Betting Info Kiosks -- SportsDatabases, a company that provides sports betting information to online bookies, has signed an agreement with NetBooth Corporation, a subsidiary of Carnegie Cooke and Co Inc, to provide its information services via touch-screen terminal printouts. The companies hope to begin putting terminals in pubs, restaurants, casinos and other venues in the US and UK by the end of the year. Users can pay by credit card or cash and receive information on league schedules, game reports, team charts and more.
Watch It. Play It. Live It. -- Next week Victor Chandler will initiate a six-figure cross media marketing campaign to promote both its online poker room at www.vcpoker.com and the Victor Poker Cup, a made-for-TV poker tournament that will air on Sky Sports later this month. Using the phrase "Watch it. Play it. Live it." as its theme, the campaign will feature a range of promotions and will include both online and offline ads, including spots in popular national publications such as Metro, The Evening Standard, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian and The Racing Post. The campaign was planned and bought by Mediavest Manchester.
Expanding -- California-based provider of horse race wagering and content Youbet.com is trying to acquire American Wagering, Inc. for $9.5 million. American Wagering's subsidiary, Leroy's Horse and Sports Place currently operate sports and horse race wagering facilities in 49 locations across Nevada and has announced plans to expand to 60 locations by the end of November. American Wagering also owns and operates Computerized Booking Systems, Inc., which supplies a large portion of the sports wagering computer systems in Nevada casinos, and AWI Manufacturing, Inc, which produces and distributes self-service sports and race wagering kiosks. American Wagering is currently operating under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and a Bankruptcy Court recently denied the company's motion to exclude Youbet and other interested companies from filing plans to acquire it. Youbet's proposal is subject to approval from the Court.
Farewell -- John White, general manager of Tote Ireland since 1999, announced that he will resign from his position at the end of this year.