Bookie caught placing bets at Mohali
NDTV - A British national was discovered placing bets in the press box of the PCA stadium in Mohali. Twenty-five-year-old Rajiv Mulchandani claims to be a freelance journalist from England. Instead of filing copies, Mulchandani was apparently betting on

Sunday March 12th 2006
Unison.ie, Ireland - 17 hours ago BETFAIR INDICATOR: Surely the best chance Beef or Salmon will ever have - and he is currently on offer at 6.5 (11-2). Monkerhostin trades as second favourite

Maverick’s swoop is part of wider picture
Times Online - IT IS no coincidence that Softbank is the company in talks with Vodafone to buy a controlling stake in the British group s Japanese unit. Softbank has been snapping at Vodafone s heels for several years, and made no secret of its ambition to knock

Japanese firm poised to become largest shareholder in Betfair
Thoroughbred Times - Betfair, the British betting exchange that allows people to act as bookmaker or bettor, plans to sell between 18% and 23% of its stake to SoftBank Corporation of Japan . The deal will allow SoftBank to become Betfair’s biggest shareholder, surpassing

More injury woe for Rovers playmaker
Pontefract and Castleford Today, UK - 7 hours ago before losing 3-2. At both the last two major events Betfair, the foremost on-line betting firm, have been betting on squash. It is a

Maverick’s swoop is part of wider picture
Times Online - IT IS no coincidence that Softbank is the company in talks with Vodafone to buy a controlling stake in the British group s Japanese unit. Softbank has been snapping at Vodafone s heels for several years, and made no secret of its ambition to knock

Another Heads-Up Champ to be Crowned at Canadian Open Poker Championship 
Online Poker News - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
Hot on the heels of NBC’s Heads-Up Poker Championship, the Canadian Open Poker Championship will crown a heads-up champ of its own in four days. The C$5,000 (about US$4,300) buy-in poker tournament started yesterday at the Stampede Casino in Calgary. No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em is the game of choice for the 128-person poker field. The top 16 players are slated to cash in the poker tournament.Save to My Web

Links dotcom fee deal to reap windfall 
Legal Week - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Linklaters is sitting on a seven-figure windfall from online betting exchange Betfairs sale of a stake to Japans Softbank, it has emerged, as the City giant looks set to finally reap the rewards of dotcom-era fee deals.Save to My Web

Photo-finish farce reflects badly on the Jockey Club
Times Online, UK - 13 hours ago welfare implications. No wonder bookmakers don t want Betfair s prices factored into the starting price. Electrocutionist s

Betfair makes move on Victoria
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 11 hours ago BETFAIR will put in its application to publish Victorian race fields to Racing Victoria this week. Betfair has not published Victorian