Lasseters Casino made big news last weekend when it went online as the world's first
government regulated Internet casino when it opened in Alice Springs, in the remote center of Australia. Today comes word from Australian press sources saying that, despite the federal regulations in place in Australia that include betting limits and self-activated bans for compulsive gamblers, the U.S. Justice Department "has confirmed" that Peter Bridge's job as head of
the ground-breaking Australian Internet casino makes him an outlaw in the United States, and that if he visited the US "he could be arrested and jailed for up to two years under current law, and for up to four years" if the Kyl bill is passed. The World's Policeman marches on.
Meanwhile in the U.K., William Hill kept up by announcing that it has chosen the Stratus Computer Continuum fault-tolerant platform to support its revolutionary online betting, which will enable any U.K. non-resident to place bets on any U.K., German or Italian soccer match 24 hours a day, seven days a week, tax free. The announcement also said William Hill is "already looking to expand its online offerings to include American football." Get those cuffs ready, boys.