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Online Gaming News
£10,000 Red Button Success Awaits The Sunderland Six
15 Nov 2004
For half a dozen armchair punters, there will be no Saturday night out this weekend, at least not until the 10.10pm at Sunderland has been run.
Wynn Downgraded Again
12 Nov 2004
ews Brief: Wall Street still likes the Wynn Resorts story. It's just that the stock has become a little pricey for some analysts' taste.
Punter Wins Over £1 Million
12 Nov 2004
International News Brief : A lucky punter known only as Ken popped into his local Betfred in Salford, Greater Manchester, last Saturday for an old-fashioned flutter and became the first person to win more than a million in a bookmaker's.
MGM Mirage-Mandalay Merger Loan Approved
12 Nov 2004
MGM Mirage's lenders have agreed to loan the company $7 billion in order to finance the acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group, the company disclosed this week.
Wynn Considers Mixed-Use Project
12 Nov 2004
Wynn Resorts Ltd. is exploring a long-range plan to develop 142 acres behind its Wynn Las Vegas resort into a "large, mixed-use" hotel, casino and residential resort complex.
More Casinos Join eCOGRA Player Safety Initiative
12 Nov 2004
Speaking from the European Interactive Gaming 2004 conference in Barcelona, Spain, the directors of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance have announced the award of its Seal to five more quality Internet casinos.
VIP Management Launches Online Poker Product
12 Nov 2004
VIP Management Services announced today the launch of its much-awaited online poker product VIPpoker.com.
MTR Gaming to Takeover Binion's
12 Nov 2004
MTR Gaming Group, which owns the downtown hotel-casino, said it will take over management and rename the property simply Binion's on March 11.
Wynn Resorts Announces Commencement of Tender Offer
12 Nov 2004
Wynn Resorts, reports that its subsidiary, Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of the $247,580,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding 12.0% Second Mortgage Notes due 2010 issued by Wynn Las Vegas, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
Investing In College Basketball By Seidel--One Of The Best Ever
11 Nov 2004
Howard Schwartz discusses "Investing in College Basketball" by Larry Seidel.
6 Minute-Old Online Gambler Wins $286,609
11 Nov 2004
It’s a record jackpot at InterCasino.com, not because it’s their biggest winner ever, but because no one has ever won a MEGA-Jackpot so quickly.
Gambling.com to Discuss the Post-UK Gaming Reform European Union
11 Nov 2004
Gambling.com predicts interactive gaming being as monetarily important to the UK as Las Vegas-style Resorts.
Chartwell Signs on UKBetting
10 Nov 2004
Chartwell Technology reports the addition of Ukbetting to it's growing list of European Gaming Brands.
MGM Mirage Plans Massive Strip Project
10 Nov 2004
MGM Mirage announced plans Tuesday for a multibillion-dollar "urban metropolis" consisting of hotels and condominium towers that will be built at the site of its aging Boardwalk casino on the Strip over the next several years.
Intertops.com Offers Odds on Miss World
10 Nov 2004
Intertops.com has Miss India as the favorite to win the 54th Miss World beauty pageant.
Dover Downs to Purchase Common Stock
10 Nov 2004
Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. has commenced its previously announced tender offer to purchase up to 1,040,421 shares of its Common Stock and up to 1,607,506 shares of its Class A Common Stock at a fixed price of $12.00 per share.
Gambling Boss Gave £50,000 Donation to the Labour Party
10 Nov 2004
International News Brief: The director of one of Britain's biggest online betting companies gave £50,000 to Labour while the Government was drafting final proposals to reform the gambling industry.
WTO Eyes U.S. Offshore Web Gambling Ban
10 Nov 2004
News Brief: In a ruling that could open the United States to offshore Internet gambling, a World Trade Organization panel Wednesday said Washington should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos.Nw
Boss Media To Deliver Mobile Gaming System To William Hill
9 Nov 2004
Boss Media AB and William Hill have signed an agreement to set up a pilot installation for a mobile gaming system.
EU Courts Back Bookies
9 Nov 2004
International News Brief: A British bookmaker and three other pools operators acted within the law when they used horse racing and football fixtures without paying a licence fee to the companies that compiled the databases, an EU court ruled today.
World Gaming Reports Profit
9 Nov 2004
World Gaming reports net profit for Q3 was $1,146,000 or
3 cents earnings per share compared to a net loss of $181,000 or a loss of 1 cent per share for Q3 2003.
MTR to Take Over Binion's in March
9 Nov 2004
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has decided not to extend a one-year option to manage Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas and will instead transfer management of the historic casino to MTR Gaming Group Inc. in March.
Wynn Unveils Tower Details
9 Nov 2004
A second planned hotel tower at Wynn Las Vegas is expected to include 1,500 suites at a cost of about $900 million, Wynn Resorts Ltd. announced Monday.
High Stakes in Vegas vs. Macau
9 Nov 2004
International News Brief: Glittery Las Vegas gambling has arrived in seedy Macau, promising new charms for China's inveterate players, and this former Portuguese colony may never be the same.
BetWWTS.com Offers Odds on 2008 Presidential Race
9 Nov 2004
After correctly predicting that Bush would win reelection, BetWWTS.com has calculated odds on the 2008 Presidential election, including who will win nomination for President by the Republican and Democratic Parties.
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