US Tidbit -- The Nevada Gaming Board said yesterday that gross winnings for the state's casinos in February increased only 0.45 percent compared to February of 2002. According to the Las Vegas Sun, the increase is the smallest the state has experienced in the last seven months. Gov. Kenny Guinn said current events could be to blame. "With the start of the war in Iraq and the uncertainty as to its length, I am very concerned on how much additional pressure this will put on our fragile tourist-based economy," he said.
Data Hub -- The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority recently completed a study of pop-up advertisements and found that only 1 percent of the pop-ups violate the standards of the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion. The group says that among the ads that were questionable were ads for betting and gambling Web sites because they could appeal to underage Web users.