{"id":714,"date":"2006-08-07T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T05:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/news-from-around-the-world-of-betting\/"},"modified":"2006-08-07T00:35:45","modified_gmt":"2006-08-07T05:35:45","slug":"news-from-around-the-world-of-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/news-from-around-the-world-of-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"News From Around the World of Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Latest News on Online Betting: Online Casino and Sportsbook Ticker<\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>To say the least, the big story when it comes to online<br \/>\nsports betting is the Department of Justice cracking down on your right to<br \/>\ngamble by at least temporarily shutting down one of the <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/p6.hostingprod.com\/@joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/where_to_open_your_football_ac.html\">top<br \/>\nsportsbooks<\/a> BetOnSports.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE>BoS<\/span>\u2019 lawyers <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/business\/articles\/2006\/08\/04\/going_after_web_gambling_a_challenge\/\">declined<br \/>\nto show up<\/a> for a court hearing last week, showing how difficult it will be<br \/>\nfor the <st1:country-region><st1:place>US<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\ngovernment to prosecute. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Party Gaming was undeterred by negative developments on<br \/>\nthe <st1:country-region><st1:place>US<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\ncrackdown of online gambling.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>The guru<br \/>\nof online poker betting, <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/business\/news\/article1212848.ece\">purchased<br \/>\n<span class=SpellE>Gamebrokers<\/span><\/a>, an <st1:place>Antigua<\/st1:place><br \/>\nbased sportsbook.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However they are not<br \/>\nexpected to enter the <st1:country-region><st1:place>United States<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\nmarket, at least not yet. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Andrew <span class=SpellE>Kantor<\/span>, of the USA Today<br \/>\nwrote an outstanding <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/columnist\/andrewkantor\/2006-08-03-online-gambling_x.htm\">editorial<br \/>\non the hypocrisy of the US government<\/a> telling us gambling is the root of<br \/>\nall evil sometimes, but not when it\u2019s convenient for them. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The most popular American pastime, NFL gambling finally<br \/>\ncommenced Sunday night with underdog <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nbeating the Philadelphia Eagles. The NFL betting specialist <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.godspicks.com\/\">Godspicks.com<\/a> nailed the under and passed<br \/>\non the side. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Similar to a <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.ledger-enquirer.com\/mld\/ledgerenquirer\/news\/nation\/15023654.htm\">Wall<br \/>\nStreet Journal poll<\/a>, CNBC conducted a poll, albeit not exactly scientific<br \/>\nthat said an overwhelming majority of Americans want to see <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/casino.pokernews.com\/news\/2006\/8\/america-sends-message-senate.htm\">online<br \/>\ngambling made legal.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Latest News on Online Betting: Online Casino and Sportsbook Ticker To say the least, the big story when it comes to online sports betting is the Department of Justice cracking down on your right to gamble by at least temporarily shutting down one of the top sportsbooks BetOnSports. BoS\u2019 lawyers declined to show up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/news-from-around-the-world-of-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">News From Around the World of Betting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}