Tag Archives: online gambling

NBA’s David Stern does not oppose sports betting anymore — and his successor will favor it (maybe).

Sports Illustrated: I asked Stern if it is in the best interests of his league to seek legalization of sports betting. He sighed with his head down, as if to emphasize the gravity of what he was going to say. … Continue reading

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Barney Frank hopes to draft a bill to regulate and collect taxes from legal online gambling.

“The Obama administration is officially neutral on the issue of Internet gambling [...]“

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The state of online gambling

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Will the USA legalize real-money gambling and betting over the Internet? — CNBC video

Odds Favoring Online Gambling? – CNBC – Andrew Parmentire, Height Analytics – David Katz, Oppenheimer gaming analyst Download this post to watch the CNBC video –if your feed reader doesn’t show it to you: Via Alexander Ainslie et al. Addendum: … Continue reading

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The Sporting Exchange (BetFair & TradeFair) have hired a lobbyist to massage the European Union about real-money prediction markets, Internet betting, and Internet gambling.

Nicolas Gibbon, reporting to Mark Davis (MD corporate affairs). His title: “European Public Affairs Manager”. He was previously lobbying for alcohol and tobacco.

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The Alderney Gambling Control Commission: you follow the rules but you still don’t get paid. Why bother with regulation at all?

Online gambling regulation by accountable governmental bodies is a good thing for one reason and one reason alone: it offers protection to the player. There are many reasons why it’s good for the industry in terms of profit and image, … Continue reading

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The Germans In Germany & The Prediction Exchanges In Great Britain

If I have understood correctly what Fabian John has just told me, the Germans can legally trade on the British prediction exchanges regulated by the Financial Services Authority (like TradeFair Spreads or SpreadFair), but not on those regulated by the … Continue reading

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Maybe the self-defined “pragmatists” in America could look into how the Britons view the issue. Spot the 3 occurences of the phrase “gambling and prediction markets”. Those 2 seem to go hand in hand. Will the US “pragmatists” acknowledge that?

Gambling, Prediction Markets and Public Policy @ Nottingham Trent University @ Nottingham, England, Great Britain, E.U. – 2008-09-15~16 – In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in expenditure on various forms of gambling and prediction markets, including casinos, … Continue reading

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HubDub’s Nigel Eccles pinches Henry Blodget’s nose (like trumpetist Miles Davies did for one of his musicians, on stage, one day), and the damn result of that, believe or not, is that the valuation of The Sporting Exchange (BetFair-TradeFair) drops from $5 billion to $3 billion. So, either Nigel should be celebrated for telling the truth, or his ass should be kicked for ruining the party.

Nigel Eccles: How did you forget yadda yadda yadda. [ Hilarious. ] Nice list, roughly makes sense but lots to disagree with (as you would expect). However one clear mistake is BetFair. They should be valued at $3 billion. They … Continue reading

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A Democratic sweep in Washington DC, in November 2008, will likely lead to the legalization of the real-money prediction markets.

Gambling 911: With the Nevada Caucuses taking place this Saturday, The Las Vegas Sun reports that Democrat Hillary Clinton supports a study to determine if Internet gambling can be fairly regulated so that individuals can safely participate in it and … Continue reading

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