Sentences with phrase «with gambling companies»

At the time, Cuomo was in discussions with gambling companies and real - estate developers over an expansion of casinos in the state.

The decision of the Football Association to terminate a four - year, # 4 million sponsorship agreement with betting giant Ladbrokes followed the FA's board decision in May to sever relations with gambling companies.

Mr Watson said clubs should take the lead from the Football Association as it ended its commercial agreement with Ladbrokes in June after deciding it was not appropriate for it to partner with a gambling company.

Not exact matches

Scott Svenson, who launched the company with his wife Ally, says the gamble has paid off in many ways.

Caesars Entertainment was taken private in one of the largest and ill - timed leveraged buyouts in history, and the company has struggled under the weight of the debt used to finance the move along with increased competition as more jurisdictions legalize gambling.

While it was dealing with the regulator, Plus500 was also the subject of a lowball takeover bid from Israeli gambling software company Playtech.

It shared a lot of similarities with online gambling, and because the company allowed wagering on stocks and commodities, some argued it was a financial exchange that required regulation.

The two largest daily fantasy sports companies, FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc., are in early - stage talks to merge, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the industry faces a crackdown by U.S. states over whether it runs illegal gambling.

After making a big bet on mobile several years ago, eBay CEO John Donahoe told CNBC's «Squawk on the Street» that the gamble is paying off with the company able to monetize the same on mobile as it does on the Web.

FanDuel also hired a former online poker company executive, while DraftKings has negotiated sponsorship deals with other gambling ventures, including the World Series of Poker and the Belmont Stakes, according to Schneiderman.

The company which proclaims to become the «wordpress of online gambling» is basking in its successful crowdfund of its Vslice tokens which can be purchased with ETH and other popular virtual currencies.

The fund tries to find companies which the fund manager believes to line - up with «biblical values» and even has a proprietary scoring system which measures a company's level of participation in abortion, gambling, alcohol, pornography, «the LGBT lifestyle,» just to name some of the big topics.

As Tim's gambles on its very future with this merger, one wrong move and all the goodwill the company has accumulated over the last half - century could be wiped away like dribbled coffee.

In April, the FBI indicted the owners of the three biggest Internet poker companies, charging them with money laundering, fraud, and illegal gambling offenses.

Allegedly, the Ministerio de Hacienda (ministry of finance and taxation)'s objective of this decision is to mainly to keep the Gambling companies in check with its Gambling law.

Should the gamble T - Mobile will be taking work out, the company could end the year with more new subscribers than previously thought.

Taking the rules off the books would create massive opportunities for teams, and proof, again, lies overseas with the soccer heavyweights of Europe who have partnered with online gambling companies and casinos.

An online gambling company originating in the Philippines, this was another gambling related company that was able to secure a sponsorship with Aston Villa.

The club, which has informed the relevant authorities, believe accepting sponsorship from betting companies is incompatible with taking a strong stance against match fixing and gambling addiction.

There are also other football clubs out there willing to do the same, and even other sports willing to offer kit sponsorship to any gaming or gambling company out there that is willing to work with them.

While some might think that because Genting isn't completely focused on gambling, it didn't benefit as much as a purely gambling oriented company might have with regards to the sponsorship, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

But it has been reported that Fifa rules will ban the LA Galaxy striker from returning, due to his partnership with Malta - based gambling company Bethard.

But Mr. Cuomo said that under his proposal, «this is not the state building a convention center at all,» but rather a privately financed project, pursued in cooperation with the state by Genting, the Malaysian company that in October opened a gambling parlor at Aqueduct.

Proposals to allow Internet poker in New York is dividing the gambling industry, with some companies predicting increased revenue for state government while others warn it would threaten existing gambling facilities.

The picture of casino gambling in New York's Capital Region is coming more into focus, with word that a Western New York company is seeking possible development in Albany.

Genting, a subsidiary of Southeast Asia's largest gambling company, made an additional contribution of approximately $ 400,000 to the group allied with Mr. Cuomo during 2011.

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This year, gambling companies, casinos and Indian tribes with gambling concerns have given close to $ 20 million to federal candidates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Beginning in 2011, Genting made a full - scale push in Albany to permit private casinos, organizing the New York Gaming Association with other gambling companies and hiring well - connected lobbyists and advocates, including several close to Mr. Cuomo.

But, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions, the Cuomo administration encouraged the companies to contribute to the committee instead, effectively putting the gambling industry's cash behind the committee's promotion of Mr. Cuomo's agenda.

Smaller gambling developments proposed in economically strapped areas should be able to compete with resort projects proposed by big - name companies in more affluent areas, the head of the state Gaming Commission said of the contest to win up to four casino licenses upstate.

A portion of the revenue generated by casino gaming is required by law to be directed to problem gambling, but Shafer believes both the state and casino companies have little interest in helping those with additions.

While that accounts for a 3.2 percent increase overall, gambling companies in New York are opening up to four new resort - style casinos in Schenectady, the Catskills and in the Finger Lakes, with gambling regulators due to award a fourth license to a Binghamton - area project as well.

Fantasy sports website FanDuel, along with rival DraftKings, is ordered shut down in New York after attorney general Eric Schneiderman calls both companies illegal gambling sites.

Governor Cuomo seemed to distance himself from the state's plan to permit four new gambling casinos in New York over the next few months, saying the decision to build new gambling centers lies with the private companies.

The governor's change of plans come amid reports that the gambling company Genting, contributed over $ 2 million dollars to a lobby group closely associated with the governor.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said Pigeon, through one of his LLCs, contracted with the company to do a variety of tasks — including lobbying for the legalization of internet gambling in New York.

The governor's change of plans come amid reports that the gambling company Genting contributed over two million dollars to a lobbying group closely associated with the governor.

Now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed that a deal with a major gambling company to build a convention center in Queens has fallen through, Cuomo says he's opening up the bids to more companies.

Representatives from FanDuel, DraftKings and other fantasy sports companies met with lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss the new rules, which resolved concerns that fantasy sports games amounted to illegal gambling.

Cuomo seemed to distance himself from the state's plan to permit four new gambling casinos in New York over the next few months, saying the decision to build new gambling centers lies with the private companies.

In March, the AG settled with the major companies, Fan Duel and Draft King, saying the sites will continue to be banned until September, unless the legislature acts to regulate the on line gambling before the end of the legislative session later this month.

The Times reported last week that Genting, a Malaysian gambling company that had worked with Mr. Cuomo on a plan to build a convention center and casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, gave $ 400,000 to the group in 2011, and that the New York Gaming Association, a trade group founded by Genting and other companies, donated the $ 2 million in December.

``... according to two people with knowledge of the discussions, the Cuomo administration encouraged the companies to contribute to the committee instead, effectively putting the gambling industry's cash behind the committee's promotion of Mr. Cuomo's agenda.

In March, Schneiderman settled with the major companies, Fan Duel and Draft King, saying the sites will continue to be banned until September unless the legislature acts to regulate the online gambling before the end of its session later this month.

Pseudo-randomness had nothing to do with another case, in which Majorie and Gerald Selbee, the couple behind gambling company GS Investment Strategies, strategically played Massachusetts's Cash WinFall, winning nearly $ 1 million so far this year.

Those few who do have more money than they know what to do with seem to prefer to become «names» at Lloyds than to gamble it on an embryonic company that makes things people might want to buy.

It was the official launch of Marvel Studios and a huge gamble was taken to deliver something that comic fans wanted by the company itself, not some other film studio with their takes on characters.

Marchionne is taking a $ 6.5 billion gamble with Alfa Romeo, but if it's a success and he can sell 400,000 of them globally per year, Alfa will join Jeep as the future of the company.

I don't think that's terribly likely, but with so few models in play, each one is an enormous gamble for the company.