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    Paddy Power

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    Business Plan 25/4/13 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 Company Profile ........................................................................................................................... 4 Foundation ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Board of Directors

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    Betfair

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    BETFAIR Leyland F. Pitt Faculty of Business Administration Simon Fraser University Richard T. Watson Terry College of Business University of Georgia rwatson@terry.uga.edu Daniel M. Shapiro Faculty of Business Administration Simon Fraser University ABSTRACT Many industries are being changed fundamentally as entrepreneurs discover how to use the Internet to create higher customer value. Betfair turned the gaming industry upside down with its exchange for gamblers. It found a very efficient and

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    betting. The amount that is legally bet on sports in Las Vegas is nearly $4 billion. However‚ an estimated $80 billion to $380 billion is wagered illegally through a shadow industry of offshore online betting houses‚ office pools and neighborhood bookmakers (Hobson). The cyclic nature of

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    Paddy Power Plc

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    Paddy Power Plc Introduction My name is Maureen Hogan and I am doing a level 6 advanced administration and my assignment is to research Paddy Powers Bookmakers Plc Aims * A brief history of t organisation * Organisation type‚ and sector in which it operates * A detailed analysis of the organisation goals and objectives * Particular attention should be given to the customer service policy of the organisation * An organisation chart and comment on whether it has Flat

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    but in reality it takes a tremendous amount of skill to consistently beat the point spread. In contrast‚ many sports gamblers are often simply gambling for entertainment purposes and bet on their favorite teams for added excitement. That’s why bookmakers in major cities skew the point spread on the area’s teams to their advantage. For example‚ if the Philadelphia Eagles are favored by 7 points in Las Vegas‚ many Philadelphia bookies will likely have them favored by 8 or 9 points because they know

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    Issues in Sports

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    Issue in Sport: The Ethical and Legal Sport is a big phenomenon of today‚ it is a very important part of today life. However‚ sport has it contradictory phenomenon. It is connected to big humanistic values and it formats life and billions of people on the one side. It is also connected with dirty business‚ to name one‚ corruption. Corruption is sport should be matter of concern. This is a high issue and a challenge if it is not deal properly. To prevent and eliminating corruption‚ it is important

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    Introduction Ladbrokes plc is one of the leading bookmakers in the high street in UK. It was established in 1886. Currently Ladbrokes plc operating with over 2200 branches across the UK and also operates in Ireland‚ Belgium and Spain. In this assignment we are focusing on the operational activities of the Ladbrokes plc. Task 1 a) The role of operations management The operations management can be defined as the systematic processes which convert inputs in to finished goods or service

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    Match Fixing

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    In organized sports‚ match fixing‚ race fixing or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result‚ violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as race fixing. Games that are deliberately lost are sometimes called thrown games. When a team intentionally loses a game‚ or does not score as high as it can‚ to obtain a perceived future competitive advantage (for instance

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    Match Fixing

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    MATCH FIXING Heroism is essential to sport and cricket is no exception. Boys need players to worship and so their fathers. Film stars are wonderful but all know that their world is fantasy-with players it is different. Their art is real. Today‚ the line dividing the rigged and the real becoming blurred and this blurredness promise nothing for the game but an uncertain future. Cricket‚ a great a gentleman’s game is shrouded in shame. It is a game stained beyond caliper measure. Every sport is allowed

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    Point Shaving

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    I think that it’s a tragedy to see that many collegiate athletes are involved in gambling situations. It’s hard on the athletes too‚ because they’re not getting paid to play the game so it’s hard to resist thousands of dollars to only win by a few‚ in cases on point shaving. When I was watching that movie "Blue Chips"‚ which is all about illegal college betting and buying athletes to come to their school‚ there was a scene involving the coach and the point guard regarding a point shaving incident

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