Steven Philippsohn Article Archive

Steven Philippsohn has contributed three articles published on the iGaming News site.

The Gaming Review Report – On-Line Gambling (13 August 2001)
For those time-challenged readers that can't make it through the hefty Gaming Review Report just put out in Britain, help has arrived. Here's a brief synopsis of what's contained in the report relating to the online gaming industry.

Internet Gambling - The Risk of Fraud and how to Deal with It (24 March 2000)
A craze is sweeping the world for investment in dot.coms. People are recognising the vast potential that the Internet offers for business. The betting gaming and lottery industries are no different. Indeed, it is expected that Richard Branson and Bill Gates are to team up together to bid to run the UK's National Lottery with the prospect of utilising the Internet in the process. However, the Internet has also heralded a bonanza for fraudsters and both gamblers and reputable organisations looking to promote their services through the Internet should be wary.

Landmark European Cases on Internet Gaming (24 February 2000)
Given the global nature of the Internet, the case law of most significance has been that which deals with the inevitable questions of jurisdiction. In Europe, there is not only the question of the competing laws of nation states but also the interaction between the law of individual states and European Union Law.