Sportingbet Chairman Dicks Resigns After Detention
- Sep 14, 2006
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Dicks, who was arrested in New York last week on charges of illegal computer gambling, resigned as chairman of the Internet bookmaker Sportingbet Plc...
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SportingBet Update
- Sep 14, 2006
The extradition hearing of Peter Dicks has been postponed until September 28 and his extradition warrant was withdrawn by New York governor's office...
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Sportingbet Shares Plunge 40 Pct as Shares Resume Trading
- Sep 11, 2006
Sportingbet, whose chairman has been arrested in the United States amid a crackdown on Internet gaming, lost more than 40 percent of its market value as its shares resumed trading on Monday.
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This is not a DoJ case
- Sep 8, 2006
eGaming Review has learned that the arrest of Peter Dicks, a non-executive chairman of Sportingbet is not a federal case.
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Latest Arrest Chips Away at Online Betting
- Sep 8, 2006
A second foreign exec is taken into custody at a U.S. airport. It's called an attack strategy...
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SportingBet Cheif Arrested in US
- Sep 7, 2006
SportingBet chairman, Peter Dicks, has been detained by U.S. authorities in a move that mirrored the detention in July of BETonSPORTS CEO, David Carruthers.
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Crazy Online Gambling Ban=23 Million Unhappy Online Poker Players ?
- Sep 5, 2006
A recent CNBC poll showed that over 90 percent of Americans would like to see online gambling poker regulated in the U.S. and NOT prohibited!
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A Question of Authority
- Sep 5, 2006
Respected online gambling legal authority, university professor I. Nelson Rose published an interesting article this week...
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Judge extends court order against BetonSports
- Sep 1, 2006
A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday extended a temporary court order
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Fantasy sports, real-life dollars
- Aug 31, 2006
According to the National Law Journal, a lawsuit filed in New Jersey charges that fantasy leagues sponsored by ESPN, CBS and The Sporting News that offer cash and merchandise prizes are illegal gambling...
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Banks Balk at Congressional Plan To Cut Off Cash From Net Casinos
- Aug 31, 2006
A group representing 5,000 small banks is opposing a tool lawmakers hope to use to stop illegal online gambling, posing a challenge to what is widely seen as the government's best shot at cracking down on the activity...
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Will Congress Cripple Internet Poker?
- Aug 31, 2006
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill, HR 4411, which, if the Senate and President agree, will create the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. If the bill becomes law, online poker will be changed forever.
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