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Full Tilt ahead on recruitment drive for relaunched poker site
(12/6/2012)
(Ireland) -- Full Tilt, the poker website rescued in August after legal and licensing problems shut it down, is on a recruitment drive.
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Full Tilt Poker subsidiary based in Dublin to make 180 staff redundant
(10/30/2011)
(Ireland) -- UP TO 180 staff at a Dublin-based subsidiary of the US poker company Full Tilt Poker are being made redundant. Pocket Kings began informing employees of the...
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Irish bank accounts listed in gaming firm legal action
(9/25/2011)
(Ireland) -- TEN bank accounts held in Irish financial insititutions have been cited in the legal action being taken by prosecutors in New York who claim that Full Tilt...
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Full Tilt Poker 'Ponzi scheme' woes spread to Ireland
(9/22/2011)
(Ireland) -- Cherrywood Business Park, on the outskirts of Dublin, is no Las Vegas. But here, amidst the neat concrete-and-glass office buildings, the Subway fast-food...
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Online poker woes spill over into Ireland
(9/21/2011)
(Ireland) -- Cherrywood Business Park, on the outskirts of Dublin, is no Las Vegas. But here, amidst the neat concrete-and-glass office buildings, the Subway fast-food...
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Tilt Job Fears Add Urgency To Irish Betting Law Shake Up
(7/20/2011)
(Ireland) -- The Irish government will unveil amendments to regulate online gambling when the Dáil reconvenes in September, as concerns grow among Irish politicians over...
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BLOG: Full Tilt Poker in refinancing discussions, hope for 700 jobs?
(7/7/2011)
(Ireland) -- There may still be hope for the 700 Irish jobs at risk at Full Tilt Poker, as the online poker website is in early talks to refinance the business after its...
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Full Tilt Poker may be dealt new hand
(7/7/2011)
(Ireland) -- POTENTIAL NEW investors are circling Full Tilt Poker, raising the possibility that the gambling website, which employs 700 people in the Republic, will be...
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Investors step in to buy Dublin-based online poker company
(7/2/2011)
(Ireland) -- POCKET KINGS, THE parent company of Full Tilt Poker which is based in Dublin is to be bought by a group of European investors, reports the Wall Street...
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Further fears for 600 Dublin jobs as poker site has licence suspended
(6/29/2011)
(Ireland) -- An online gambling site which employs around 600 people in a Dublin subsidiary has had its licence to operate suspended by authorities in the Channel...
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Europe Online
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Online key to bet firm growth
(11/16/2012)
(Ireland) -- Paddy Power’s long-term global growth strategy is dependant on how fast and in what manner governments open their territories to online gambling, says...
1 Article on this Issue
Sports Betting
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Betting investigation for unnamed Irish Olympic team member
(7/29/2012)
(Ireland) -- The International Olympic Committee's [IOC] ethics body is investigating allegations that an Irish competitor placed bets on an opponent at the 2008...
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IOC Investigating Allegations Irish Olympian Bet on Opponent
(7/29/2012)
(Ireland) -- An Irish Olympian is being investigated over an allegation that the athlete had bet on his opponent in an event in which they were both competing, according...
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Sports Betting in Northern Ireland
(6/14/2012)
(Ireland) -- Betting on sports, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, is popular in Northern Ireland. The Northern Irish residents rarely see their football (soccer)...
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Canada Online
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Betting on Canada
(12/17/2011)
(Ireland) -- Paddy Power's deal with the British Columbia Lottery Commission represents Patrick Kennedy's first move into the potentially lucrative North...
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Black Friday
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Full Tilt To Cut Jobs At Irish HQ
(9/14/2011)
(Ireland) -- Full Tilt, the Dublin-based poker site, said it will axe up to 250 jobs at its Dublin base as a result of the prosecutions that have seen it quit the US...
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Poker Tournament
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Meet the young Irishman who is taking the World Series of Poker by storm
(7/19/2011)
(Ireland) -- AN IRISH POKER player is all set to make a big splash as the Main Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker enters its final stages in Las Vegas.
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Other News
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Lottery sale in jeopardy over charity's €1.5bn claim
(6/8/2013)
(Ireland) -- THE Government is facing a €1.5bn claim for compensation that could jeopardise its plans for the sale of the National Lottery operating licencel.
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Dr Eddie Column: Problem gambling
(4/6/2013)
(Ireland) -- Is it me or has Cheltenham got bigger and bigger over the years? With the coverage on radio and so called free bets in daily newpapers, tipsters etc, it has...
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'Aborigines oppressed just like us' says Chris
(3/30/2013)
(Ireland) -- CHRIS O'DOWD has revealed that while making his latest film The Sapphires, he noticed how much Irish people and Australian aboriginalas have in common.
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Gambling becomes a risky game behind closed doors
(3/24/2013)
(Ireland) -- LAST winter, Dessie Farrell highlighted the growing threat of gambling addiction among GAA players. He said that three inter-county stars had sought help...
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All bets are off as online gambling group Intrade launches investigation
(3/11/2013)
(Ireland) -- Online gambling group Intrade has ceased taking bets after launching an investigation into potential "financial irregularities".
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Intrade Suddenly Folds, Citing ‘Financial Irregularities’
(3/11/2013)
(Ireland) -- InTrade, the Ireland-based betting site that allowed users to wager on everything from U.S. elections to the weather, suddenly ceased its operation on...
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Research and Markets: Global Online Gaming Industry - 2013 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
(2/28/2013)
(Ireland) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3cn7c7/global_online) has announced the addition of the "Global Online Gaming Industry...
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The growing trend for football clubs to be sponsored by casinos and online gambling companies
(2/11/2013)
(Ireland) -- For decades fans of football have been accustomed to seeing corporate sponsors on team jersey. Many of these sponsors are household names that are known...
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As with our bankers, online betting sites hold all the aces
(2/3/2013)
(Ireland) -- LAST week, purely for research purposes, I bought a lottery ticket. Yes, I know the ad asks why would I do x, y and z ridiculous things to become a...
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Online betting fuelling rise in gambling addicts
(1/26/2013)
(Ireland) -- Clinical director of the Rutland Rehabilitation Centre, Fiona Weldon, said having betting literally at your fingertips has sparked a rise in the number of...
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Reach Out When Chips Are Down
(1/13/2013)
(Ireland) -- AT this time of year I'm frequently asked to write a helpful piece on addiction. Gambling is top of the list this year. Gamblers Anonymous has been in...
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COLUMN: Online gambling is feeding addictions
(1/4/2013)
(Ireland) -- COULD you spot a man with a €10 million gambling habit? Would he have an air of prosperity about him? Or would his eyes harbour that look known best to...
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How did gambler get invite to cup final?
(12/29/2012)
(Ireland) -- As one gambler called Sean Quinn Snr was getting out of jail for a few days over Christmas, another one called Tony O'Reilly was being sent down.
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Native American artist draws from Irish inspiration
(12/2/2012)
(Ireland) -- WITH distance, comes perspective. A Native American artist, Gary White Deer of the Choctaw Nation, has spent the past year living in Ireland as he worked on...
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Paddy Power pays out $650,000 on President Obama's victory
(11/7/2012)
(Ireland) -- Paddy Power, a Dublin-based online bookmaker, was so confident President Barack Obama would defeat GOP challenger Mitt Romney and win re-election Tuesday...
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Fit to be tried: Native American sweat lodge
(11/5/2012)
(Ireland) -- WE CRAWL in under a flap to sit in a crowded circular structure that's made from an intricate binding of supple slim tree saplings and tightly packed...
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Dangers of gambling need to be addressed head onor GAA could fall prey to murky side of sport betting
(11/4/2012)
(Ireland) -- When Dessie Farrell commented last week on the problem of players gambling in the GAA there was surprise, bewilderment and disbelief. I am sure there were...
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How to avoid the downsides of gambling? Just don't gamble
(11/3/2012)
(Ireland) -- There was an important piece in the Irish Independent last week, in which Dessie Farrell, chief executive of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), told...
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Special Investigation: Multimillion casino sector operates outside law
(10/31/2012)
(Ireland) -- They are prohibited under current Irish law, yet every city and large town in the country has at least one casino.
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Ex-casino dealer awarded €36,000
(8/24/2012)
(Ireland) -- A FORMER casino dealer in Limerick city who was dismissed after it was discovered a customer at her table had been cheating has been awarded €36,000 by...
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