VIP Management, the Curacao-based sportsbook and casino operator, will make its debut on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at the end of June as a result of a lightly priced US$44.5m reverse takeover by listed firm Leisure & Gaming (L&G).
Read More . . .Sports betting giant BetonSports has bought the leading Chinese-facing sportsbook Easybets in a deal worth US$32.5m in the first stage of a planned acquisition drive.
Read More . . .Poker fever is sweeping the country. But nowhere has poker fascination taken hold with more force and more controversy than among the young.
Read More . . .Gambling has become America's hot pastime. But today's casinos have more of an upper hand.
Read More . . .The company behind Empire Poker, a leading online gambling site, is poised to become the next poker firm to make its stock-market debut with a possible £523m (€766m) flotation in England.
Read More . . .A breakdown of the $600 billion Americans gamble - from Casinos to Bingo!
Read More . . .Canadian online gambling companies applauded Friday after the British government moved to regulate the industry and allow it to operate within Britain for the first time.
Read More . . .The UK Gambling Bill defied the doomsayers and cleared its final hurdle by passing into law on Thursday afternoon.
Read More . . .The 2005 NCAA Tournament begins this Thursday and Las Vegas is the place to be. Hotel rooms have been booked solid for months and sportsbooks are expecting the biggest tournament to date. There will be no sportsbook employees getting days off and overtime will be encouraged. Some books will even bring in extra ticket writers to handle the expected massive rush.
Read More . . .People will bet on anything. Shoot, I'll bet there's someone out there betting whether this column ends with a period or a question mark. But you can take it too far. <a href="http://agent.betroyal.com/aff/ref.asp?j=53A5B5701A3EA0D2&a=FDFBD88056979756">RoyalSports.com</a> is giving odds on which American politicians are likely to wind up in a sex scandal.
Read More . . .After years of escalating growth, online gambling is poised for its biggest year. That reflects a growing obsession with poker, advances in broadband and wireless technology, and the temptation to strike it rich from a PC
Read More . . .Super Bowl XXXIX takes place this Sunday and sports books from Las Vegas to Reno are bracing for their busiest weekend of the year. Doc’s talks to Doug Beil, race and sportsbook manager for Terrible's Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, about Super Bowl betting and what he expects for the upcoming weekend.
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