Archive for the ‘News Roundup’ Category
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Stolen Rockwell found in Spielberg collection
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Betis prepared to appeal in court
Real Betis have said that they will follow the example set by other Primera Liga clubs in appealing against the three-match stadium closure imposed on them on Friday by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). …
Actress Liz Hurley ‘marries in secret’
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Champion Cooke opens with Cup win
World number one and defending World Cup series champion Nicole Cooke from Wales won the opening round of the 2007 World Cup road series in Geelong on Saturday. …
Search operation underway to find missing Britons
An operation is under way to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia. An operation has begun to save the group, which the Foreign Secretary confirmed included members of staff from the UK embassy in the capital Addis Ababa or relatives of staff…
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Mar
03
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Lords groups unite against super casino site
Tessa Jowell was warned that she faces “formidable” opposition in Parliament to siting Britain’s first super-casino in Manchester….
Rank asks Treasury to ditch bingo VAT
The gaming company is lobbying the Government to end what it describes as a “punitive” tax regime on bingo, as the company struggles to offset the impact of the smoking ban on its business….
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03
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Lords groups unite against super casino site
Tessa Jowell was warned that she faces “formidable” opposition in Parliament to siting Britain’s first super-casino in Manchester….
Rank asks Treasury to ditch bingo VAT
The gaming company is lobbying the Government to end what it describes as a “punitive” tax regime on bingo, as the company struggles to offset the impact of the smoking ban on its business….
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Mar
02
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WSOp 2007 pre-registration opens
2007 World Series Of Poker Pre-Registration Opens February 28, 2007 Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., (NYSE:HET) has opened pre-registration for the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light, scheduled for June 1… Continue . …
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10 killed in Baghdad car lot bombing
A bomb exploded at a popular used-car lot in Baghdad’s Sadr City Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 17, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. …
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02
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Smoking ban threatens bingo
Rank Group, the owner of Mecca Bingo, has warned that the smoking ban in England and Wales could keep players at home….
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Mar
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Mecca bingos suffer from smoking ban
The Scottish smoking ban has hit profits at bingo and casinos group Rank, which today reported a 12% fall in full-year profits, to £44.4m. By Fiona Walsh….
Scottish Smoking Ban Hits Rank
Scotland’s smoking ban has put people off bingo says the country’s biggest bingo hall operator Rank.The group, which owns Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor casinos, says full year earnings to the end of December were down 12% at £44.4m….
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Teller, two teens arrested in Georgia bank robbery
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13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring
Federal prosecutors have charged 13 people in a scheme the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of enforcement described as “one of the most pervasive Wall Street insider trading rings since the days of Ivan Boesky.” …
Jowell imposes ‘all-or-nothing’ casino vote
Labour MPs will be under a three-line whip to support the Government’s all-or-nothing strategy for a super-casino in Manchester and 16 smaller casinos around the country, Tessa Jowell said yesterday….
Comment: Let’s make it as fun as Las Vegas
So Aspinalls has pursued, for a “mere” £2 million a Syrian gambler known as “The Fat Man” who had already lost £23 million….
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Mar
02
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Bird flu futures market has health experts betting on spread
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Casino College to send 100 dealers to WSOP 2007
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Casino College, with Casino Dealer Schools in Phoenix, Arizona & Detroit, Michigan is betting they can get 100 of their graduates to deal this June’s World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas, Nevada. To put… Continue . …
NY Lottery Software Provider extends contract
(PRESS RELEASE) — GTECH Corporation, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that it has signed a three- year contract extension to continue providing lottery products and services to the New York Lottery through February 28, 2010. With respect… Continue . …
NLOP offers free poker and real prizes
(PRESS RELEASE) — The National League of Poker (NLOP) a division of Power Play Development (Pink Sheets: PWPY) announced today that over 75,000 people have registered on its free online poker portal NLOP.com. NLOP(TM), which launched to the public in… Continue . …
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Mar
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Supercasino plans thrown into chaos by Commons rebellion
The Government’s supercasino plans could be thrown into chaos today as Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell faces a Commons rebellion from MPs over the all-or-nothing order in favour of Manchester…
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