Word: bets
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...stuff of symphonies, stoners, and stoners who occasionally listen to symphonies. This was Yardfest, not some crappy Woodstock do-over with a tire swing, bad corndogs, and a lot less acid. This was CEB-certified. This was supposed to be a sure bet. So FlyBy decided to check it out. And...well...it was pretty much what we expected. More after the jump...
...conducted by the Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions suggests that the widespread availability of Internet gambling has not led to an increase in the number of people addicted to gambling. The study actually found that gamblers who visit gaming Web sites are more likely to self-regulate their betting behavior based on their pattern of wins and losses. Those who are addicted to gambling do not exhibit such control. The study began in February 2005 and observed 3,445 subscribers to BWIN, an Austria-based gaming Web site. The participants’ poker outcomes were analyzed over the course...
...businesses it plans to launch soon is a futures exchange where traders can bet on the box-office success of movies. It will never be one of Cantor's biggest businesses, but it offers a lot of symbolism. The firm gained regulatory approval for the exchange a week before the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center that killed 638 Cantor employees, which was headquartered on the top floors of the north tower. Cantor had to scrap the movie exchange shortly after the attack. But the firm's executives never let the idea go. A little more than...
...Some people started counting down. 'Nine.' Two buttons of his shirt were open at the collar. 'Eight.' He looked professional and clean. He was tan and blond with with lots of gold hair on his arm. 'Seven.' she wondered if he thought they might. 'Six.' She bet she probably could." -"Orchids" by Carolyn Gaebler
...this week's blockading fishermen got a promise of $66 million in government loans to ride out the rough economic seas. What they didn't get was movement on lowering the E.U. fishing quotas that provoked their ire in the first place. Because of that, it's a good bet they'll soon be seen mounting their aquatic barricades again...