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Lorien Pilling Gaming Guru - Page 3Hearts and Minds14 May 2008
Mobile gambling. You've no doubt heard -- ad nauseam -- that the sector has yet to fulfill its promise as interactive gambling's Next Big Delivery Channel. While observers have trumpeted technological trouble as the reason behind M-gambling's perceived struggle, Marcus Wareham, chief executive of Mfuse ... (read more)
Consumptive Control?6 May 2008
For those I-gaming operators looking with hope to the Chinese market as a source of future growth, Edmund Ho Hau-wah's recent decision to cap the number of casino gaming licenses does not augur well. While the issuing of casino licenses might appear to have little relevance to online operators, the decision ... (read more)
Isle of Man Looks to 'Update and Simplify' Regulatory Framework28 April 2008
The Isle of Man, one of just three white-listed jurisdictions, has begun a two-month consultation period concerning proposed changes to its online gambling legislation.
A consultation document published by the Isle of Man Treasury this month states that the aim of the proposed Gambling Duties Bill, or ... (read more)
ASA Yanks Intercasino, Paddy Power Ads23 April 2008
Intercasino and Paddy Power have become the first online gambling operators to have had complaints upheld against them for breaching new regulations governing gambling advertising in the United Kingdom, which came into force under the Gambling Act 2005 last September.
The U.K. Advertising Standards ... (read more)
Enter the Commercial Straitjacket17 April 2008
The appointment of Margareta Winberg, a former deputy prime minister of Sweden, as the new chairperson Svenska Spel is the latest intriguing development in the saga of Sweden’s gambling monopoly. But what, if anything, can be interpreted from Ms. Winberg’s appointment with regard to the long-term prospects ... (read more)
AsianLogic Results: First Glimpse of Asia-Facing Operational Realities11 April 2008
The various markets of Asia have been the focus of growing interest within the I-gaming industry over the last 18 months. Until now, however, it has been difficult to gauge what the potential of these markets is because few Asia-facing operators made their financial performance public. The maiden ... (read more)
Sports Betting: From Product to Presentation7 April 2008
Sports betting is no longer about sports betting: Arguably, this would be the overriding conclusion drawn from two days of presentations and discussion at the recent Bet-Markets conference in Vienna.
The case for this point of view was put forward most forcefully by Pavel Moudry, chief executive of Chance, the Czech Republic-based online bookmaker. ... (read more)
Live from Bet-Markets: Day Two1 April 2008
Lawyers and legal issues dominated the second day of the Bet-Markets conference in Vienna. Most of the morning was taken up with a series of round-table discussions hosted by legal experts from different jurisdictions, among them Italy, France and Sweden.
Quirino Mancini, an attorney with Sinisi Ceschini Mancini & Partners, chaired the discussion on Italy. ... (read more)
Live from Bet-Markets: Day One31 March 2008
The Bet-Markets conference is officially underway in Vienna, offering two days of intensive discussion on issues and developments in the sports betting sector. A good number of delegates, however, had already gathered on Sunday night under the guise of "networking" to sample a traditional Austrian bierkeller. ... (read more)
AiG Recap: Future for I-gaming in Asia Still in Question5 March 2008
Back in February 2007 the I-gaming industry was still looking for a new direction after the closure of the US market. At that stage Asia was already being mentioned in some quarters as the region to replace the lost revenues. Twelve months later, the fact that the 2008 Asian I-gaming Congress boasted the ... (read more)
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