A bookmaker is offering odds of 25-1 that a great white shark will be caught off UK shores next year.Totesport, which has come up with a series of “global warming wagers”, is also offering odds of 50-1 that the Thames Barrier will be breached in London over the next decade….

Bookies take bets on Harry Potter dying in the seventh and final book of the series by author JK Rowling….

Former England cricket international Mark Ramprakash is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing title tonight….

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LONDON (Reuters) - X-Factor winner Leona Lewis is certain to be the Christmas number one, retailers said on Friday, as bookmakers complained that Simon Cowell had sunk the annual guessing game of who would take the coveted top pop spot.Retailer……

Owner Mario Lemieux says the Pittsburgh Penguins are considering relocation, after Pennsylvania authorities rejected a casino application from a firm which had promised to build the team a new arena. …

Digital Gaming Network is a newly minted, privately held firm comprised of a team of industry veterans that specializes in multi-player gaming software development. The company has offices in Costa Rica with development centers located in Eastern Europe and Asia. DGN will retain all rank and file Dobrosoft employees while increasing staff and continuing its expansion into the online poker and multi-player gaming space….

The former lover of a Riviera casino heiress has been acquitted of her murder almost 30 years after she disappeared without trace….

Harrah’s Entertainment, the world’s biggest casino firm, accepts a $17.1bn bid from two private equity firms….

The board of the world’s largest casino operator, Harrah’s Entertainment, has accepted a £8.7bn buyout bid.The bid comes from private equity groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group….

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