10 Apr 06 Silverstar Holdings Completes Fantasy Sports Sale Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. announced today that it had sold substantially all the assets and business of its subsidiary, Fantasy Sports, Inc. to a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc. Consideration paid for the sale was $3.85 million in cash paid at the closing plus the assumption of certain operating liabilities.
07 Apr 06 Bettors Taking Part In Idol Worship According to Pinnacle Sports, the event drawing the most interest these days is American Idol. The Sportsbook says that they've seen five times more action on this year's edition. Currently, they have Chris Daughtry listed at +161 to get the coveted recording contract.
07 Apr 06 32Red Announces Agreement With Aston Villa FC The UK facing online casino and poker operator, 32Red Plc ("32Red" or "the Company")(LSE:TTR) has reached conditional agreement to be the new official club sponsor of Premiership football club Aston Villa. The two year sponsorship deal includes a logo on the home and away shirts and comes into effect for the 2006/2007 Premiership season. Under the terms of the agreement, 32Red will pay a basic six figure sum per season, with Aston Villa receiving additional revenues under its marketing affiliate arrangement with the Company.
06 Apr 06 Up And Down The River At Myrtle Beach After Horry County Council vetoed a ban on operation of casino boats, word came down that a new gambling vessel would set sail in Myrtle Beach. The Diamond Girl II will be taxed 10 percent on boarding fees and five percent of gross proceeds.
06 Apr 06 New Captain Takes Over GameAccount Ship GameAccount announced that, effective immediately, Kevin Dale is their new CEO. Dale takes over for John Jones and previously served as a non-executive Director for the company.
06 Apr 06 Anti-Gambling Bill Stalls, Gaming Shares Rise With an anti-online gambling bill stalled, many online gaming companies saw their stock rise. Online poker site PartyGaming saw an 11.2 percent rise while 888.com and Sportingbet saw 11.6 and 10.6 percent surges respectively. The three offshore companies are listed in the UK and see most of their business from the United States.
06 Apr 06 Man United Have Signed Shirt Sponsorship Deal The agreement with insurer American International Group (AIG) is worth £56.5m over four years, the club confirmed. The deal should help United bolster their squad to help them challenge for domestic and European honours. Earlier this year, a survey said that Real Madrid had leapfrogged Manchester United to become the world's richest football club in terms of income
05 Apr 06 Poker Champs Protest Potential Online Gambling Ban Howard Lederer, Greg Reymer and Chris Ferguson were in Washington D.C. hoping to drum up support against a proposed bill that would ban online gambling.
05 Apr 06 European Countries Must Ease Betting Restrictions Seven countries in the European Union could be penalized unless they accept business from foreign sports betting companies.
05 Apr 06 Yanks Favored To Win The World Series MLB has started and the New York Yankees are once again favored to win it all listed at +318 by the Vegas books. Long shots include the Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay D-Rays who are all listed at +20,000.
04 Apr 06 Slot Machines Experiencing A Renaissance According to a detailed analysis of gaming revenue over the last five years, profits from slot machines have been steadily rising in the State of Nevada. Between 2000-2005, slot machines saw a 25.5 percent increase in revenue from $6.1 billion to $7.7 billion.
04 Apr 06 Everestpoker.com Speaking The Language Of Love Hoping to cater to the non-English speaking online poker community, Everestpoker.com will introduce a French language poker site.
04 Apr 06 32Red Eyes Bet Direct 32RED, the Gibraltar-based online casino, has not ruled itself out of the bidding for Bet Direct as it seeks to add a bookmaking element to its core business.
04 Apr 06 Empire Online Posts 57% Rise in 2005 Net Profit Internet gaming firm Empire Online Ltd. (AIM: EOL) has posted a 57% rise in 2005 net profit. Empire Online, which owns the Club Dice and Noble Poker websites, posted net profit of $41.2 million on net gaming revenues, which were up 61% to $105.2 million.
04 Apr 06 Gators Win NCAA Basketball Title The Florida Gators only needed to win by 1-point to cover the spread, but they beat the UCLA Bruins by 16 just to be safe. Florida won 73-57 to take home their first ever NCAA title.
03 Apr 06 Biggest Strip Poker Tourney Ever In Ireland? Taking their cue from a survey, Paddy Power Poker is seeking to break a record for nude poker on August 1. The Strip Poker tournament will take place in an undisclosed location and the winner will receive a gold fig leaf and a vacation at a Nudist Resort.
03 Apr 06 Mansion Ends Sponsorship Talks with United Poker giants Mansion had been discussing a potential £70m (¬100m) four-year sponsorship deal with United but claim the club have been in secret talks with another company.
03 Apr 06 Online Gambling Companies to Sue Italian Government A number of large online gambling operators including Ladbrokes, William Hill, Betfair and Coral are planning to sue the Italian government through the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) over loss of income...
02 Apr 06 NCAA Hoops Final Matchup Set It's the Florida Gators and the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA basketball championship. Sportsbooks currently have the Gators listed as 1-point favorites.
01 Apr 06 Clock Strikes 12 for George Mason Florida was better than George Mason and they showed why Saturday easily covering the 6-point spread set by Vegas Sportsbooks. The Gators beat the Patriots 73-58 to earn a berth in the NCAA basketball championship final on Monday.
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