Online Casino and Gambling News: August 2009

888.com reports optimism on future growth prospects

Online gambling group 888 Holdings plc reported this week that the industry has been impacted by slowing economies and a drop in consumer spending during what it describes as the worst recession since World War II.

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Critics laud book tracing the American history of poker

Most poker players know that current U.S. President Barack Obama likes to play a hand of poker now and then, but did you know that former president Richard Nixon financed his first run for office with poker winnings earned during his WWII service? That's just one of the interesting tidbits included in a well researched new book by James McManus titled Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker.

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No Victor Chandler logo for Nottingham Forest children's kits

The Nottingham Evening Pose newspaper reports that football club Nottingham Forest is having to remove the logo of recently signed sponsor Victor Chandler from children's replica shirts to avoid breaching advertising guidelines.

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UK gambling groups look offshore for taxation savings

Comments by senior executives and industry speculation earlier this year that major UK gambling companies may be headed to kinder tax climes appear to have been confirmed over the weekend with reports in several major UK newspapers.

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Kansas City: 3 jailed for refusing to testify in online gambling hearing

Industry observers were trying to identify which online gambling establishment could be involved in a Kansas Grand Jury investigation following reports in the Kansas City Star as the week ended. The reports indicated that three local men had been imprisoned for contempt by a federal judge for refusing to testify before a grand jury hearing - apparently into Internet gambling.

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