2006 June 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Colorado guard Richard Roby will return to the team next season instead of testing the NBA draft. “I felt it was the best decision for me,” Roby said in a statement released by the school. “I’m not a gambling man and I know coming back for my junior year can help me be a better player and show my leadership.” Although the 6-foot-6, 195-pound shooting guard participated in a number of NBA

The online gaming industry is hoping to meet the Government later this year in a high-level summit to thrash out regulation of the sector and how to encourage operators to move their businesses onshore.

THE Sportsman is hoping to renew its sponsorship of Setantas Scottish Premierleague coverage assuming the fledgling betting paper survives the World Cup.

IF watching the World Cup with a beer is your idea of unwinding, you might need to find a better way to relax. Loughborough University researchers, with funding from online betting firm Betfair, are examining stress levels in soccer fans.

IT’S that time at the betting shop. Over in Germany, they are slowly separating the wheat from the chaff. Some teams are already preparing to head home, their World Cup ambitions having ended in shambles.

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More people have turned to Internet-based football gambling, which is becoming increasingly popular as punters can easily place bets and transfer money online, a Kasikornthai Research Centre survey has concluded.

Unless Pennsylvania’s seven-member Gaming Control Board can agree by the June 30 deadline on how to license slot machine suppliers for racetracks and casino operators, the ensuing delays would create serious financial worries for the owner of at least one Pennsylvania racetrack.