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Nambling Notes - April 25, 2006
25 April 2006
Today: Two major U.K. brands sign deals with interactive gaming providers, Canadian officials address illegal Internet gambling and more.»
Belgium Considers I-Gaming Regulation
24 April 2006
A new draft law presented to the Belgian Minister of Justice proposes the legalization and regulation of Internet gambling in Belgium through the granting of licenses to nine Belgian casinos.»
Nambling Notes - April 24, 2006
24 April 2006
Today: Bodog takes to the sky and Golden Palace plummets to the ground, plus more.»
A First Glance at the Swiss Institute Report
24 April 2006
After 12 months of research, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law today released the draft report of its "Study of Gambling Services in the Internal Market of the European Union." Considering the report's length (nearly 1,500 pages), a real assessment will require some time for studying and digesting, but at a first glance, a few observations come to mind.»
Eye on Europe - April 22, 2006
22 April 2006
IGN's weekly update covering important gaming developments in European jurisdictions.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
22 April 2006
A review of news briefs for the week of April 17-21.»
Storm Front Developing in Victoria
21 April 2006
Racing Victoria Limited's new "economic contribution policy," followed by the departure of its CEO for Tabcorp, has led to uproar among Australia's betting industry.»
Q & A: Paddy Whur
21 April 2006
British lawyer Paddy Whur chats with IGN about his experience developing new gambling laws for Cyprus.»
Nambling Notes - April 21, 2006
21 April 2006
Today: Sportingbet takes on in-game batting, Ladbrokes takes on backgammon and more.»
Casino Watch - May
20 April 2006
A monthly review of news from the land-based, online casino and poker industries.»
Editorial: Cracks in EL Bulwark
20 April 2006
The well oiled lobbying machine proudly represented 74 organizations across Europe, but now it represents two less.»
Rio Sets Dot-Net Guidelines for WSOP Expo
20 April 2006
Las Vegas' Rio Hotel and Casino has put companies scheduled to exhibit at the upcoming 2nd Annual Gaming Life Expo on notice that promoting Internet gambling services will disqualify them from participating at the event. The venue sent a memo to exhibitors stating that those of them with free-play (dot-net) sites must post disclaimers at the sites explaining that the sites are purely for educational services. Further, the sites must not contain any links to real-money (dot-com) sister sites.»
Nambling Notes - April 20, 2006
20 April 2006
Today: U.K. sports organizations band together to combat cheating, plus more.»
Tapping the Console Gamer Community
19 April 2006
Former gamer Jeff Banton noticed a lot of chatter within the online video gaming community about wanting a safer way to spend hard-earned money in online tournaments.»
Picking up Steam
19 April 2006
Two weeks ago, Rep. Bob Goodlatte brought his online gambling prohibition bill before a Judiciary subcommittee for a hearing, but the big news story was that three of poker's premiere players showed up in Washington D.C. to argue against it.»
Nambling Notes - April 19, 2006
19 April 2006
The U.S. official in charge of doing absolutely nothing in response to WTO requirements could be changing positions, plus more.»
The Top 10s
18 April 2006
Hitwise's Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending April 15. The No. 1 sites:
Australia: PartyPoker.com
Hong Kong: HKJC Football Betting
Singapore: Singapore Pools
United Kingdom: Betfair
United States: PartyPoker.com
View the complete lists.»
Market Briefs - April 10-14, 2006
18 April 2006
IGN's weekly roundup of financial news in the I-gaming industry.»
Seeing Stars - World's No. 2 Online Poker Group Eyes LSE Float
18 April 2006
British newspaper The Sunday Times reports that Isle of Man-based Pokerstars, operator of the world's second most popular online poker room, is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange with an anticipated value of more than US$2 billion (£1.1 billion) before the end of 2006.»
Nambling Notes - April 18, 2006
18 April 2006
Today: Witness the birth of Mahjong's World Cup, plus more.»
Landmark EU Gambling Study to Be Released
17 April 2006
The long-awaited "Study of Gambling Services in the EU Internal Market" will finally see the light of day.»
Nambling Notes - April 17, 2006
17 April 2006
Today: The return of Empire Poker to the PartyGaming network, speculation on the possible decline of the poker boom and more.»
A Scarlet Letter for Your Company
15 April 2006
Today's nightmare. You maintain a database of your customer information on your computer. (Who doesn't?) Your system gets "breached" by a bad guy. You get sued. Ouch.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
15 April 2006
A review of news briefs for the week of April 10-14.»
Eye on Europe - April 14
14 April 2006
IGN's weekly update covering important gaming developments in European jurisdictions.»