Investors putting wagers on CryptoLogic
- Nov 6, 2004
Investors putting wagers on CryptoLogic Toronto-based online gambling software firm gets more than 15% of income from Internet poker: Q3 earnings up 32%.
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“Three” a Crucial Number for NFL Bookies
- Oct 28, 2004
When it comes to key numbers in the NFL, no number is more important than three. Historically, roughly one in six games in the pros falls on this number. Because of a variety of reasons, more games than ever before are landing on the number three.
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Harrah's poll seeks to profile typical gambler
- Oct 18, 2004
American gamblers tend to earn more per year than nongamblers and tend to be more involved in their local communities and tend to be somewhat more politically active than nongamblers, according to a survey from Harrah's Entertainment Inc.
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Teasers Gaining Popularity
- Oct 14, 2004
Teasers have been a part of sports wagering for many years. Even though this betting option has been around for ages, it has only started to gain popularity – and legitimacy in the eyes of the mainstream betting public – in the last decade or so.
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NFL: Books Bank On Sunday and Monday Night Games
- Oct 7, 2004
The NFL realized in the early 1970s that showcasing a game on Monday night to a national television audience would create a windfall of interest and permeate some demographics that might not be familiar with the league. In the late 1980s the league partnered with ESPN to provide a game on Sunday night. In the following years these two primetime games have become incredibly popular with viewers.
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The Power of the Vig
- Sep 16, 2004
In a perfect world, sportsbooks in Nevada and worldwide could take in a proportionate amount of money on each side of a football game without ever moving their line. It’s not a perfect world, however, for bookies in the new Millennium. Every sportsbook must sweat out a multitude of games each week of the football season where they have big decisions riding on each outcome.
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Why Online Gaming Helps Land-Based Gaming
- Sep 15, 2004
I was talking to renowned online and international gaming pundit Buzz Daly at the first annual Bodog.com Handicapper Conference in Las Vegas, and the subject of the effects of online wagering on the established land-based gaming industry came up.
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Hypocritical attitude on gambling
- Aug 29, 2004
A classic example of audacity is the man who kills his parents and asks for clemency on the grounds that he's an orphan. A few weeks ago, a California gambler who lost a bundle online joined a lawsuit against search engines that sell advertising for Internet gambling sites... <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/9528193.htm" target="_new">Full Story</a>
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Gambling blacklists prove to be a dicey proposition for casinos, players
- Feb 21, 2004
Virginia Ormanian burned through most of her retirement savings playing slot machines in Detroit casinos last year.
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The gambling addict had voluntarily banned herself in August 2002 from the casinos through a state program that was supposed to keep her out. Now Ormanian and another woman, Norma Astourian of Taylor, Mich., are suing the casinos for breach of contract. -
IP Props Itself Above Super Bowl Competition
- Jan 27, 2004
When Jay Kornegay began his career at the Imperial Palace Race & Sportsbook in the late 1980s, Las Vegas books generally had a only a handful of Super Bowl props on their board as novelties...
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Las Vegas Profile: Ken White of LVSC
- Jan 20, 2004
Ken White is no stranger to challenges. He started off in the sports betting industry as a ticket writer and wound up being the one many in the business looked to for solid numbers...
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Poker Tournaments and more
- Nov 28, 2003
This is to inform you about upcoming tournaments at the Sands of the Caribbean and the Omni Casino for the month of December.
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