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Glenn Barry Gaming Guru - Page 2Twinkle Twinkle Online Star28 April 1999
At the Sydney Star City annual general meeting held in Sydney April 28, CEO Neil Gamble gave the clearest signal yet that Star City was becoming more serious about starting an Internet casino business.
"We are likely to form a strategic alliance in the next three months," Gamble said, but he was unsure ... (read more)
Just What do Americans think About Online Gambling?17 April 1999
Last year the Washington Post carried a substantial feature on the issue of online gambling. They also had a little yes/no question: "Should internet gambling be illegal?" As these answers can be slow to dribble in, it is worth looking back at the site for the results.
Around they same time, the U.S. ... (read more)
Lasseters Land Casino Goes Live Online12 April 1999
Alice Springs,Australia -- Australia has become the first "First World" country to put its money where its mouth is and go live with a cyber casino operated to the same standards as applied to those in the real world. The Northern Territory Government Regulator finally signed off the 54 kilograms of test ... (read more)
Over a Million US Namblers Online23 March 1999
More than two-thirds of all active Internet users (43 million U.S. adults) seek entertainment content online, according to a new report from Cyber Dialogue released in New York on March 3rd 1999. According to the report, as of December '98 there were 63.5 million adults actively online in the U.S.
The ... (read more)
Cyber Bobbies On The Web Beat5 March 1999
London, England -- The BBC reports that a special police unit is being formed in the United
Kingdom to target online gambling.
The move by the Police comes as the Emerging Crime Conference in London on March 1 warned that organized criminals are using the Net to set up illegal virtually reality casinos ... (read more)
Norfolk Island To Be Cybergambling Base13 January 1999
Some 1,500 miles off the coast of Eastern Australia is a tiny Island called Norfolk Island. It has a population of around 2,000 people and not much beyond a little tourism (about 25,000 people visit it each year) and the export of Norfolk Island pine seeds as an economic base. History's convolutions and proximity conspired to make this Pacific Ocean dot of 34.6 sq. ... (read more)
Another "Big Boy" May Join the Fray11 January 1999
First, Hilton's 20% ownership interest in Australia's Jupiter Casino (and that company's purchase of the Centrebet online sportsbook) put Hilton in the online gaming biz. Now, US-based Harrah's Entertainment group may soon be on the internet, according to press reports from Australia. Harrah's is now the ... (read more)
First For European State Lottery28 December 1998
In a first for the established European state lotteries, the Austrian Lotteries (Osterreichische Lotterien GesmbH), have commenced live cash gaming on the Internet using a software package from a new lottery technology supplier, Access Systems of Sydney Australia. (Now, don't get this confused...the lottery ... (read more)
Net Credit Card Credibility Boosted22 December 1998
It seems that the credit card industry has woken up to the fact that the Internet will make them squillions. Short of some major breakthrough acceptable to the masses, the only practical way to transfer funds online is by credit card.
There are some concepts floating around that the technically minded can use. ... (read more)
MSN CyberCasino?17 December 1998
If press reports in the Australian newspaper December 16,1998 are anything to go by, perhaps Bill Gates may be indirectly getting into the cyber casino business.
The move into cyber gambling may come as a result of the wheeling and dealing to take over Melbourne's Crown Casino by Australian media baron ... (read more)
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