Archive for July 8th, 2010

Betfair Joins OnGame Poker Network

OnGame, the world’s 6th largest online poker network, has just brought on the largest sports betting exchange, Betfair. Though the biggest exchange betting site, Betfair has had little luck when it comes to the online poker arena. A sponsor of the World Series of Poker Europe, Betfair regularly lags in the number 16 spot of [...]

New Sumo Tournament Starts Amid Gambling Scandal

TOKYO (AFP) – One of Japan’s top sumo tournaments began in Nagoya Sunday without live TV coverage and with fans staying away in disgust at a scandal over illegal gambling. The 15-day event opened only days after police raided 13 sumo stables and dozens of offices and houses for evidence linking wrestlers and stablemasters to [...]

New Jersey politicians call for summit on internet gambling

Attempts to legalise intrastate online gambling in the state of New Jersey entered a new phase this week as Democratic Party lawmakers called for a gaming summit to reconcile competing proposals to put sports and Internet betting to a public vote in a referendum this fall. Last week land casino operators in the state were [...]