News Archive for February 2012

Feb 29 2012

Major Online Gambling Site Shut Down, Owner Indicted

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Calvin Ayre, founder of the online betting web site Bodog.com, and three others were indicted earlier this week by a federal grand jury in Maryland. The three were charged with conducting an illegal sports gambling site and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Bodog is one of the most popular online sports betting sites. The IRS
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Feb 28 2012

Betting on Alien Life

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Is there alien life out there? What are the odds that a US president will announce the discovery of alien life from the Oval Office? At Paddy Power, you can place bets on the existence of ET (“Extra-Terrestrial”). Scientists all over the world are hunting exo-planets – planets that revolve around other stars. As of
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Feb 27 2012

Online Betting in the Friendly Skies

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Looking for a new way to pass the time flying the friendly skies? Next time you fly Ryanair, you can play your favorite slot games or even poker. Ryanair, the popular Irish budget airline, signed an agreement with 888 to offer inflight online gambling. Besides the usual cash winnings, gamblers in the air will be
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Feb 26 2012

Betting on Las Vegas’ Future

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After over 3 years of economic downturn, a rough housing market and barely any tourists, could 2012 be the year that Vegas comes back? According to real estate analyst site Zillow, the Las Vegas Home Value Index is currently at $107,000 – down from a peak of $298,000 in 2006. This past Friday, respected investor
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Feb 23 2012

Ocean Casino Gambling With NBA Star Rodman

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Victory Casino Cruises is pleased to announce NBA Hall of Fame member Dennis Rodman will be aboard its February 23, 2012 cruise. The eccentric NBA player will be in town for the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando on February 26. The Victory Casino ship starts boarding at 5pm at a cost of $10 per person
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Feb 22 2012

Popcap Bets on Social Casino Gaming

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PopCap Games has just launched the Lucky Gem Casino, its latest Facebook game. Lucky Gem Casino is a series of slots games based on PopCap’s other popular brands such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Bookworm and Chuzzle. Players can play alone or with friends. Besides slots games, Lucky Gem offers a number of mini-games and community features
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Feb 21 2012

Betting on the Greek Tragedy

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As of this morning, it looks like Greece has secured (yet another) bailout and debt-restructuring agreement. The €130 billion deal will cost bond holders a 53.5% write-down (“haircut”). The plan aspires to reduce Greece’s debt to 120.5% of gross domestic product by 2020. Economists aren’t sold on deal. The deal is based on Greece becoming
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Feb 20 2012

Swedish woman turns small bet into €7.6 million jackpot

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A woman from Sweden won a €7.6 million jackpot while playing the Hall of Gods slot game at Unibet Casino. The lucky woman has been playing at Unibet for 11 years. She is the 5th Unibet player to become a jackpot millionaire since 2009. This is the biggest jackpot ever for Unibet. The jackpot winner
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Feb 19 2012

Former Head of FBI – Regulate Online Gambling Now!

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Former FBI Director Louis Freeh and Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge penned an op-ed piece in last Friday’s Washington Examiner calling for a new federal internet gambling law. It’s not every day that one reads a Washington daily and finds the former head of the FBI supporting online gambling legislation. Are Freeh and
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Feb 16 2012

Hear me, Bet Me – Online Gambling Voice Recognition

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Enveloped in a world of technology, why do we still need a keyboard to place our bets? In this edition of Online Casino Archives “Future of Online Gambling”, we delve into the odds of the microphone replacing the keyboard. Voice recognition software has been around for decades. It was in the 1940’s when AT&T Bell
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