Super Bowel Streaking -- Mark Roberts, the famous GoldenPalace.com-endorsed streaker, made his first North American appearance at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Clad in a tear-away referee uniform, Roberts burst out of the crowd onto the field before the start of the second half of play. He ripped off his clothes--except for a plastic football that covered his genitals--to reveal the words "Super Bowel" on his back and the address of GoldenPalace.com on his both his back and chest. After dashing to midfield and pleasing the crowd with a jig that American reporters described as "resembling the Riverdance," Roberts was eventually brought down by New England Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham and carried off the field by security. Roberts said in a statement posted at his Web site, www.thestreaker.org.uk, that he'll try to run the American talk show circuit when he gets out of jail.
Australian Stats -- A survey from online research company Hitwise shows that 40 percent of Australians that gamble on the Internet do so with an offshore operator, even though legally Australians can only bet with certain lottery and sports betting sites. The average Australian gambler visits a gaming site for about 11 minutes, although at some sites punters typically play for over two hours. Nine of the 10 sites that retain Australian gamblers for the longest period of time are located oversees. The Australian Broadcasting Authority, which handles complaints about illegal online gambling, has received 26 complaints and completed 20 investigations concerning I-gaming, but has identified only 11 illegal Web sites that ISPs should filter, even though Internet users are not required use the filters.
Korea -- Within one week the South Korean government intends to block its citizens from accessing two more North Korean I-gaming sites, www.mybaduk.com and www.kdlotto.com, after having blocked access to www.jupae.com last week. All three of the sites are managed by North Korea Lottery, a joint venture between North Korea and South Korean software developer Hoonnet. The South Korean government, which has already canceled the inter-Korean business license of Hoonnet, is blocking the sites because gambling is illegal in South Korea. Meanwhile North Korea Lottery said, "If anyone tries to prohibit netizens from logging onto our site, we will counter that move with our technology." The state-run company has backed up its promise by uploading a program called "ProxyIE" that allow South Korean users to circumvent the ban and access its three gambling sites for free.