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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 33Not Quite a Walk in the Park25 January 2002
A new gaming site out of Norway has raised the eyebrows of officials from a Danish amusement park baring the same name.
On Jan. 18, Norwegian Internet gaming operator Norskespill.no launched its new gaming site at www.tivoli.no. The site, which initially offers the card game 21, Wheel of Fortune, and a ... (read more)
OECD to Examine Internet Gambling Taxation25 January 2002
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)* in April 2002 will present a paper on the impact of Internet gambling on consumption tax revenues.
"Working Party No. 9 on Consumptions is indeed discussing the impact of Internet development on gambling taxation," Stéphane Buydens, an administrator at the organization's Center for Tax Policy and Administration, told IGN. ... (read more)
Slovenia's Loterija Slovenija the First to Use MEP24 January 2002
The Slovenia Loterija Slovenija is the first lottery operator using a new technology called MEP--Mobile Entertainment Platform, a multi-channel gaming platform for mobile phones.
According to Willem Hartman, one of the two developers of this technology, his system has many advantages above all other telephone techniques. ... (read more)
Alderney: More Licenses than Requests3 January 2002
In August, island of Alderney had sold three out of a possible nine online bookmaking licenses, to Sportingbet, Surrey Sports and International Sports Betting Ltd. The cash from the licenses provided an extra source of income to the island's economy, which is largely reliant on tourism dollars. At the time, wealth glimmered for every Alderney inhabitant. ... (read more)
Lottomatica Calls De Agostini Bid Hostile18 December 2001
On the day that the famous soccer club Juventus closed a successful IPO and the Italian export grew by 5.2 percent, the president of Lottomatica, Luigi Abete, expressed in a analysts' conference call that international publishing company De Agostini's recent offer for Lottomatica was felt as a hostile takeover bid. ... (read more)
Globelot: Everyone Wins13 December 2001
Less than a month after Novamedia of the Netherlands launched its good-causes lottery from Curaçao, a second European lottery group has launched a charity lottery of its own.
On Tuesday, Globelot Charity Foundation launched "Everyone Wins," an Internet lottery based in Liechtenstein. The lottery is ... (read more)
A Happy Lot11 December 2001
On May 20, 2000, the Dutch sophisticated, rightwing newspaper NRC had a great coup. Novamedia, the Dutch operator of National Postcode Lottery and of The SponsorLottery would start "the biggest good-causes Internet lottery in the world: GoodLot.com."
The competition in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Gaming Control Board and the Dutch politicians did not take this news serious. ... (read more)
Lottomatica Turns down Takeover Bid28 November 2001
The Italian operator of one of the world's biggest lotteries, has turned down a takeover bid by Italian publishing house De Agostini.
On Saturday, De Agostini launched an acquisition offer for 100 percent of the capital in Italy's leading lottery firm, Lottomatica, which has held the state concession for ... (read more)
Scandinavian Gambling Files: Iceland19 November 2001
The "Scandinavian Gambling Files" is a five-part series providing information on the operators, the legislation and the main supporting companies of the North European countries: Norway, Finland (including the autonomous Åland Islands), Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. This is the fifth and last edition to the series. ... (read more)
Dutch Government to Liberalize Gambling Legislation9 November 2001
A parliamentary commission today gave the Dutch government the green light to change its gambling legislation. A new gambling act will be prepared and discussed in Parliament in Spring 2002. Among several changes, Internet gambling will be allowed.
A parliamentary commission today gave the Dutch government the green light to change its gambling legislation. ... (read more)
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