Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, has been hit hard by its decision to close down all games of chance for money in its virtual world.
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On Thursday, the bookmaker Unibet launched a range of different bets on what the weather will be like throughout the month of August in Belgium.
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Pokerstars is preparing to host the fourth edition of the Pokerstars Poker World Cup in Barcelona in September.
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At the end of final table lasting nearly 16 hours, 39 year-old Jerry Yang walked away with the 8.25 million dollar prize and the most sought-after winner’s bracelet in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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British bookmaker William Hill has just lodged an appeal with the Greek courts after the dismissal of its request to operate in Greece.
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The WTO has just imposed heavy sanctions on the USA for its protectionist laws which were judged to be an obstacle to online internet betting services based abroad.
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Betfair.com has entered into a partnership agreement with Harrah’s License Company LLC, an entertainment subsidiary of Harrah’s, Inc., to become the sponsor of the World Series Of Poker Europe until 2011.
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The addictions department of the Harvard University School of Medicine has just published a study about the behaviour of people who gamble for money online.
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In June 2007, Sony Ericsson launched a mobile telephone in the colours of the World Poker Tour brand, along with a Texas Hold’em game developed by Hands-on Mobile.
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In order to gain the right to participate in the Tour de France, which sets off from London on July 7th, the Swedish betting company Unibet is preparing to take the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), organiser of the 94th Tour de France cycling race, to court in order to get its “Green Cycle” team admitted to the race.
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