2008 November 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on January 15, 2007.

Despite the Australian success of online betting exchange Betfair, and the liberation of the advertising market for gambling companies, opponents continue to gripe about the state of Victoria’s quiet about-turn on internet gambling and are preparing to fight its spread in the community, reports The Age newspaper.

The chairman and chief executive of the US giant land gambling group MGM Mirage, J. Terrence Lanni (65) is to retire at the end of this (November) month, a company spokesman has announced. The resignation has nothing to do with recent allegations of false educational claims that have swirled around the veteran gambling executive, Lanni and spokesmen emphasised.