Friday, September 22, 2006

Despite the recent spate of online gambling related arrests in America,
incoming Sportingbet Plc CEO, Andrew McIver, has announced that the popular
online sports betting website will continue to market to U.S. based online
gamblers. Clearly McIver has balls of titanium and does not intend on
vacationing in the United States anytime soon! He has replaced Peter Dicks
who was arrested a few weeks ago while on a stopover in New York, and
subsequently resigned from the online gambling giant. McIver, who has many
years of experience in the online gambling industry, is confident that
Sportingbet will continue to attract American online gamblers with the
objective of expanding its online casino business. Said McIver, 'I believe
that the U.S. is the only market in the world worth increased online
gambling capital investment. America is where the online gamblers are, where
the growth is and where the money is.' The announcement has raised a few
eyebrows around the world because it has come at a time when many online
gambling operations are nervously withdrawing their marketing efforts from
the United States.