888.com wooing players by phone in Australia

[The Buzz]

Interesting story:

Online casinos, worth billions of dollars and based on the other side of the world, are telephoning Australian gamblers and offering them inducements to bet. The practice, believed to be illegal, was discovered this week after The Age logged on to several internet poker websites to research online poker. Less than 24 hours later, one of the sites — Pacific Poker — telephoned, offering money to return and sign up.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...722750308.html

[pgaming]

History always seems to repeat itself. The 888 paradox!

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[WinYourWayKyle]

So true! 888.com is known for stunts like that....