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Mark Balestra Gaming Guru - Page 3Interactive Gambling - 2006 and Beyond30 January 2007
Top Stories of 2006
U.S. prohibitionists get the job done.
The industry feels the impact of prohibition.
The European Commission questions member states' gambling policies.
I-gaming executives are jailed for their companies' actions.
Gambling is left out of the EU Services Directive.
The ... (read more)
Tew: Much Attrition - IGN's Take1 December 2006
Industry analyst Michael Tew probably went a little overboard with his doomsday projections for global I-gaming revenues.
He recently scaled back his numbers to estimate that this will be a $5.5 billion industry in 2010 rather than a $15 billion industry as he originally projected.
No one in his right ... (read more)
Identity Crisis - Skill Games Industry Searches for Itself17 November 2006
It's prosperous, it's exciting, it's innovative, it's growing . . . but what the heck is it?
It has been lumped with the console gaming craze (at the behest of console gaming biz). It has been nudged in the direction of soft gaming (gambling's version of "soft porn" . . . or the "soft drink," I guess). ... (read more)
Editorial: The Mighty Gap23 October 2006
While the fifth annual European I-Gaming Congress & Expo was an overall success, the conference portion of the event ended on a bit of a sour note, with a panel of I-gaming CEOs failing to see eye-to-eye on how to deal with the new U.S. ban.
An overriding theme throughout the discussion, which featured ... (read more)
The First Dance - An Account of Four Days in Macau20 March 2006
For the I-Gaming industry, this is the age of discovery in Asia, and a recent visit to the Far East painted a clearer picture in my mind as to the state of the industry's progress in these markets.
Par for the course, River City Group, publisher of IGN, held its fourth annual Pacific Congress on I-Gaming (PCIG) last month in Macau. ... (read more)
Interactive Gambling - 2005 and Beyond13 January 2006
Top Stories of 2005
I-Gaming takes the London Stock Exchange by storm.
European gaming interests battle over the preservation of state monopolies
Consolidation in the I-gaming space has finally arrived.
Slowly, the United Kingdom modernizes its gambling laws.
Tasmania legalizes betting exchanges
The World Trade Organization upholds its ruling that U.S. ... (read more)
A Glance at 200613 January 2006
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A Look Back at 2005
The Best
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Top
Stories of 2005
Which way will the AIM go?
The herd of I-gaming companies rushing to float on the LSE Alternative Investments Market thinned considerably following PartyGaming's infamous Dooms Day report in September, but many in the industry still believe that IPOs are the way to go. ... (read more)
The Best and Worst of 200513 January 2006
See Also:
A Look Back at 2005
Top Stories of 2005
A Glance at 2006
For those of you who can't get enough when it comes to doling out awards to I-gaming businesses for an assortment of accomplishments ranging from monumental to marginally significant, I'm sorry to say I have nothing to offer. ... (read more)
Top Stories of 200513 January 2006
See Also:
A Look Back at 2005
The Best
and Worst of 2005
A Glance at 2006
I-Gaming takes the London Stock Exchange by storm.
European gaming interests battle over the preservation of state monopolies
Consolidation in the I-gaming space has finally arrived.
Slowly, the ... (read more)
Now What?5 October 2005
As the sky over the London Stock Exchange continued to fall in the wake of Partygaming's ominous interim report, members of the U.S. investment community came together at the Harvard Club in New York City last week to learn about the true dynamics of the I-gaming market. If ever there was a need for an ... (read more)
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