‘Betting News’ Category

Our betting news articles cover all aspects of the betting industry, from security to legislation as well as covering the lighter side of betting including big betting events and novelty betting promotions worldwide.

Live Tennis Results Site Launched

By Paul Jones • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Betting, Betting News

if tennis results are something you look for online, on the sports news/channels or elsewhere, http://tennis-results.org could be just what you are after. The new live tennis scores site launched this week offering realtime tennis results from around the globe for all major singles and doubles tennis events.

The live tennis-results site also offers a number [...]



Ladbrokes Security Breach

By Paul Jones • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Betting News

Security breaches in online gaming are nothing new, however Australian site Herald.com reports that online sportsbook/casino/betting company Ladbrokes has recently experienced a serious security breach where players personal data (address, phone numbers, birth-dates, email) was stolen. The stolen data also contained gambling histories for each individual in the database. An investigation by the UK’s Information [...]



ASA Bans “Annette_15″ Advert

By Paul Jones • Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: Betting News, Poker

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has issued a ban to online betting company Betfair for an advert featuring 20 year old WSOPE champion and online-poker supertstar Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad, as her online alias “Annette_15” which was used in advertising was seen to imply that Annette was just 15 years old.
The advertisment with the [...]



12 arrested in Sportsbetting Ring

By Paul Jones • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: Betting, Betting News

12 men from New York have been arrested in a sports betting ring that prosecutors say took in more than $30 million in profit over the last five years.
On Monday morning Detectives made arrests as they raided the ring’s College Point “wire room.”
Both Stephen Rozich, 55, and Daniel Rozich, 52 were arrested at their homes [...]