Posts Tagged ‘ gambling ’

Stephen Lee was released by Wiltshire police following his arrest yesterday as part of a match-fixing investigation. The professional snooker player does not expect to be charged with anything. Q Promotions, Lee’s management company made a statement today which read: “Stephen Lee was taken to a West Midlands police station for questioning on Thursday 11...
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The biggest gambling operator in Europe is OPAP. The company which owns a gambling monopoly in Greece, hired former Olympic organizer to run their company. Yannis Spanoudakis has been named the Chief Executive Officer of OPAP. The company, which has almost 1,000 employees, has been operating in Greece since 2000. In the past, any form of...
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Fearing he would have to pay out if Conduit won the last races in the accumulator bet, Andrew Rodgerson threatened to kill the horse. Conduit was worth £750,000 in July, when the threats were made. The man who threatened to kill this top racehorse, unless it was withdrawn from a race at Ascot was given a...
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The Gators and Bearcats will meet tonight in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.  Both team’s coaching situations are up in the air. The Bearcats lost their coach after he completed a perfect regular season. Brian Kelly bolted from Ohio to Indiana to become the new head coach at Notre Dame. Cincinnati players were upset...
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On Monday, a 20-year-old Scottish man received a belated Christmas gift of £100,000 after becoming the first person to correctly pick the scores in six English Premier League soccer matches at SkySports.com. Jonathan Kilpatrick from Bo’ness was taking part in Soccer Saturday’s Super Six competition at SkySports.com and was indebted to Everton’s Marouane Fellaini after...
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Mr. Sayers, 75, who regularly calls the numbers at charity bingo games has been asked not to say “two fat ladies 88” and “legs 11” because council officials fear players might take offence and sue. Mr. Sayers is a member of Sudbury Town Council and a former town mayor. He said a council clerk suggested...
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Levy on takings at bingo clubs drops 2%, a help for an industry hit by recession and the smoking ban. Britain’s gaming industry welcomes this cut which is included in the pre-budget report. Rank Group said the change should boost their operating profits by £2.5m a year. However, they also said the reduction should have...
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