Re-Launch -- Under new management, Privilege Casino has re-launched with gaming software powered by Byworth Investments. The casino previously used software from Boss Media. Netherlands Antilles-based Bingo Entertainment now manages and markets Privilege Casino.
Casinos on CNN -- Cable financial news network CNNfn on June 8 broadcast a report providing elementary information on how to sign up and play with an online casino. The segment targeted a consumer audience with limited or no awareness of online casinos. Casino Fortune and its software were used in a presentation, and Kevin Mercuri of Casino Fortune provided brief comments about online casino gambling.
Idle Accounts -- Tabcorp has expressed plans to penalize TAB's telephone betting account holders whose accounts remain idle for six months with a $5 fee, but Victoria's Premier, Steve Bracks, worries that the fee would hurt casual punters. "I'll get some more details on this before we have discussions with them" Bracks said, "but obviously we want an overall message out there that we're not anti-gambling, we're anti-people who have a problem with gambling and that's the clear distinction we make as a government."
Dealing -- Internet gaming solutions provider WagerWorks and wireless technology company Phantom Fiber have signed an agreement whereby the two companies will work together to create a mobile gaming solution that utilizes WagerWorks' games and platform with Phantom Fiber's wireless framework. Together the companies will offer Java-enabled mobile devices to access fast, media-rich gaming for real-money or free play.
Farewell -- Tony Hartnell has retired as chairman of Racing NSW due to ill health. Hartnell began serving as chairman in June 2000 and was re-elected for another four-year term in February 2004. He was instrumental in handling the UNiTAB and Tabcorp's merger proposals for New South Wales-based Tab Ltd.