Names and Faces -- The Las Vegas law firm Snell and Wilmer is planning a gaming practice with the help of two lawyers, Lou Dorn and Brad Kerby. Dorn is a former chief of the securities division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and a former deputy attorney general for the Nevada Attorney General's Office. Kerby is the former vice president and corporate counsel and secretary of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Snell and Wilmer has more than 350 lawyers in six cities.
News from Down Under -- The Australian group of racing ministers have released their recommendations relating to person-to-person betting exchanges. The group, which formed in February, is advising that the betting exchanges not be licensed and regulated in Australia and that the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 be expanded to make them illegal.