Online gamblers beware - your pastime is illegal and you could end up in hot water if you persist.

The AFL is poised to formalise arrangements with two leading betting agencies that will reap more than $1 million a year from next year.

New technology paving the way for online gaming will be in place by mid-2006.

The head of the powerful new gambling watchdog has warned that laws designed to modernise the industry will fail to meet their objectives if the Treasury sets a tax rate unattractive to online gaming companies based off-shore.

Kasper says licensing would be windfall for North Dakota.

Betting shops will be saved from a $5 million-plus payout if Makybe Diva does not take her place in next Tuesday's $5 million Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Five North Dakota legislators – including four from Fargo – took a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Antigua earlier this month on an unofficial trade mission paid for by the tiny Caribbean island country. 

Jim Kasper, hasn’t given up on his dream of bringing the Internet poker industry to North Dakota.

Hawai'i is one of six states that outlaw online gambling but do little to enforce the law. 

A betting system which was rejected by the New Zealand racing industry seven years ago, is about to take off, on the other side of the world.

The Chicago White Sox, who haven't won a baseball championship since 1917, are favored by futures traders to defeat the Houston Astros in the World Series.

A shock Bracks Government decision to halt legislation outlawing unauthorised betting agencies profiting from Victorian racing has sparked fears of race fixing at the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Robert Hoyzer, the referee at the centre of Germany's match-fixing scandal, came up with the idea of rigging games, the alleged ringleader of the two-million euro fraud told a court on Thursday.

Britain's casinos have missed out on a boom in online gaming over the past several years, but deals with sports-betting firms still offer a belated route into the new multi-billion-dollar industry.

Embarrassment for World Cup hosts but betting spreads the problem across continents.

Two German football referees went on trial today on match-fixing charges in a scandal which has overshadowed their country’s preparations to host next year’s World Cup.

Race0 has the funding of the industry and aims to lure newcomers to horse racing.

The Gambling Commission – the new independent watchdog for gambling in Britain – has today published its draft Statement of Principles for consultation.

One of the best decisions taken by Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer came in 2001 when he overhauled the way betting is taxed in this country.

As Americans help fuel the growth of Internet gambling, which will generate $12 billion in revenue this year, the battle over its legality continues.