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Kevin Smith Gaming Guru - Page 14I-Lottery Update - October 20046 October 2004
Swiss Lottery Joins EuroMillions
The two companies operating the lottery in Switzerland, Loterie Romande and Swisslos, announced last week plans to join the multi-national EuroMillions lottery.
The decision, which company officials said was made in order to maintain market share, allows Swiss residents to be a part of the first EuroMillions draw slated for Oct. ... (read more)
Brazilian Lotto Going Mobile, Others to Follow5 October 2004
Hoping to tap into a market with 50 million mobile handsets, officials with UK-based ROK Corporation announced a new joint venture last week with Fingerprint, a Brazilian-based lottery ticket and game product provider.
ROK -- a creator, licensor and distributor of mobile phone content -- said the agreement ... (read more)
Q & A: Stuart Doyle, WWTS1 October 2004
After nine months of turbulence, new management at World Wide Telesports (WWTS) and its parent company, Betcorp, is trying to return things to normalcy.
Two weeks ago Betcorp announced the restructuring of its board of directors as part of a larger plan to refocus its energy on its core business, WWTS. ... (read more)
The Golden Palace of Skills29 September 2004
Golden Palace, one of the Internet's oldest casinos, is entering the skill games space. The company announced last week that it will offer pay-to-play games of skill developed by SkillJam Technologies Corporation. The two companies had been in negotiations for five months.
The new suite of games ... (read more)
US Legal Battle over Advertising Resumes with Missouri Settlement27 September 2004
A St. Louis-based media company has agreed to pay more than $158,000 to escape criminal charges for airing advertisements for online gambling sites. The charges, brought by James G. Martin, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, allege that Missouri Sports Radio LLC was aiding and abetting criminal activity by airing such adds. ... (read more)
Industry Dodges Latest Oxley Prohibition Attempt24 September 2004
Just as it appeared the noose was tightening around the neck of the online gaming industry a reprieve was granted in Washington as Congress appears to be backing off the idea of adding a prohibition bill to larger 9/11 anti-terrorism legislation.
Earlier this week Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, tried to add on H.R. ... (read more)
Poker's Leading Operators Spread Their Wings21 September 2004
The U.S. Department of Justice's crackdown on Internet gambling advertising doesn't appear to be slowing the world's top online poker rooms.
PokerStars.com, the site that sponsored the last two World Series of Poker champions, announced last week that it's gearing up for an intense TV campaign scheduled ... (read more)
Oxley to Piggyback Funding Prohibition Bill on Anti-Terrorism Legislation21 September 2004
An ongoing concern among those who oppose legislation to prohibit Internet gambling in the United States is the passage of such policy as a measure attached to a larger, unrelated bill. That fear could be realized if Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, has his way.
Oxley, chairman of the House ... (read more)
Well Done? Betfair Doesn't Think So20 September 2004
In what could be the most telling sign of how far the betting exchange industry has come over the last two years, a software application rolled out last week gives professional traders and developers access to data from the world's largest betting exchange, Betfair.com.
"Not only is live ... (read more)
Q & A: Steve Lipscomb, the World Poker Tour16 September 2004
About the only person not surprised by the meteoric rise of the World Poker Tour over the last two years has been the man right in the middle of it--its founder and CEO, Steve Lipscomb.
In 2001 the acclaimed film producer and director started shopping around his idea to televise a poker league. ... (read more)
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