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Anne Lindner Gaming Guru - Page 19Bingo Group Gets Top Financial Ranking from USA Today8 January 2002
Gordon Graves' company was named the fastest growing public company listed on the Nasdaq in 2001 by USA Today, but he seems to be taking the success in stride.
"I think it probably gives some motivation to the staff, that's the main thing," he said.
"I was delighted to see that we had outperformed everybody else. ... (read more)
Nambling Notes - 4 January 20024 January 2002
Tidbits from the UK -- Parts of Europe had a white Christmas, reports Reuters, and that means punters scored big against London bookmakers. William Hill told the news service it paid at least £50,000 to bettors who wagered in favor of snow during the holidays. Forecasters confirmed that snow fell on Manchester, Cardiff and Belfast. ... (read more)
Third Atiyeh Brother Indicted2 January 2002
George Atiyeh of Allentown, Pa., was indicted by federal prosecutors in mid-December on charges of operating an illegal gambling business that used both the Internet and telephone lines.
According to the indictment, Atiyeh netted more than $1 million in bets from November 1995 to January 1997. In March ... (read more)
Nambling Notes - Dec. 21, 200121 December 2001
Makin' Deals -- Blue Square and Orbis announced a partnership this week that will result in the British interactive betting group using the I-gaming technology maker's software for its new phone betting service. Blue Square already uses Orbis' OpenBet Internet gambling platform for its 200,000 registered Internet, interactive digital TV and WAP phone users. ... (read more)
Q & A: Tobin Prior, SunOnline20 December 2001
SunOnline is on the verge of launching its online casino, which was licensed by the Isle of Man in September. The group, a division of Sun International Hotels Ltd., has been led by Tobin Prior since the end of 2000, when he moved from his previous position as the CEO of Sun's international division. ... (read more)
Bid to Sell Las Vegas Reemerges18 December 2001
The mayor of Las Vegas is for the second time in little more than a year exploring the idea of selling the name and city seal of Las Vegas to an online casino.
Mayor Oscar Goodman met with representatives from Virtgame Corp. for a third time Thursday, said the company's president and CEO, Scott ... (read more)
Russian Firm Steps up to the Plate14 December 2001
Internet gambling is openly legal in one part of Russia, a small Asian republic called Kalmykia bounded on the southwest by the Caspian Sea and on the northeast by the Volga River.
Kalmykia is known for offering relatively inexpensive I-gaming licenses that allow the site operator to set up shop in any country. ... (read more)
Nambling Notes - Dec. 14, 200114 December 2001
Tidbits from the Far East -- This week the Macau government began examining bids from the 21 gaming companies vying for casino licenses in the territory. Macao is preparing to do away with its monopolistic gambling industry and replace it with a competitive system. Since 1962 the Sociedade de Turismo e ... (read more)
Appeals Court Declares Marker Debts Enforceable11 December 2001
A federal court of appeals recently ruled that gamblers in land-based casinos are obligated to pay debts from markers--IOUs from the player to the casino.
The judgment from the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals finding says that casino markers are more akin to checks than credit card loans. While failure to pay ... (read more)
Q & A: Derek Handley, Feverpitch7 December 2001
Derek Handley is the founder and managing director of Feverpitch International Ltd., a person-to-person sports betting site out of Auckland, New Zealand. At 23, he has been called the youngest person ever to take a company to the New Zealand Stock Market, which he plans to do at the end of December with an IPO. ... (read more)
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