alleged match fixing attempts by champion John Higgins.
His manager on Monday claims that Higgins was "absolutely oblivious" to any proposal that he was going to be asked to lose four frames in non-specified exhibition matches in the future until moments before a 10-minute meeting with undercover reporters to discuss the matter last Friday.
Australian Casino News: Jenny Woo Poker Babe of Month
It's been a huge week for Australian gambling, gaming, sports betting and censorship news. This is likely the biggest Australian casino and gambling news week in modern history. Let's see...
Supreme Court Rejects Delaware Sports Betting Appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Delaware appeal that argued the state should be allowed to offer a new sports betting lottery to generate revenue to help ease its reco
Weitzner Suicide Choice an Epidemic in Hong Kong
When Gambling911.com first revealed last week the macabre way in which online gambling posting forum founder, Kenneth Weitzner, killed himself, many in the gaming community were stunned.
Match Fixing a “Cancer” Killing Snooker: BetFred Hurt Cred?
In the midst of perhaps snooker's biggest scandal of all time, the online bookmaker BetFred.com has found itself caught in the middle.
BetFred sponsors snooker world champion John Higgins, who this weekend it was revealed had shook hands on a disgraceful deal to fix a string of high-profile matches after demanding a £300,000 kickback.
Gambino Crime Figure Commits Suicide
81-year old Gambino crime soldier, Anthony Anastasio, fatally shot himself this weekend, just days before he was set to serve a 2 ½ year prison term.
Snooker Scandal Latest in Series of Sports Gambling Shockers
Straight on the heels of a Melbourne Storm NRL scandal down under and the alleged betting syndi
Australian Pokies Link To Melbourne Storm Footy
Punters er readers, we told you the embattled Melbourne Storm had more hard news elements to come out, as is the case with a number of Australian Rugby League clubs.
We learn that that Storm had a significantly bigger connection with club pokies that most, if not all, of the NRL clubs. It's more than a connection, its a sponsorship deal. Storm put the 'Business' in 'Show Business', but legalities of deals are being questioned, and it extends well above NRL or News Limited level. Media Man and Gambling911 continue to probe...
