The biggest proponent of obesity is the Internet. We just don’t want to admit it.

The forces in cyberspace have formed galactic alliance to keep our fat asses glued to our seats, and our eyes to our computer screens, so we won’t have to move calf muscles to buy what stuff we want and book services that we need.

Three months ago Ebay signed a deal with Yahoo to expand its reach among US online users. The two Internet giants was to work together in areas of search and graphical advertising, online payments, a co-branded toolbar, and the opportunity to explore “click-to-call” functionality.

Today, Ebay signed another deal with Yahoo’s prime competitor, Google.

Basically the same banana but this time targetting non-US users. The new partners announced an advertising partnership Monday that aims to put buyers in touch with a wider variety of sellers, such as the neighborhood exterminator, math tutor or roofer. Under the arrangement, Google would provide search results whenever an eBay member typed in a search term that failed to find any matches on eBay’s vast auction site.

Of course, Ebay risk the chance of its users going out of the site into…

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Wow! $91 grand for a domain name? These guys must be nuts - is that how much money these sports handicapping services make that they spend $91 large for FREE PICKS dot come domain name? I’m assuming it’s a sports handicapping service that got the FREE PICKS dot com domain - other suspects are:

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· Wicked Chops takes it to Senator John Kyl, the 60 Minutes naysaying Senator from last night. He didn’t mention that Kyl’s crusade (no credit card/bank accounts can be used to fund online gambling) is easily circumvented by sites like Neteller, making his whole platform that much more pointless. [WickedChops]
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· A new casino is being planned for the Poconos, Shecky Green to be permanent headliner. [WNEP]
· Harrah’s is looking to upgrade and expand on their Atlantic City property. Likely to go with a Kevin Smith or rusted-piles-of-scrap-metal theme to celebrate their Jersey home. [Las Vegas Sun]
· Legalizing it would bring billions […]

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· Double-dipping at LasVegasVegas today, they report that not only is a Scores strip club opening up in Sin City, but Heidi Fleiss will be the new face of the all-male bordello somewhere out in the desert. For the eleven guys who keep clicking in to Oddjack from the Fleshbot/Gay page, you now have […]

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· A California woman plunked some pennies into a slot at the Bear River Casino and hit the jackpot for $500,000. She is currently being treated for copper poisoning at a local hospital. [Times-Standard]
· A short Steve Wynn profile accompanies news of a speaking engagement in Ohio. His first Vegas job? […]

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· One good reason to pull for the Supreme Court confirmation of Samuel Alito? He’ll get keep you drunk at the casino. [Newsweek]
· The impartiality of Gambling Online Magazine is being called into question, but when the outlet pointing fingers is Online-Casinos.com, multiple grains of salt must be taken to believe it. […]

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· Osu! Bancho Pachinko Simulator debuts at number one in Japan this week, reinforcing the continued popularity of Japan’s most prevalent form of legal gambling. You can make your own Pachinko kit at home with a bucket full of BBs and a funnel. Imagine the possibilities. [GamesIndustry]
· A federal judge has ruled […]

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