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NETeller buys minority stake in Centricom

NETeller completed its acquisition of a minority stake in Australian payment processor Centricom this week. The $4 million deal gives NETeller a seat on the board and significant foothold in Australia and the Asian Pacific markets. Centricom operate the POLi e-wallet in Australia and New Zealand...read more

Quick-takes: The month's trends in a glance – July 2007

The raging battles make the news frequently. The stories usually come from Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza or Lebanon and they are about the fierce fight for the hearts and minds of the citizens of the subject country. But those are not the only battles that make the evening news or affect the price of stock on Wall Street...read more

The Reel Life

Vernon owns Bodog Bodog made Veron S. of Maryland a rich man this week. First he grabbed a $31,670 prize on the Realms of Riches machine then hit the machine again two days later for another $31,417 payday! He topped it off with a $7,660 hit on the Crystal Waters offering...read more

Betfair sending players to WSOP Europe

Betfair Poker is sending players to the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe by offering online satellites to the London event for as little as $3.15. Guaranteed $23,000 WSOPE package tournaments are running every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at Betfair...read more

U.K. advertising policy to effect 1,000 online gaming sites

More than 1,000 online gambling firms will not be allowed to advertise in the U.K. after the 2005 Gambling Act takes effect on Sept. 1, according to a statement released last week by the U.K.'s Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In addition, sites from jurisdictions approved by the U.K., also know as white-listed jurisdictions, will only be allowed to advertise after 9 p.m...read more

How to do Tel Aviv, Montreal and Washington DC in 2.5 Weeks

Yes, yes I know. Here we go again. This time I'm really in for a treat...1.5 weeks in Tel Aviv, straight to CAC Montreal, and finally, off to Washington DC for a wedding. This isn't just any wedding, mind you...I am responsible for this marriage and agreed to prepare a nice little speech for the rehearsal dinner...read more

PartyGaming stock nears all-time low

PartyGaming stock closed at 27 pence yesterday, its lowest close since one month after the American government signed the UIGEA into law and prompted the once mighty online gaming company to exit the lucrative U.S. market. After opening at 129 pence per share on June 27, 2005, the stock has been on a roller coaster that mimics the industry itself, reaching a high close of 176 pence on July 28, 2005 and a low of 26 pence per share in December of the 2006...read more

PokerTek continues international expansion

PokerTek launched five PokerPro tables last week at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and casino in Macau, continuing the electronic poker table company's international expansion and marking the introduction of live poker to one of the world's largest gambling destinations...read more

Casino revenue: Casinos not raking it in as readily

NEVADA -- If the first half of the year is any indication, the revenue growth by Nevada's major casinos in 2007 won't match the increase in gaming win recorded in previous years. Nevada casinos won $6.385 billion from gamblers through June, 2.1 percent more than they won during the first half of 2006, according to a report released Friday by the Gaming Control Board...read more

Nevadan at work: Author tells readers what to do when they 'do lunch' on business

An interview with Robin Jay took place, naturally, over lunch. Knowledge of how to conduct business during the noontime meal launched Jay on her second career as a writer and motivational speaker. Jay gave up a successful 18-year run as a radio and magazine advertising executive in November 2003 to self publish her book, "The Art of the Business Lunch." She hasn't looked back. The idea for the book came from friends, clients and colleagues, all of whom dubbed her, "The Queen of Business Lunch." Jay figures she has been on close to 4,000 business lunches during her career. "Everyone would tease me because I would book lunches three weeks in advance," Jay said recently at the Palm restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars, one of her favorite places to hold a business lunch...read more