News from the US -- Congress Daily reported today on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's announced Senate agenda and top priorities for the rest of 2003. Legislation to regulate the interactive gambling industry received no mention.
Mobile -- Cantor Index and Cantor Sport have teamed up with O2 to create Cantor Mobile, a fully interactive financial and sports betting and information service. The service offers betting information, stock market information and a Dow Jones news wire, video content, and constantly updated tickers and reports. O2 is giving away a free Xda and subscription to the service to all new and existing Cantor Index and Cantor Sport subscribers.
I-lottos -- New Zealand News today reported that the New Zealand government has abandoned its plans to ban the Lotteries Commission from entering the lucrative online gambling market. Current proposed legislation contains nothing that could stop lotteries from being sold internationally over the Internet. New amendments to the government's Gambling Bill will be discussed in Parliament next week.
A RealTime Change -- Two online casinos, Geisha Lounge and Grand Aces Casino have announced they will begin using RealTime's Gaming software platform on Sept. 10. New players will download the new software, but existing users will be able to continue using the older version. Both systems will run on parallel platforms. Both sites say the change is due to a need to update their casinos.