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Sports News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the sports facet of life. Sports News Blog: Sports-Betting News 888 Sports Betting Site Begins Taking Italian Player Bets: October 16, 2007
As reported a couple months ago here at CGW, 888.com has begun to rebuild its business after pulling out of the U.S. market, their focus right now is developing a customer base for what they hope will be online Poker in the future. Last year, 888.com pulled out of the United States market and it was thought that the company would either be sold or dismantled all together, now, after deciding to re-open, they have begun to take action from its Italian sports betting website. Italy has long been in opposition of Internet gambling, but since European lawmakers have persuaded them to lighten their stance, they now say they will allow games of skill. Many companies are waiting for a ruling on what exactly is a game of skill, but the thought is that the ruling will come down by the end of the year, and that Poker will be one of those games that is ruled a game of skill. In the meantime, 888.com is currently taking sports wagers and preliminary estimations are that the company is expected to bring in between $5 to $10 million in 2008. Chief Executive Gigi Levy told Reuters, "It(web site) will boost revenues but it will also build customer numbers so we are in good position next year when skill games we are strong in, like poker, are allowed." After taking the year off, it appears that 888.com is now putting themselves in position to return as a top online casino provider in the future. Sports News Blog Comment: Sports betting is bound to corrupt the sports and games arena whether they are the sports or games of skill or pure chance. It is so because it involves big money into it; and where money is there, nothing else stands anywhere! Not even love, what to talk of sports and the players integrity toward them. The bookies buy them easy! The entire sports scenario turns into a big joke then. Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Sports Betting' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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