William Hill, the UK’s largest bookmaker, recently acquired a successful Australian betting company, Tom Waterhouse, for a rather velvety sum: $ 34 million to be exact. What this means is that William Hill will now have access to Tom Waterhouse’s large list of clients, and this is worrying anti-game apologists.

The president of the Australian Churches Gambling Task Force, Tim Costello, fears that William Hill will use the large list of clients he has access to and that he will make personalized offers to players who, in his opinion, will result in loss of money for players and profit for the company.

But, according to Horse Racing Australia editor Gary Robinson, note: this is how bookmakers make money by manipulating their client lists and making offers based on the past of online casino games of the players .

Robinson adds that this is not only bad news for novice players, but also for professional and semi-professional players. This is because when William Hill analyzes the data and looks for the winners, it will discourage them from placing bets. As is to be expected, this discouragement will not be demonstrated, they will naturally increase the chances of defeat and carry out other types of manipulation in the field of betting in order to discourage the usual winners.

The concerns for this acquisition are validated by the fact that in March of this year (2013), William Hill acquired the company Sporting Bet for the sum of 670 million dollars. Robinson fears that William Hill will not be satisfied with two acquisitions and that he will continue to buy Australian betting companies until he becomes an influential bookmaker in Australia.

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The 2014 World Cup is coming to Brazil where fans are getting excited about the tournament. Brazil has won the golden cup of soccer five times, so there is a noise in the air about this happening again. Brazil is reported by many as having a good chance of being one of the favorites for the championship. That is why Brazilians think that nothing could be better.

Some think that the government will reform the laws in Brazil before the big event arrives. Back in 2009, the Brazilian Senate was considering passing a law based on the United States law on the Illegal Internet Gambling Act in order to modify the current gambling laws in Brazil. The law copied the model from the United States and would put pressure on the country’s financial companies to prevent them from processing transactions on online gambling websites . That law has yet to see the light of day and time is running out until the 2014 World Cup arrives.

If the Game were legalized in Brazil, it could generate up to 300 thousand jobs and 10 billion taxes for the government per year, say some supporters of this liberal legislation. At present the only fully regulated forms of play are betting on horse racing, lottery, and Bingo. Sports betting is also available with the state operator, CAIXA.

Regardless of all this, foreign online casino game operators continue to offer their services to customers in Brazil. Many are happy to be able to process Brazilian transactions and others allow popular local payment methods like the electronic wallet and the “BoletoBancário”. Many offer Portuguese language versions of their websites with content designed to reach and appeal to Brazilian consumers.

It has been estimated that the unregulated portion of Brazil’s gambling market may be around $ 5 billion. In fact, in 2010 alone, it is estimated that Brazilians spent a total of 4 billion dollars playing on the internet.

Thanks to the peak betting expected in 2014 in the World Cup in online games in Brazil. Companies like Bwin, Betson, 888, Poker Stars, and Sporting Bet already have a strong presence in Brazil.

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Four people are about to enter the Game Hall of Fame , at a ceremony at the César Palace on 14 November, a ceremony that will include the executive director of César entertainment.

The Lucky Four Are:

Gary Loveman, President and CEO of César Entertainment. Loveman joined Cesar (then known as Harrah Entertainment) in 1998, rising to the position of Executive Director in January 2003. Since then, he has overseen a period of permanent growth that included, in 2004, the purchase of the “World Series of Poker ”and the purchase of“ Caesars Gaming ”in 2005

Frank Fahrenkopf Junior, the founder of the American Gambling Association (or AGA according to the acronym in English), was also the former chairman of the National Replication Committee that led a party to victory in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections. Leading the AGA for 18 years, Frank continues to serve as co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Celine Dion, the famous Canadian singer who has sold more than 200 million albums with a career widely celebrated for a couple of decades. Dion also made a major contribution to the gaming industry, having sung “A New Day” at the Colosseum of Palacio César in 2003, with 4000 seats.

Guy Savoy, the celebrity chef who opened his first restaurant, Restaurant Guy Savoy, in Paris. In May 206 he took the restaurant to the César Palace, thus ensuring that his cooking would be available to those who risk more in the poker and betting business.…