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Media Corp (Gaming Corpoartion GMC)Attracting Some Big Names. (MDC)     

goldfinger - 05 Dec 2003 00:33

Up nearlly 15% today and I beleive there could be more to come.

Evil Knievil has tipped it on EvilCast and has bought in 100,000 worth of stock a notifiable interest. He rates the management very highly and says they are attracting all the big bookmakers to the online casino site including punters the likes of William Hill, Chandler, and Ladbrokes. The company are now running at a profit every month and should break into a yearly profit from the years previous loss very soon. The company also ownes in partnership with a Swiss firm Boss another casino site and by all accounts that is doing well.

Im looking at this one as a momentum play pretty high risk as there are competitors out there but I feel the management will give it the edge.

Please DYOR, and remember you are responsible for your own buying and selling actions.

cheers GF.

mickeyskint - 18 Mar 2005 10:44 - 443 of 1117

This I think is going to be a good investment and not the momentum play it was a few weeks back. The placement has stabilised the price, so onwards and upwards but gently.

LOL

MS

Dynamite - 18 Mar 2005 10:49 - 444 of 1117

Mickey more gently is better cos' it won't crash down quickly either, well failing terrible news...so upwards and onwards.

BANKONE - 18 Mar 2005 11:02 - 445 of 1117

the day traders are holding this one back 1/2p profit and they are selling - can't believe 'em

proberts0@tinyonline - 18 Mar 2005 11:04 - 446 of 1117

I think you are spot on if they could be a bit patient they could make even more money. I think there is some good news round the corner like you suggested earlier. Hopefully we have got rid of the day traders?

g64946 - 18 Mar 2005 14:02 - 447 of 1117

Seems like a lot of people have decided its time to get back in on this one - good level of buys today & buys now at 15.5p

Chiva20 - 18 Mar 2005 15:27 - 448 of 1117

Joined the party here this morning - so pleased I did roll on 50p

BANKONE - 18 Mar 2005 19:26 - 449 of 1117

2.2m unknown traders (buys or sells) Market buys galore within that - Possibility of another institution or large purchase of shares to be announced so if its good enough for them I'm staying in for the long term (possible exit at 30p. Good luck to all newcomers. The more the merrier at this party. Like St Patricks night and the GUINNESS hats, perhaps we ought to have a GMC hat.

BANKONE - 19 Mar 2005 18:21 - 450 of 1117

The Independent has the following to say about GMC in their weekend brief:-

Talk that Gaming Corporation may be close to a deal with Orange - Talk of impressive results from Envesta telecom on Wednesday.
Independent.



My personal (BANKONE) feeling is that once Orange are on Board other Networks will not want to miss out on an earner. Money for GMC means AIRTIME and money for the Networks.

stockdog - 20 Mar 2005 19:26 - 451 of 1117

Not sure which thread to mention this on, but here seems good

Gizmondo launches in UK this weekend, I understand. It's parent Tiger Telenetics (NASDAQ:TGTL) is about to fly, so I'm told. I know nothing about this and do not invest outside UK listings, so no good to me, but some of you gambling/gaming folk might be interested. Let me know what happens.

Good luck

SD.

deancroft - 20 Mar 2005 20:52 - 452 of 1117

SD see the Warthog thread. TGTL bought the Warthog company (WHOG) which is a games producer. Are you "mature" enough to remember the PC Lemmings games?? Made by Warthog back in the early nineties. However, the Gizmondo is far more than a games console, too much to mention here.

g64946 - 21 Mar 2005 08:25 - 453 of 1117

A positive start to this weeks trading for GMC

blackbelt - 23 Mar 2005 08:58 - 454 of 1117

Brought into this one yesterday speculating about the contract with orange. The potential revenue from that is massive. Anybody know when its likely to be announced or have just been taught another harsh lesson of the whims of the market?

BANKONE - 23 Mar 2005 12:08 - 455 of 1117

Big Player waiting in the wings gently nibbling at the 13.5p trades building up a large buy. GMC figures due soon early may and revenue will be impressive. Orange deal reported last weekened in the Independent as being imminent so the company may report then release.

Paulo2 - 24 Mar 2005 07:53 - 456 of 1117

I thought results were due April 14.

BANKONE - 28 Mar 2005 20:43 - 457 of 1117

You may be right sorry! Does anyone have the latest Hitwise rankings. The On line gaming industry is getting a lot of press over the weekend but no specific mention about GMC. Betfair seems to be all the talk.

stockdog - 28 Mar 2005 21:26 - 458 of 1117

When the press is full of it, the news is fully in the price and it's time to take profits.

Dogfucius, he say.

EWRobson - 28 Mar 2005 23:44 - 459 of 1117

SD In fact, there was a great deal of press a month or so ago and the GMC price ran up to 20p+ only to come back on profit taking and a share placing that is at least providing a support level. Given the astronomic price quoted for Betfair, GMC seems a much more attractive entry into the market. The Orange deal should take it higher; can't think its in the price. Also, in the last month, we have had the games launch which is particularly relevant to the US market and the appointment of a Canadian based advisor. They now have the cash for acquisitions. There is likely, IMHO, to be another bull run, perhaps on results or investment discussion of alternatives to Betfair. Looks like a one way bet! I expect dogs are more likely to gambol though than gamble!

Eric

stockdog - 29 Mar 2005 10:27 - 460 of 1117

When it comes to gambling shares I stick firmly to White City - I like to see the rabbit. I'm not in NLR, GMC or Sportingbet or any others - I have to limit the sectors I track somehow.

Good luck, but my instinct says when the market turns later this year the high flyers may catch cold most severely. Be ready to take profits.

SD

moneyplus - 29 Mar 2005 11:28 - 461 of 1117

Sell in May and go away-come back on St Leger Day--YES??

BANKONE - 29 Mar 2005 12:32 - 462 of 1117

This has been copied from the investors room epic SBT


Big rewards, big risks in poker deal
27 March 2005

ONLINE poker is a red-hot sector for investors. The possible flotations this year of Party Gaming - the company behind the world's most popular poker website - and internet casino owner Cassava have captured the imagination.

Party Gaming, which owns the Party Poker site, could boast a price tag of 3bn, enough to see it into the FTSE 100 index of blue-chip companies.

Fuelled by lottery-style jackpots offered via online tournaments, the global online poker market is enjoying spectacular growth. It was worth 318m in 2003, 750m last year and is expected to be 1.2bn in 2005. Operators take a cut from each pot, known as the rake. So the more poker hands played, the greater the profit.

A leading UK-listed operator offering excellent exposure to all this action is Sportingbet. It was a large, unloved sports bookmaker until last year's 169m purchase of Paradise Poker.

That transformed Sportingbet, led by chief executive Nigel Payne, adding 775,000 new customers, taking its total to 2.2m, while providing a kicker to the shares. Like its new owner, Paradise's main market is America, where nearly three-quarters of its player base comes from.

Paradise is ranked four in the world but should benefit from being the only live poker site with a sports betting operation. Over time that should also help to protect Paradise's margins, currently a mind-boggling 64%. By contrast the sports betting side has much lower margins - about 5%. Analysts reckon Paradise's profits will overtake those of Sportingbet's core business by next year.

Midas verdict: This is a tough call. The main risk is regulatory. Online poker's legal status in the US is unclear. Some law-makers argue it is a game of skill and should not be legislated like other gaming. But the Justice Department sees it as a game of chance and has stymied efforts to licence internet poker, arguing it violates several federal laws, including the 1961 Wire Act.

Sportingbet is also exposed to the weak dollar and there is also the risk that online poker may be just a passing fad. Sportingbet's shares have had a tremendous run, touching 349p this month before retreating to 271p as profit-takers moved in. But with brokers forecasting pre-tax profits this year of 53m rising to 78.5m in 2006, the stock trades on an undemanding price to earnings ratio of 20 dropping to 15. Having fallen by more than a third from their recent peak, we see an opportunity to invest and recommend a speculative buy
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