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Nambling Notes - May 9, 2005
9 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Betmart shuts down Web site, Trade Exchange Network seeks regulation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and more.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
7 May 2005
A review of news briefs for the week of May 2-6.»
Filtration on the Wireless Horizon
6 May 2005
Wireless gambling downloads will be addressed by new guidelines being drafted by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association.»
Nambling Notes - May 6, 2005
6 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Golden Palace adds another holy relic to its collection, the publishers of Global Gaming Business announce a publication for the poker industry and more.»
Texas Legislature Rejects Internet Lottery Proposa
5 May 2005
Scratch Texas off the list of U.S. states contending to be the first to offer lottery tickets over the Internet.»
Nambling Notes - May 5, 2005
5 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: The American Gaming Association publishes U.S. gambling stats, Gaming VC prepares for poker and more.»
Indiana Prohibits Internet Gambling
4 May 2005
With the signing of Senate Act No. 92 by Gov. Mitch Daniels last week, Indiana became the latest U.S. state to enact a law prohibiting gambling over the Internet. If the government enforces the law, Internet service providers will have to begin blocking access to specific gambling Web sites when ordered by the state's attorney general to do so.»
I-Lottery Update - May 2005
4 May 2005
As one of the world's most popular forms of gambling, lotteries have successfully made the shift to the interactive arena. Once a month, IGN's I-Lottery Update delivers an international roundup of the latest news from this burgeoning sector of the industry.»
Nambling Notes - May 4, 2005
4 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: poker, poker and more poker.»
Market Briefs - April 25-29, 2005
3 May 2005
Dozens of publicly held interactive gaming companies are reporting, acquiring, floating, spinning off, merging, de-listing, rising and falling in stock markets all over the world. Every week IGN wraps the financial happenings of the Net betting biz from the previous week into a nifty little package just for you.»
The Top 10s
3 May 2005
It's the Hitwise Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending April 30. This week:
United Kingdom
1. Casino.co.uk
2. Betfair
3. William Hill
4. Ladbrokes.com
5. RacingPost.co.uk
6. Ntnl. Lottery
7. FindPoker.com
8. JackpotJoy
9. Pacific Poker
10. Party Poker
More lists this way. . . »
Nevada Bill Would Authorize Wireless Gaming at Casinos
3 May 2005
Nevada is once again taking the lead among U.S. states in welcoming the merging of technology and the gambling industry. The state's Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for May 11 to discuss a General Assembly bill that would allow wireless gambling in licensed casinos in the state.»
Defining OPAP
3 May 2005
Sometimes one reads information on this industry without understanding what it's all about.»
Nambling Notes - May 3, 2005
3 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: TradingSports, Gambling.com and Carib Gaming are all being sold, reps from the United States and Antigua plan a meeting and more.»
'Dramatic Developments' on the German Front
2 May 2005
After several months of action in the Dutch courts, the battlefield for the European cross-border gambling war appears to have shifted to Germany, at least for the moment. According to Martin Arendts, a German lawyer specializing in gambling, "Quite dramatic legal developments in Germany are on the way."»
Nambling Notes - May 2, 2005
2 May 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Yahoo! UK & Ireland launches real-money bingo, South Korea apprehends 13,000 citizens for gambling with foreign Internet betting sites, Betfair teams up with TCS John Huxley to offer risk-free betting to land-based casinos and more.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
1 May 2005
A review of news briefs for the week of April 25-29.»
US Law Roundup - May 2005
29 April 2005
Staying on top of interactive gambling bills as they move through the United States' federal and state legislatures no longer entails hours of research, thanks to this monthly update on U.S. state and federal legislation.

New This Month: A prohibitory is nearly law in Indiana and the Illinois and Texas legislatures consider bills that would allow lottery ticket sales over the Internet.»

Casino Watch - May 2005
29 April 2005
A monthly review of news from the land-based, online casino and poker industries.»
Prohibition 2005 - A Sneak Peek at the Kyl Bil
29 April 2005
Like other recent versions of the Kyl bill, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2005 would make it illegal to use credit cards, wire transfers or other "instruments of banking" to fund online gambling transactions. But unlike previous versions, the 2005 bill doesn't define legal and illegal online gambling activity, nor does it contain a carve-out for online horse betting, an activity that has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for states in which it is currently legal.»
Nambling Notes - April 29, 2005
29 April 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Golden Palace has a baby, Eliot Spitzer targets an alleged spyware disseminator and more.»
US States on the Internet Lottery Path
28 April 2005
The sale of lottery tickets over the Internet could become a reality in the United States by the end of the year, as three states are considering the option. The state legislatures in Texas, Illinois and Georgia are considering bills to enable Internet sales, and most lottery insiders feel that it's only a matter of time before one state--and others soon thereafter--breaks through.»
Nambling Notes - April 28, 2005
28 April 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Blue Square experiments with streaming sporting events, TVG and XpressBet begin offering account wagering to Virginia residents, Australia commits $3 million to founding a problem gambling research institute and more.»
Will Betfair Strike Back?
27 April 2005
The next chapter in Betfair's battle to get a betting exchange license in Australia has the British operator going on the offensive.»
German Soccer Organizations Consider Entering Bookmaking Business
27 April 2005
The German Soccer League (DFL) and the German Soccer Association (DFB) are planning to launch soccer betting products at the start of the 2006/07 season. The two organizations will ask members this week to sign off on their proposal to launch their own betting services.»