GoDaddy.com Sued for $100 Million in Aiding Michael Jackson Online Casino

The popular registrar GoDaddy.com is being sued for its allowing a company to register the MichaelJackson.com online casino, according to TMZ.com. 

GoDaddy.com is being pursued by Howard Mann, who claims he owns the copyright to photos features on the Internet casino website, which remains up as of press time Tuesday morning.  The mystery owner registered through GoDaddy.com, according to the suit.  

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Crown Casino Shaft Man Probed and Charged

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Las Vegas Sands Corp Booming Asia Business: Shares Rise 2.3 Percent

 

Shares in Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS.N) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit last week thanks to its new Singapore resort and gambling in Macau. 

Sands, whose shares rose 2.3 percent in morning trading, earned 17 cents a share in the second quarter after adjusting for one-time items. Analysts on average expected 9 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Net revenue rose nearly 51 percent to $1.59 billion.

"They had a monster quarter," said Sanford Bernstein analyst Janet Brashear.

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MGM to Report Earnings Tuesday

 

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New Online Gambling Company Would Be Worth $3.7 Billion

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PokerStars Reacts to Successful Markup of H.R. 2267

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Bwin, PartyGaming Looking to Merge

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Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars Done As We Know Them?

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Las Vegas Sands Corp, Playtech Report Results

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. consolidated second quarter adjusted property EBITDA increased by 91.2% to record $473.5 million on record net revenue of $1.59 Billion.

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Online Poker: Cake Poker Regains Some Market Share

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Bodog Poker Dives to 21St Place Among Global Online Poker Rooms

 

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William Hill Move to Gibraltar a Blow to United Kingdom

 

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Moody’s: Harrah’s Is In Serious Trouble

 

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Australian Gambling News July 25, 2010

 

Readers er punters, the Australian connection between casinos, gaming and politics had never been so hot. Aussie politicians and campaigners continue to battle for your mind (and vote), headlines and the whole box and dice. Media Man and Gambling911 deliver the uncensored news (full strength caffeine in Google speak) you need to know, not always what you want to hear. Here's your weekend fix my friends...

James Packer Family Spotted In Barcelona...

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Three Gambling Companies Go Into Liquidation This Past Week

 

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Pennsylvania Gets Casino Games: Atlantic City's Death Knell?

Legal poker was played for the first time in the State of Pennsylvania this week as table games came to the state's casinos.

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William Hill “Worst Ever Royal Ascot” Blamed for Poor Profit Margins

William Hill continues to hint at moving its telephone business offshore following dismal results over the past year compared to its online arm.

"Poor horse racing results" led to a 33% fall in net telephone revenue, with a statement from Hills explicitly pointing out: "The board has previously noted the challenge of competing with UK betting exchanges and Irish offshore telebetting operators, all of whom have benefited from significant tax and cost advantages over UK bookmakers. The situation is under active review."

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PokerStars Confirms Illegal Bot Ring

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Cake Poker Launches Four New Online Poker Rooms

Cake Network is proud to announce the official launch of five new partner sites to the network - Broadway Tables, PokerXRC, WingsPoker, Unleashed Poker, and Come On.

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Online Gambling: British Columbia Website Compromised User Information

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Organized Crime Fears Cloud British Columbia Online Gambling Plans

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Australian Casino Wars: Burswood Casino Takes Aim

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Russian Bookmaker Offers 100,000 Euros for Paul The Octopus

A prognosticating octopus correctly picked all the winners of specified World Cup games including Serbia’s shock win over favored Germany and Spain’s World Cup final win.

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PokerStars Appoints Gabi Campos As New CEO

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Station Casinos Group Not Business As Usual

From the Las Vegas Business Press

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Sheikh Deal With Gambling Firm Could Be Seen As Defying Islam

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PartyPoker Dangerously Close to Losing Position

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Cereus Poker Makes Serious Inroads On PartyPoker, iPoker

Cereus Poker continues to excel just two months after a widely publicized security flaw the company quickly fixed.

This week, Cereus has pushed aside Ongame to become the 5th biggest online poker network globally.  The network is home to both UB.com and Absolute Poker, proud Gambling911.com sponsors.  Smart marketing and excellent branding visibility can be attributed to the company's steady growth.

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Betfair Joins OnGame Poker Network

OnGame, the world's 6th largest online poker network, has just brought on the largest sports betting exchange, Betfair.

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Shannon Elizabeth Signs with Carbon Poker

Yesterday, Monday, July 5th, the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event got underway with the first of 4 day 1's.

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