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Emily D. Swoboda Gaming Guru - Page 42'Fan Gone Crazy' Unites Motown and Online Gambling30 November 2005
What do you get when you combine music history with modern-day gambling? Ask Motown super-fan and Detroit developer Herb Strather.
Strather and Donald Bailey, CEO of Nevada-based Atlantis Internet Group (ATIG), a gaming software developing company, are working together to launch an online gambling site ... (read more)
Gearing up for Prohibition 200628 November 2005
By reintroducing his I-gaming prohibition bill, U.S. Rep. James Leach, R-Iowa, appears to be positioning himself to make another run in 2006 at banning "unlawful" gambling over the Internet. He's also reaching out to the prohibition movement's biggest supporter in the Senate, Sen. Jon Kyl, ... (read more)
Leach Introduces New House Prohibition Bil22 November 2005
James Leach, R-Iowa, on Friday introduced H.R. 4411 (The Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) in the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
The legislation is another version of past efforts to prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards and fund transfers for Internet gambling, thus taking steps to eliminate Internet gambling. ... (read more)
Tasmanian Premier to Introduce Betting Exchange Bil3 November 2005
For seven months online betting exchange Betfair has waded through a flood of opposition to its bid for an Australian license. The wait is almost over, but the opposition certainly is not.
Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon, who has been very open about his support of the company, today announced his Cabinet's ... (read more)
Betfair Acquires Poker Room Technology1 November 2005
Online gambling giant Betfair dropped a bomb Monday by announcing the purchase of Malta-based poker platform Pokerchamps and Denmark-based Aglet Technologies, the company that set up the Poker Champs site. With the move, the British group is on its way to becoming a self-sustaining force in the Internet ... (read more)
Underage Gambling - What's an Industry to Do?28 October 2005
The darker side of recreational gambling is no secret: While it's a fun pastime, some players develop dangerous addictions that can destroy their lives and the lives of their loved ones. And underage gambling, though a relatively new phenomenon, is a growing problem that doesn't get anywhere near the ... (read more)
They're Baaack . . . The Return of Dot-Com Advertising25 October 2005
Despite the U.S. government's efforts to keep online gambling advertising from seeing the light of television, media companies are beginning to fight back, and the I-gaming industry may only be better for it.
"Primarily, [the DOJ] wanted to let the American public know that online gambling is not legal in the U.S. ... (read more)
Fighting Spam One Casino at a Time24 October 2005
Fight Casino Spam (FCS), a movement started to fight the spread of gambling-related spam mail, launched its Web site on Oct. 20 and began collecting and cataloguing gambling-related reports from spam victims. The goal of the new site is to provide an updated list of the good and bad Web sites--a sort of "who's who" of spamming. ... (read more)
Ryanair: No ETA for In-Flight Gambling19 October 2005
Despite numerous reports that Dublin-based discount airline Ryanair will launch an in-flight virtual casino, the company has no firm plans for doing so, and its head of communications wants to set the record straight.
"We're looking at possibilities," Peter Sherrard explained, "but we have no immediate ... (read more)
The EBA's New Battleground: Spain18 October 2005
As confirmed last week, the European Betting Association will file a complaint with the European Commission against Spain's lottery operator, Loterias y Apuestas del Estado, charging that the denial of private operators' ability to access the Spanish market violates EU free trade laws. The association has ... (read more)
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