HOUSTON (AP) - Long before Enron Corp. drowned in scandal, its former chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling trumpeted the company's savvy in creating trading markets beyond energy.
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Jesse Ventura is no longer governor of Minnesota. But he is still pushing an agenda - in this case, sports betting over the Internet. Mr. Ventura is the new spokesman for BetUS.com, a Web site operated from Costa Rica that lets people wager on sports contests from their home computers. "This is a step toward bringing something above- board that clearly many people want to partake in," Mr. Ventura said.
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All "Snakes on a Plane" haiku have the same problem: how to work "motherf--------" into a line that contains only five or seven syllables.
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Other sites such as BetCRIS.com and bodog.com are offering similar, if not less direct, betting options such as: "Will [he] reassume control of Cuba by October 31st, 2006?" or will he "make a public appearance by August 13, his 80th birthday?"
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When will Fidel Castro die? If you want to, you can place your bets. Since the Cuban president, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, announced on Monday he was handing power to his brother Raul, online wagering operations have offered action on the communist leader's fate.
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When he took power almost five decades ago, Fidel Castro shut down Cuba's bustling gambling business. On Wednesday, gambling companies had their revenge.
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(CBS4 News) Fidel Castro has a big birthday coming, and while he's asked his country not to celebrate the big day while he's recovering from surgery, an online gambling site is offering to take bets on whether or not Castro will appear in public before his 80th birthday.
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Online casino betcris.com is laying odds on the 2006 hurricane season. They say odds are 1:1.25 that a Category 3, 4 or 5 will hit Florida this year (that means a $5 bet would win you $4). Odds are 1:5 ($5 bet wins $25) that at least one will hit the U.S. mainland, and 15:1 ($5 wins $75) that six or more will make landfall. "From our perspective, 2006 is not going to be a good year for Florida or the rest of the Gulf Coast," casino CEO Mickey Richardson said in a news release.
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If gamblers are any indicator, things don't look good for former Enron Corp. officials Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Betting site BetCRIS.com says it has closed its books on the trial because the betting was running so heavily for conviction.
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Betting odds suggest Fidel Castro will die sooner rather than later, according to a report published Thursday.
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Congress is looking to pull the plug on Americans who go online to place bets with offshore Internet gambling sites. The House is poised to vote today on a Republican bill that would ban the use of credit cards and other electronic transfers to pay online bets.
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ItÂ’s a slow time of year for avid gamblers. The basketball and hockey playoffs are over. Football, even the preseason variety, is weeks away. But gambling on whether Mother Nature will deliver another frenzied hurricane season has all the tantalizing unpredictability that many online betters canÂ’t resist.
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Mothers, lock up your daughters! Believers, repent for your sins! Al Gore, stand on your soapbox again, and warn America of impending doom! And please, someone get these “if it bleeds, it leads” weathermen something to wipe off the drool; it’s only hurricane season.
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...posted by an online sports book that at least one Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane will strike the U.S. mainland in 2006
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As Floridians prepare for Tropical Storm Alberto, Internet gambling sites are taking bets whether a hurricane will slam into the state or any other location in the country, according to a report.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Its not Detroit vs. San Antonio, rather the next best thing. The Heat and Mavericks square off for the NBA Championship beginning Thursday night in Dallas.
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BetCRISÂ’ hurricane lines are featured on Fox NewsÂ’ Your World with Neil Cavuto.
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The Situation Room, features BetCRISÂ’ odds for the Hurricane Season.
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BetCRIS Hurricane Odds were featured on CNNÂ’s American Morning.
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Bad news for those in the South: even online gambling agencies (not to mention the Red Cross and cell companies) are predicting another huge hurricane season this year, with the odds suggesting itÂ’s almost a dead certainty that the coast will be hit again.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Long before Enron Corp. drowned in scandal, its former chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling trumpeted the company’s savvy in creating trading markets beyond energy. Now it turns out they are the subjects of futures contracts that allow investors to wager on whether they will be convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges.
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Floridians are accustomed to the world tuning into their misery during hurricane season. Now, some audience members are placing bets on the seasonÂ’s outcome. Several gambling Web sites have started offering odds on the 2006 hurricane season, and people are betting on everything from how many storms will hit the United States to how strong theyÂ’ll be when they make landfall.
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While you, the ever-diligent South Floridian, stockpile hurricane supplies and prepare your shutters for this yearÂ’s storm season, strange forces speculate on your misery.
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Mickey, a bookie based in Costa Rica, says the odds were stacked in favor of a conviction for Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling from the beginning.
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BetCRIS.com has closed the odds for betting on the Enron verdict, and if a sportsbook is to be believed, things donÂ’t look good for Messrs. Lay and Skilling.
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MSNBC's anchor Keith Olberman of "Countdown" puts BetCRIS's wagering on Enron at the top of his "Top 3 Newsmakers"list. The video excerpt of this program follows below.
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Thanks to online gambling sites, former Enron employees might be able to win back their lost nest eggs betting on the fate of their indicted former employers. Internet gambling portal BetCRIS.com started taking wagers Wednesday on the outcome of the Enron trial, letting gamblers roll the dice on the largest fraud in corporate history.
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Specially designed for Professional Players BetCRIS.com takes pride of their policy of catering to clients who play for entertainment and those who play professionally alike.
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Back in 2003, BetCRIS faced one of the biggest online extortion scams ever made by cyberpirates.
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Bettor's enjoyed a good week with many favorites winning, especially in baseball. Sunday alone in baseball there were 13 defined favorites which won, so with results like that bookmakers generally have a tough time of it.
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