Read reviews of all the Whitbread shortlisted books on Times Online Bookmakers named Ali Smith as the favourite to win the Whitbread Book of the Year award tonight for her third novel, The Accidental …….

Gaming company Empire Online says it is still confident about a £20.7m pre-tax profit forecast for 2006 That would come from all gaming platforms excluding Empire Poker….

More investors are expected to start betting on a slump in the US housing market after the launch of a new index….

With the biggest game of the US football season just 2 weeks away, Vegas bookies have made Pittsburgh Steelers 3.5-4 point favourites to beat the Seattle Seahawks “Seattle’s going to have their hands full,” Bob Scucci, sportsbook director at… Continue ….

In another case of ‘haven’t they got anything better to do’, Ohio state liquor control sent agents to infiltrate a charity poker tournament - who were raising money for a local cancer patient. The agents claim that the tournament… Continue ….