Bit from the US -- The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority tried to buy an advertisement to run during the Super Bowl, but the National Football League turned it down, the Associated Press reported Monday. Brian McCarthy, spokesman for the NFL, said the organization will turn down any organization that is affiliated with gambling. "The league decided it was not in our best interest," he said."
Makin' Deals -- Chimera Technology Corp. 's subsidiary, 724Bingo.com, said today that it has entered an memorandum of understanding with Market System Inc. of Singapore. Market System will receive a non-exclusive license to Chimera's online gambling software, which includes bingo and a sports book. The deal is 724Bingo.com's first licensing agreement.
New Focus -- Feverpitch International, which had formerly offered person-to-person gambling software, recently announced a deal with KidiCorp, which manages more than 40 daycare centers for children in the upper North Island of New Zealand. Feverpitch is essentially purchasing the child care company for NZ $11.7 million worth of Feverpitch stock. Feverpitch Managing Director Derek Handley said the deal gives his company's investors the opportunity to gain from the "exciting developments that the Australian share market has seen recently in childcare."