tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433099.post-1142537401380688612006-03-16T19:30:00.000Z2006-03-16T19:30:01.456Z<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4812664.stm" target="_blank">888 brushes off US legal concerns</a><br /><br />Life is a lot easier when you've just reported a 16% increase in annual profits. 888.com announced its pre-tax profits to Dec 05 totalled $50.2m. Not bad for the casino giant.<br /><br />However, the press is more concerned with recent developments in the US where a bunch of congressment with too much time on their hands are trying again to get a bill through that would ban online gambling. The bill has now moved to the House floor for consideration.<br /><br />But 888 don't think it will go through - but even so, has worked to move its current playerbase from the US - although it still takes as much as 55% from American players. <br /><br />888 aren't the only ones though that thinks this way. Seems as if there's going to be <a href="http://www.gambling-weblog.com/50226711/us_bill_to_ban_internet_gambling_backlash_begins.php" target="_Blank">plenty of opposition</a> to the new gambling bill. Lets hope the US sees the sense in that sooner rather than laterjohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267891427509782032noreply@blogger.com