On July 5, 2007, Harrah's announced its alliance with England-based Betfair, one of the largest online gaming companies in the world.
On 27 January 2009, Betfair announced the purchase of the TVG Network in the United States from Macrovision $50 million USD as part of Macrovision's dissolving of TV Guide's assets.
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In November 2009, Betfair announced a deal with the New York Racing Association that allows Betfair's customers to start wagering immediately on Aqueduct's thoroughbreeding races.
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In January 2008, Betfair acquired Macrovision's Television Games Network interactive TV and broadcast service for $50 million in cash.
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A ban on the use of betting exchanges took effect in Western Australia on 29 January 2007, with Betfair successfully claiming this new law violated the Constitution of Australia.
In Australia Vote For Lust won a competition run by betting exchange Betfair to find the country's worst racehorse resulting in Betfair sponsoring the nine year old.
Annette became the youngest ever winner of a WSOP bracelet when winning the Betfair World Series of Poker Europe title in September 2007 at the age of 18.
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After becoming the Commissioner of the WSOP, he negotiated partnerships with ESPN, Sirius radio, Glu Mobile, Bluff Media, AOL, and Betfair.
He then became Vice President International of eBay's PayPal subsidiary in Europe and Asia, advanced to being Chief Products and Services Officer at Betfair Ltd in London before he finally joined Loyalty Partner, a vendor of Loyalty programs in June 2011 as Chief Operating Officer.
It operates out of offices in Finsbury Square, and markets itself as the more "advanced trading platform" alternative to its larger rival, Betfair.
TransferWise has received seed funding amounting to $1.3 million from a consortium including leading venture firms IA Ventures and Index Ventures, as well as individual investors such as PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, former Betfair CEO David Yu, and Wonga.com co-founder Errol Damelin.