2006 April 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

MANILA (AP) — Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada on Wednesday denied taking P545 million ($ 10.6 million; euro8.7 million) in payoffs to protect illegal gambling operators, calling the allegations nothing but lies.

MANILA, Philippines - Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada on Wednesday denied receiving 545 million pesos (US$10.6 million; Ð8.7 million) in illegal gambling payoffs in exchange for protecting operators, calling the charges against him lies.

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Michael Simon considers himself a pretty regular guy, but he said what happened to him last week was surreal.

Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and four other European Union countries must open their markets to sports betting companies from abroad or face legal action from Brussels, the European Commission said yesterday.

It’s only been a couple days since authorities shut down six illegal gambling houses in Trinity County and almost everyone who lives here is still talking about it. Many have been waiting for authorities to step in.

The internet gaming company Empire Online signalled yesterday it is aggressively targeting acquisitions and has its eye on an online sports-betting business.

NTL made it plain how seriously it intends to take on Rupert Murdoch yesterday by revealing it is planning to bid for the rights to broadcast Premier League football.

America’s 70 million poker players say they aren’t bluffing in their resistance to the latest congressional efforts to ban online casino gambling. To dramatize that determination, their leader, San Franciscan Michael Bolcerek — president of the…