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Anne Lindner Gaming Guru - Page 13Weekly Nambling Notes - June 10-14, 200215 June 2002
Tidbits from the UK -- At its annual general meeting on Thursday, the British Horseracing Board addressed allegations that many U.K. horse races are fixed. The allegations resulted from a television documentary called "Kenyon Confronts." The show featured interviews with three trainers who said horses could be stopped from winning to affect betting handicaps. ... (read more)
Daily Nambling Notes - June 14, 200114 June 2002
New Stuff -- SSP Solutions and its partner, Freestar Technologies, will demonstrate their online ATM solution, PlaySafeNow, to journalists and prospective customers on June 26 at Freestar's New York office. PlaySafeNow is a debit payment processing method that allows people to transfer funds from a debit account to an electronic wallet. ... (read more)
Daily Nambling Notes - June 13, 200113 June 2002
Tidbits from the UK -- At its annual general meeting today, the British Horseracing Board will address allegations that many U.K. horse races are fixed. The allegations resulted from a television documentary called "Kenyon Confronts." The show featured interviews with three trainers who said horses could be stopped from winning to affect betting handicaps. ... (read more)
Another Day, Another Stumbling Block13 June 2002
A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives today failed to pass an amendment that would provide an exemption for Internet gambling on dog races and jai alai in Rep. Bob Goodlatte's, R-Va., anti-Internet gambling bill.
The amendment, nicknamed the "Who Left the Dogs Out" measure, was offered by Rep. ... (read more)
Daily Nambling Notes - June 12, 200212 June 2002
Tidbit from the US -- The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is expected to finally markup Rep. Bob Goodlatte's Internet gambling prohibition bill on Thursday. Allegations that marketers from the Venetian rigged a promotional drawing so a high roller could win have some Las Vegas gambling experts wondering whether the town's reputation for fair gambling could be tarnished. ... (read more)
Gaming Factory Under Fire11 June 2002
An online casino company that donated its ad space after Sept. 11 to raise money for relief organizations is now the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The SEC's case alleges that The Gaming Factory and two of its employees, Richard Onorato, president, and Victor L. ... (read more)
Daily Nambling Notes - June 11, 200211 June 2002
UK Tidbit -- The House of Commons' committee for culture, media and sport heard testimony on problem gambling today as part of its examination of the government's proposal to liberalize gambling laws in the United Kingdom. Paul
Bellringer, director of Gamcare, a charity that helps people with gambling ... (read more)
Daily Nambling Notes10 June 2002
World Cup Update -- Malaysian authorities have detained more than 100 suspected bookies in connection with World Cup betting, reports the Agence France-Press in Kuala Lumpur. Police said the bookies collectively handled bets worth 12.5 million ringgit (about US$3.3 million). Soccer betting is illegal in Malaysia; police say more arrests are sure to come. ... (read more)
Nambling Notes - June 7, 20027 June 2002
News from Hong Kong -- Macau's
leaders have yet to openly criticize Hong Kong's new law that bans offshore gambling, including Internet gambling. The South China Morning Post reports that Macau officials have stated privately that the ban might have only a limited effect on the SAR's betting industry because enforcing it could violate telecommunications rights. ... (read more)
Q & A: Andre Wilsenach6 June 2002
Andre Wilsenach is the CEO of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. He began working as a regulator in the jurisdiction in January, and already it is gaining a reputation as one of the strictest regulatory regimes to be found. Wilsenach is a former member of the South African Lotteries Gambling Board, ... (read more)
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