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TAB Saga Gets More Interesting as Tabcorp Enters the Frey

Victoria's juggernaut gambling operator, Tabcorp, on Wednesday announced intentions to buy out New South Wales' TAB ltd., which is already one month into merger discussions with Queensland's UNiTAB. The Australian Stock Exchange later revealed that it was planning an investigation into irregular trading in shares of all three of the gambling companies just before Tabcorp placed its bid. If TAB decides to accept Tabcorp's offer, it will have to renege on its merger agreement with UNiTAB last month...read more

SportOdds Loses Appeal in NSW Advertising Case

The Federal Court of Australia has handed SportOdds another defeat in its quest to advertise its online betting services in New South Wales. The Sydney-based online bookmaking firm had been granted an expedited appeal to resolve the matter after having lost a decision before a lower court last month, The appeals court ruled Wednesday, however, that the company had not presented sufficient evidence for the court to make an accurate decision on whether a section of the state's Racing Administration Act (RAA) of 1998 imposes an invalid restraint on trade and commerce between Australian states. During the first hearing, held in September, Sportodds sought to invalidate restrictions that prevented the company from advertising and publishing odds in New South Wales...read more

Horoscope for the Week of November 2, 2003

Tip of the Week: November 8, 2003 is the day of the Harmonic Concordance. This date marks the event of a very rare Astrological alignment known as a Grand Sextile, which is also a form of a Star of David. Many people, recognize this as a strictly Hebrew symbol and yet it is actually a universal symbol that means "as above, so below"...read more

UK Lottery to Go Mobile

MLotto is about to emerge on the I-gaming scene by giving England's 25 million-plus mobile phone users access to a real-time, instant-win interactive lottery. "The logic is clear: People love playing the lottery, and the nation loves their mobile phones." - Charles CohenMLotto Ltd. Licensed by the Gaming Board of Great Britain and operated by MLotto Ltd., the Mobile Lottery has stepped up to become a direct competitor with the U.K...read more

The Ultimate Skill Games Arena

Casino bettors have no control over the outcome of events on which they wager. They can do nothing to influence what cards will flop or when the slot wheel will stop. Likewise, sports bettors are stuck on the sidelines, unable to step on the field to score the winning goal...read more

Horoscope for the Week of October 26, 2003

Tip of the Week: Scorpio is the sign associated with death & rebirth, sex, taxes, psychology, processes and deep union of any kind wherein individuality experiences a melt down, so to speak, into a more inclusive whole. Other key words for Scorpio include the following: intense, passionate, proud, secretive, obsessive, determination, competition, hidden resources and wealth etcetera...read more

Czech Players Tune into TV Lottery

SAZKA and T-Mobile give scratch card lottery players in the Czech Republic a chance to score cash in three different ways. Besides winning instant cash, players have the chance to participate by phone or in person in a broadcast of the lottery's television show called T-Mobile RENTA. SAZKA, RENTA's operator, is the largest operator of number and instant lotteries and betting games in the Czech Republic...read more

Horoscope for the Week of October 19, 2003

Tip of the Week: As the Sun enters the sign of Scorpio and the hours of daylight diminish, we are more aware of the reality of the dark. Looking to the expanse of space, one might hypothesize that there exists more darkness than light...read more

Australian Tab and Unitab Merger Proposed

After halting trading on Wednesday, Tab Ltd. and UNiTAB Ltd. confirmed in a joint statement on Thursday that the two companies negotiated a plan to merge. The proposed juggernaut entity that would come out of the merger would monopolize the betting market in Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and South Australia. The merger has been touted by both companies as a "logical combination," which according to Tab Chairman Graham Kelly, "will provide new and exciting products, services, and facilities for its customers." Calling itself UNiTAB, the company is expected to generate wagering turnover of $4.9 billion per year through its 3,000 wagering outlets and 115,00 electronic gaming machines...read more

Alleged Insider Betting Rocks the Tennis World

A report in London's Sunday Telegraph this week alleges that some top international tennis players could be deliberately fixing their matches to make money through betting, specifically through betting exchanges. Officials for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said Monday that they are taking the allegations very seriously and are looking into all of them to maintain the integrity of the sport...read more