New Stuff -- WagerWorks is announcing the launch of skybetvegas.com, the online gambling site operated by Bonne Terre Ltd. , which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting. The site is powered by WagerWorks's gambling software, WagerWare. Andrew Pascal, president and CEO of WagerWorks, said the site has already has a warm reception among gamblers. It "supports our claim that consumers are discriminating and would much prefer a quick, engaging and refined experience to the slow and confusing games that are typical of yesterday's products," he said.
Data Hub -- A recent study from the Australian Institute of Criminology and PricewaterhouseCoopers recently finished a study that found that problem gamblers who stole from their employer to support their habit on average pilfered AU $218,000 from their company. The study looked at 183 people convicted of fraud between 1998 and 1999 where the primary motivation for fraud was greed or gambling.
Quoteworthy -- "We obviously don't like it. It's an interesting concept that we're really going to have to research and see whether we're going to allow it to happen in the future." -- Keith Copher, chief of enforcement for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, as quoted by the Associated Press in an article about Chris Moneymaker, who won the World Series of Poker after qualifying through an Internet gambling Web site.