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Horoscope for the Week of August 15, 2004

Tip of the Week: The New Moon in Leo occurs on Sunday, August 15th at 6:24 pm, PDT. The energies include creativity, constructive criticism, diligent efforts, investments, strategic thinking, independent action, pioneering and an overall playful approach...read more

England's 'Gambling Alliance'

As the U.K. government proceeds with plans to modernize gambling regulations, three of the country's leading service providers to the gambling industry have teamed up to create "Gambling Alliance," a one-stop shop servicing companies entering British gaming markets...read more

Media Firm Challenges DOJ Ad Policy

An American media company has raised a formal challenge to the legality of the U.S. Justice Department's attempt to suppress advertising for Internet gambling services. Casino City, Inc., a Louisiana-based company that provides a directory of both Internet and land-based casinos as well as several other informational services on its web-sites, has filed a complaint in the U.S...read more

Horoscope for the Week of August 1st, 2004

Tip of the Week: With the Mayan New Year, according to Jose Arguelles' Dream Spell calendar, some exciting and perhaps dramatic energies are now active. Last year's Dreamspell cycle was about assimilation, digestion, integration and elimination of psychological realities, especially as they pertain to relationships...read more

Online Lottery for Atlantic Canadians Almost Ready For Launch

In early August the Atlantic Lottery Corporation plans to launch PlaySphere, a website that will allow Atlantic Canadians of legal age to purchase via the Internet tickets for already existing lottery games. The company says it has devoted more than five years of research and development to create the site, and it will implement appropriate and effective solutions to disarm the public's fears that the new online gaming opportunities will lead to gambling addiction and gambling by minors. The Atlantic Lottery's target demographic for the Internet products is consumers who already spend a lot of time online and who do a lot of shopping and banking online as a matter of convenience...read more

Ashcroft Responds to I-Gaming Freedom of Speech Complaint

Lawyers for Attorney General John Ashcroft have filed a motion to have a case challenging that the Wire Act violates constitutional freedom of speech dismissed. The case was filed Dec. 22, 2003 in the U.S. Disctrict Court of Arizona by Michael Rossides, who maintains the Web site www.betpress.com...read more

Horoscope for the Week of July 25, 2004

Tip of the Week: July 26 marks the Mayan New Year! July 25 is the Mayan "Day Out Of Time" celebration. These dates indicate the alignment of the Sun with Sirius, otherwise known as the Dog Star in the constellation of Orion. While the Mayan Calendar is not very popular in the world, it is increasingly so especially starting about ten years ago...read more

Busted - British, Russian Authorities Nail DDoS Ring

Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) yesterday announced they have arrested three men in Russia who are believed to have played a large role in the wave of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that have plagued online gambling operators for nearly a year...read more

New Jersey Three Months Away from Internet Race Betting

Racetracks in New Jersey will likely be allowed to offer bettors account wagering services over the Internet by as early as October. They also plan to implement telephone wagering and create several off-track betting sites. The addition of Internet, phone and OTB parlors should increase revenue while giving bettors more convenient avenues to place their wagers...read more

Horoscope for the Week of July 18, 2004

Tip of the Week: Festival season is here and the planets are aligning to make this year very memorable indeed! With Mercury and Mars and soon the Sun in playful, proud and dramatic Leo, we have some key ingredients for some real entertainment...read more