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Online Gaming News
Inside Gaming Column: Thrill Rides Don't Make Stop at Bottom Line
8 Aug 2005
A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.
777Betz Reports First Month Results
8 Aug 2005
Chimera Technology Corp. licensee 777Betz reported gross wagers of $2,080,000 in only its first month of operation in July 2005.
River Belle Online Casino Sponsors Marlin Tournament
8 Aug 2005
e River Belle Online Casino, Belle
Rock Gaming's leading casino brand, is sponsoring the 2005 Maui Jim Hawaii Marlin Tournament Series.
Venetian Wins Legal Feud with Web Site
8 Aug 2005
A federal judge in Virginia has ordered an Internet gambling business to stop using names on its Web sites that are similar to the trademark owned by The Venetian on the Strip.
Tiger Woods Favored to Win PGA Championship
8 Aug 2005
Internet sportsbook PinnacleSports.com has made Tiger Woods an unprecedented 2/1 favorite in the 156-man field to win his third PGA
Championship.
Harrah's Names New President of Caesars Palace
8 Aug 2005
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. reports that Gary Selesner has been named President of Caesars Palace.
Iwans Jones Wins London's First-Ever Lifestyle Poker Tournament
8 Aug 2005
Welshman Iwan Jones eliminated some of the
world's top poker competitors and Hollywood heavyweights to win first place
in
the World Poker Exchange London Open lifestyle poker tournament.
Golf Betting Column: What The Golfinggods Say….
8 Aug 2005
The last major of the year – the US PGA - represents the best opportunity for a ‘regular tour pro’ to win.
BasicTexasHoldem.com Adds Tournament Feed
8 Aug 2005
In response to the request of their players, BasicTexasHoldem.com has added a real time tournament feed.
Odds Are Gas Prices Will Rise
5 Aug 2005
PinnacleSports.com today became the first bookmaker in the world to
release betting lines on the price of gasoline in the United States.
PinnacleSports.com Opens NCAA Wagering
5 Aug 2005
PinnacleSports.com has already opened wagering on the first week of college football action and has set betting lines on several marquee match-ups throughout each week of the NCAA season.
Lady and gentlemen, start your engines
5 Aug 2005
Dear Mark,
Do you know anything about the 8/5 betting strategy? Michael N.
The 8/5 system is a simple little betting method used exclusively in…
Rebecca's Recommendations - August 4, 2005
4 Aug 2005
Welcome back to Rebecca's Recommendations! This week I've got a pretty impressive promotion to share with you. The Casino Rewards Network will be…
World Poker Exchange Hosts London Open Launch
4 Aug 2005
World Poker Exchange last night hosted a glamorous Opening Night Party for more than 1,000 people gathered to kick-off The London Open, the first-ever lifestyle poker tournament.
CryptoLogic Reports Strong Results
4 Aug 2005
In this seasonally softer period for online gaming, CryptoLogic delivered strong revenue, excellent earnings and positive operating cash flow due to continued organic growth from existing customers in the company's primary Internet casino and Internet poker markets.
Bodog.com Posts Football Proposition Wagers
4 Aug 2005
Bodog.com has released odds on the number of yards the Miami Dolphins’ Ricky Williams will rush for during the 2005 NFL season.
Bodog Goes Deep in Relaunch of Web Site
4 Aug 2005
The Bodog web site relaunches today with a slicker look as well as a list of improvements to enhance the online gamblíng experience.
Radio Station Pulls Online Poker Ad
4 Aug 2005
Nevada's leading public radio station is no longer running an advertising spot for an Internet poker room that both the state and federal governments consider to be illegal.
Caesars Purchase Helps Lift Harrah's Quarterly Earnings
4 Aug 2005
Profit at Harrah's Entertainment Inc. rose 17 percent in the second quarter, boosted by the first two-and-a-half weeks of owning Caesars Entertainment casinos in addition to higher gambling activity at the company's Harrah's-brand properties.
Exec Optimistic About Kentucky Expanded Gambling
4 Aug 2005
News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. chief Tom Meeker says momentum toward expanding gambling in Kentucky is building to the point that he sees more reason for optimism than in the run-up to prior General Assembly sessions.
Sun International CEO Heads Casino Association
4 Aug 2005
International News Brief: Sun International chief executive Peter Bacon has been elected chairman of the Casino Association of South Africa, succeeding Jabu Mabuza.
GoldenPalace.com Launches Ad Cow-paign
4 Aug 2005
News Brief: Six people dyed more than 100 cattle fluorescent purple and pink -- not as some sort of prank, but as the latest marketing campaign for online casino GoldenPalace.com.
Interactive Systems Completes Financing
4 Aug 2005
Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc., reports an agreement in connection with a private placement of $4.0 million in preferred shares with a number of current and new institutional investors.
Kentucky Lottery Awards Scientific Games Contract Extension
4 Aug 2005
Scientific Games Corporation has been awarded a four-year extension from the Kentucky Lottery Corporation worth $20 million.
Harrah's Entertainment Reports Record Q2 Results
4 Aug 2005
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. reports record second-quarter revenues of $1.47 billion, up 41.5 percent from revenues of $1.04 billion in the 2004 second quarter.
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