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Horoscope for the week of October 31, 2004

Tip of the Week: What a line-up of excitement with Halloween, All Souls, Samhain, The U.S. Election and all on the heels of some very significant planetary alignments. Among these was a Grand quintile between major planetary energies. This is the basis of a pentagram or star...read more

Horoscope for the week of October 24, 2004

Tip of the Week: With the Sun now in Scorpio, we are rapidly approaching the longest hours of darkness. In addition to Halloween and All Souls welcoming us all to go more deeply within, a Lunar Eclipse at the time of the Full Moon in Taurus in the Tropical Zodiac on October 27th at 8:04 pm PDT brings another bit of magic and mystery to this season...read more

Horoscope for the week of 18 October 2004

Tip of the Week As the Sun enters the sign of Scorpio and the hours of daylight diminish, we are more aware of the reality of the dark. Looking to the expanse of space, one might hypothesize that there exists more darkness than light. However, since the light of a candle can illuminate a whole room we know that the light is of a quality greater than darkness...read more

Ambitions for an American Betting Exchange

"One way the North American industry could compete would be to … uh, compete." So wrote Chris Scherf, executive vice president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) in a submission to the Thoroughbred Times. The article came a little over a week after Scherf proposed to attendees of the TRA's International Simulcast Conference that race tracks in North America should carefully consider creating their own betting exchange...read more

Horoscope for the Week of October 10, 2004

Tip of the Week The New Moon on October 13 occurring at 7:48 pm is a partial eclipse which begins at 6:53 pm. The Tropical Zodiac degree is 21 degrees Libra 6 minutes. According to Astrologer Bernadette Brady, author of Eagle and the Lark (a good book on prediction), 'this eclipse is about being forceful and taking power...read more

Horoscope for the Week of October 3, 2004

Tip of the Week: Libra is the sign of beauty, balance, harmony and justice. While these ideals suggest peace, the process of attaining them can be anything but peaceful. Negotiations, legal actions, debates and even battles as in war are often the means by which people endeavour to create these ideals...read more

South Africa Plans for Online Gambling

A new law passed in South Africa could pave the way to regulated online gambling in that country. The government last month passed into law its National Gambling Act, 2004, repealing the National Gambling Act of 1996. The new law doesn't explicitly allow the operation of online gambling facilities, but it contains a schedule of transitional provisions that requires the Gaming Board and Minister to consider and eventually introduce legislation to regulate interactive gambling. For now, the act's only passage addressing online gambling states: "A person must not engage in or make available an interactive game except as authorized in terms of this Act or any other national law." Included at the end of the act is a schedule mandating future provisions essential to the legislation...read more

UK Gaming Board, Arcade Operator Clash over New Kiosk

The U.K. Gaming Board wants to bar a new Internet kiosk that enables users to access online gambling services. British amusement arcade operator The Leisure Exchange recently began testing the kiosk in one of its adult-only venues. The machine functions similar to a computer one would find at an Internet cafe in the sense that customers pay cash to surf the Internet for an allotted amount of time...read more

Horoscope for the Week of September 26, 2004

Tip of the Week: From at Astrological perspective at least, this week is quite a shift from last. Sun Jupiter and Mars are all now in Libra from Virgo and Mercury is soon to follow. So, in addition to a new season, we have new energy from a stellium of planets changing sign...read more

Cyprus Prepares for Interactive Gambling

The Republic of Cyprus, which was welcomed into the European Union in May 2004, will soon adopt new regulations for both traditional and online gambling. The first drafts of new gambling laws have been prepared by a team led by Paddy Whur of the Nottingham-based law firm Poppleston Allen, and the main government bodies have already given their support for the laws to appear before Parliament sometime next month. "Gambelli really means that if you are an E.U...read more