Posted by on Mar 13, 2003 in Sports | 1 comment

UK Hit by Horse-Betting Scam

UK Hit by Horse-Betting Scam
An international team of con artists has successfully targeted horseracing bettors in the UK. Working with Scotland Yard, Northumbria fraud Police officials are hunting down a group known as David Harrison Racing that has duped UK residents out of thousands of dollars. Detective Constable Ray Canham of...
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Posted by on Mar 13, 2003 in Sports | 0 comments

£200m in Three Days

£200m in Three Days
Bookmakers were preparing yesterday for the most concerted betting spree in British racing with predictions that turnover on the three-day Cheltenham Festival will reach at least £200m. Yet for Internet betting exchanges, the bookies’ new competitors in the gambling market, the tidal wave of action...
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Posted by on Jan 5, 2003 in Sports | 0 comments

SARS Scraps Singapore World Series

SARS Scraps Singapore World Series
The Singapore International Cup, won last year by the Godolphin stable’s Grandera, scheduled for May 17 at the Kranji track, has been cancelled. The Singapore leg of racing’s prestigious world series had to be called off after fears of the spread of the SARS outbreak. A joint statement issued by...
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