London and Dublin firms come up trumps on proposed merger
between gambling companies Paddy Power and Betfair
Not exact matches
«That Canadian
company paid Mr. Pigeon $ 388,000
between 2010 and 2015 to help in their consulting and lobbying efforts in order to gain legislation providing for the legalization of internet
gambling,» acting U.S. Attorney J.P. Kennedy said.
«I think you are going to see a lot of crossover
between companies that were traditionally thought of as
gambling companies and those that were traditionally thought of as games
companies,» Chang predicted.
There is a booming trade in «weather futures,» allowing
companies and banks to
gamble on changes in the weather as if deadly disasters were a game on a Vegas craps table (
between 2005 and 2006 the weather derivatives market jumped nearly fivefold, from $ 9.7 billion to $ 45.2 billion).