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Kevin Smith Gaming Guru - Page 4European Bookmakers Prevail in IP Cases14 July 2005
Verdicts reached this week in two separate court cases involving intellectual property rights have given European bookmakers cause to celebrate.
In the bigger of the two cases, the British Horseracing Board lost in its battle to require bookmakers to pay a fee to use racing data. The board took U.K. ... (read more)
World Poker Tour Dismisses Brunson Offer11 July 2005
It might or might not have been the biggest bluff in professional poker player Doyle Brunson's long and storied career, but even if he was serious about leading a group of investors to purchase WPT Enterprises, the offer appears to be dead.
The offer sheet, which details a $700 million bid for the company and its assets, expires Tuesday and includes a clause for a one-week extension. ... (read more)
E-Commerce Survey Could Benefit I-Gaming Industry8 July 2005
A web-based survey underwritten by the Interactive Gaming Council could shed light into online consumers confidence, or lack there of, in dealing with e-commerce and could even lead to a standard code of practice for player disputes for Web-based gambling operators.
The survey, which will go live on Monday July 11, is the work of University of Sydney School of Business professor Dr. ... (read more)
CAFTA's Impact on I-Gaming Debated7 July 2005
Free trade advocates and interactive gaming insiders are hoping that a purposed bill making its way through the U.S. Congress could open the doors to the U.S. market for online casino and sports book operators.
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement after a vote or 54-45. ... (read more)
I-Lottery Update - July 20056 July 2005
Finnish Lottery Introduces Age Limits to Games
Veikkaus, the Finnish National Lottery, announced last week that it will introduce age limits to all its games by September of this year.
The general age limit for buying Veikkaus' games will be 15 years, while the age limit for playing via the Internet, will be 18 years. ... (read more)
Poker Bot Debate Heats Up As Tourney Nears5 July 2005
Organizers of a new poker tournament are hoping that some of the leading computer programmers from around the world will be able to match up against the top professional players and create a buzz similar to the one created in 1997 when the Chess world was turned upside down when a computer defeated its top ... (read more)
WPT Takes the Internet Poker Stage30 June 2005
The World Poker Tour is trying something that has yet to be achieved in the I-gaming industry.
WPT Enterprises Inc., the parent company behind the widely successful World Poker Tour television series, has launched an online poker room, but there's a catch: The site does not and will not take play from customers based in the United States, where the WPT brand is strongest. ... (read more)
Talking Cross-Border Issues at GIGSE29 June 2005
Whether some nations in the European Union can continue to ban cross-border remote gambling remains a hot-button issue in the I-gaming industry. A panel of attorneys discussed the issue at the Global Interactive Gaming Summit (GIGSE) and Expo in Montreal, and most agreed there's a strong possibility that a free market will emerge. ... (read more)
Industry Drawing Attention From Institutional Investors24 June 2005
With the world's largest online poker room, Party Poker, prepared to float publicly on the London Stock Exchange next week the interactive gaming industry has gotten a lot of attention from the investment world lately.
Some are speculating that the Party Gaming float will spur others to list their company on stock exchanges throughout the world. ... (read more)
Betfair Helps Expose Betting Ring23 June 2005
Officials with Betfair, the world's leading betting exchange, released a statement on Wednesday confriming it played a key role in uncovering a possible betting ring.
Betfair said that an ongoing investigation looked at the betting habits and patterns of a handful of accounts on the site since January after ... (read more)
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