Aussie bookie goes over Aus $1 bil in annual web bets
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Wave of future rolls up on Oz shores House of Cards Australian gaming behemoth Tabcorp achieved a milestone of sorts last week with its announcement that it had for the first time surpassed Aus $1 billion in annual internet revenues, Casinocitytimes.com has reported. The figure constituted a 23% increase over the previous fiscal year.â¦
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9 -- A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again.
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Shares in Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group yesterday raced ahead of the latest takeover offer, gaining 23 Â¢ to $3.14 as investors speculated Coles Myer was building a strategic stake in the pub and poker machine operator.
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It&#39;s probably tempting fate to say Ernie Els should win the Â£3.8million American Express World Golf Championship. Too often this year Els has been predicted to win only to come up painfully short.
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VIJAY SINGH last night broke the PGA Tour record for earnings in a single year when he won the 84th Lumber Classic. His Â£420,000 cheque in Pennsylvania took his winnings for the season to Â£5,237,000 - beating Tiger Woods&#39; high of 2000.
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A new website lets you bet on the outcome of evolving news stories. But it's for bragging rights only -- no real money changes hands.
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World&#39;s No.1 player must beat Australian to become first man since 1988 to win three majors in a year. By KEITH NIEBUHR, Times Staff Writer.
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The Uefa president gets up to a lot more than we thought according to your efforts. This week's lucky winner is David Squires, who wins a Â£100 bet with BlueSquare. Second prize, Carlton Books's The England Cricket Miscellany, goes to John O'Reilly. Next week we want to see your takes on Lord Coe's Olympic logo shenanigans. Send them to gallery@guardian.co.uk by 6pm on Tuesday June 12 as a jpeg or gif, complete with a TITLE and CAPTION. Anybody who forgets will be made to listen to Sir Alex Ferguson's iPod.
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ERNIE ELS revealed a putting lecture over the phone from his 96-year-old grandad in South Africa helped him win his record sixth HSBC World Match Play at Wentworth yesterday - and pocket Â£1million.
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An academic real world -- plus, a chance to win $1,000.
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MAKYBE Diva, the shortest-priced favourite to win the Melbourne Cup in 50 years, inspired a record $126 million betting frenzy on the nation&#39;s TABs today.
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WMC Resources, the Australian mining group fighting a hostile A$7.4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, is to return up to A$1bn (US$1.3bn) to shareholders after yesterday upgrading its profit forecast for 2004.
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One Fool puts a price tag on the luxury casino operator.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Fresh from two major acquisitions, Australia&#39;s biggest gambling company Tabcorp Ltd. (TAH.AU) Thursday said annual net profit rose 23% to A$311.
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A leading sports gambling Web site  said Friday it has expanded into the energy arena, opening up  betting on how high crude prices will go.
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Ernie Els will try to mark his 35th birthday tomorrow by winning the World Match Play title at Wentworth for a record-breaking sixth time, and with it collect golf&#39;s biggest cheque of Â£1million yet again.
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Plus: Teens turn to online poker for profit. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.