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William Hill PLC the UK based betting company has announced that Ashley Highfield will be joining their Board as a non-executive director with effect from 17th November 2008. Highfield is the current CEO of Project Kangaroo, the proposed three way joint venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 which is set to offer a [...]
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The Las Vegas Sands Casino complex has today admitted it is likely to default on loans owed to Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs group and Lehman Bros Holdings. The casino currently has debts of almost $9 billion and is struggling with reduced cash flow and income from casino gambling, coupled with its expensive expansion plans. The [...]
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The Greek Police authority has raided the Athens outlet of Stanleybet the UK based sports betting group. The shop had been opened for just over a week in a direct challenge to the state gambling operator OPAP, who have had a monopoly in Greece since 1996. Following a complaint made by OPAP Greek police raided [...]
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Following its appeal against an earlier rejection in January 2008 the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda has been officially added to the advertising “white list†it was announced today by Andy Burnham the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport This will now allow remote gambling services based in Antigua to advertise [...]
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VC Bet the Gibraltar based sports betting and Casino Company is today reverting its commercial branded name to Victor Chandler.  The company has gone under the name VC Bet for the last four years but now the chairman; Victor Chandler has felt now it is time to return the brand name to “Victor Chandler” he said [...]
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As the world gets ready to welcome the next American president, UK based punters have staked a record £10 million worth of bets on the two horse race, almost four times as much that was bet on the 2004 elections. Obama is currently beating John McCain in the opinion polls by seven points, beating McCain [...]
