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888 casino online posts record H1 profit

888 Holdings PLC, the world's second-biggest online gaming group, reported a record first half profit in the six months to June, 88% up on last year.

Pretax profit excluding share benefit charges was $48 million compared to $25.6 million a year earlier while earnings per share rose 89 pct to 18.8 cents from 7.3 cent.

Net gaming revenues were up 32 pct to $163.5 million from $123.7 million and pretax profit margin was up to 29 pct from 21 pct.

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Coalition to legalize video gambling

The battle for legalizing video gambling continues as the Indiana Licensed Beverage Association is acting to convince lawmakers they should legalize betting machines. The main claim for legalizing video gambling is that people will gamble even if it's illegal while moderating it will increase taxes and ensure players' interest such as fair payouts.

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Sportingbet exec arrested on gambling charges

The United States has arrested a second Internet gaming executive, adding to fears it is cracking down on the lucrative industry.
Sportingbet's chairman, Peter Dicks, was arrested on Internet gambling charges as part of an ongoing investigation into Sportingbet.com.
Does anyone has any idea who's next?

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Going Deaf Listening To Music

Using hands-free phones, iPODS and MP3s may be cool but be warned that you may gradually lose your hearing without realising it.

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Governor Schwarzenegger Fails to Expand Indian Gambling

What might have been a major expansion of Indian casinos was defeated by the California Legislature, rejecting Gov. Schwarzenegger and tribal groups' bills. The bills, which would have allowed some 20,000 new slot machines on several reservations did not come through.

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Defcon 2006: Casinos are losing millions to slot machine hackers

A website called Jackpotters.com sells their "Remote Jackpotter" that sends a spoofed coin-counter signal when a button is pressed. This signal tricks the slot machine into thinking that no coins are dropping. Normally, the button would be pushed to make already dropping coins continue to drop.

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No new James Bond 007 game until May 2nd 2008

With the movie 007 Casino Royale opening November 17th 2006, you'd expected to see Activision's first 007 casino game at the same time. It seems that the rights will not be exclusive to Activision until September 2007, so the company is planning to release its first 007 game in conjunction with the next unnamed film, planned for May 2nd, 2008.

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Worldwide Casino Directory - 777.com

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Land Based Casinos - 777.com

Very intuituve casino directory - You can browse for a casino by region or alphabeticlly.Each casino contain the editor's review but also enables users to rate the casinos.Major gambling cities, such as las vegas, are also covered with a related casinos list.

Seven Warning Signs of Gambling Addiction

This is important for all gamblers and their relatives. Identify the warning signs and get reference to helping services

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Browsing For Casinos Was Never Easier

Intuitive casino search service covering the best destinations around the world with reviews, users rating and more.
Clean design and original content make it best of the kind.

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