Not Guilty -- The British Jockey Club's disciplinary panel today cleared jockey Sean Fox of any offenses relating his riding of Ice Saint in March when he seemed to have intentionally jumped off the horse. Fox won an appeal against a 21-day ban. At the time of the riding, there was speculation that Fox might have intentionally jumped off the horse in an attempt at match fixing.
Soccer Lottery -- Peter Velappan, general secretary of the Asian Football Conference, has asked Vietnam's sports minister, Nguyen Danh Thai, to establish a soccer lottery to combat illegal betting and to fund a program called "Vision Asia," which seeks to raise soccer standards. The sports minister responded by stating that the Vietnamese government is taking action against illegal betting. He also claimed that a soccer lottery project will soon be submitted for approval. Other countries involved in the Vision Asia project are Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Jordan, China, Yemen and Indonesia.
Quoteworthy -- "Who needs a proper job when I can make what most people earn in a month in a couple of hours?"
- Lee-Anne Smyth, a 25-year old mathematics graduate of student from Belfast, Northern Ireland who passed up a banking job paying £40,000 per year because she believes she can earn £234,000 per year by playing online poker five hours a day. The Sun reports that Smyth, who rakes in £4,500 per week at Ladbrokespoker.com, claims her studies in pure and applied mathematics help her calculate the odds of a winning hand at Texas Hold'Em. Smyth has so far earned £7,600 in single day, and used her poker winnings to pay off her £150,000 house and £15,000 car.
Racing UK Deal -- Racing UK has signed a deal to make its horse racing broadcasts available to the 1 million customers of Telewest Broadband. The service, which covers broadcasts from 30 British racecourses, will remain free-to-air on Telewest Broadband until Oct. 21, but will then be offered at a subscription rate of £20 a month, the same rate that will apply to Sky digital users on Oct 1.
Chief Retires -- After serving 25 years as elected grand chief of the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake near Montreal, 54-year-old Joe Norton has chosen to retire from public servitude. He will retain his position as chairman of Mohawk Internet Technologies, which offers Web hosting services to online gambling operators.
Chairman Switch -- Hannes Androsch has assumed the position of supervisory board chairman of BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment. Androsch, who holds more than 10 percent of the company's shares through foundations and personal portfolios, takes over the position from Michael Tojner, who announced his resignation in May after Global Equity Partners sold a total of around 1.5 million BETandWIN shares, leaving it with less that 1 million shares, or less than 10 percent of the company. Tojner will now act as vice chairman of the supervisory board.