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Supreme Court Ruling Leaves SAGE in the Cold
7 March 2005
The 15-member Philippine Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling last week that prevents Sports, Games and Entertainment Corp. (SAGE) from operating online gaming ventures in the country.»
Nambling Notes - March 7, 2005
7 March 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: New interactive gaming services emerge in China and Japan, a survey shows that most Canadians oppose online poker and more.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
5 March 2005
A review of news briefs for the week of Feb. 28 - March 4.»
Betfair Signs First MOU with North American Racing Body
4 March 2005
Betfair and the Maryland-based Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) have signed an agreement that will allow the bureau to monitor activity at the leading betting exchange.»
Nambling Notes - March 4, 2005
4 March 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: NETeller penetrates Asia through the acquisition of a Macau-based company, ukbetting launches poker and signs deal to use content from BBC Sport, Alderney's regulators award a license to the WPT/Wagerworks poker operation and more.»
ESPN Introduces Free-Play Poker Site
3 March 2005
The propulsion of poker into mainstream American culture was affirmed yet again yesterday as cable sports network ESPN announced the launch of several poker-related programs across its list of properties, including ESPN.com, ESPN Wireless, ESPN Books and ESPN Enterprises.»
I-Lottery Update - March 2005
3 March 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 - 3 March 2005
3 March 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Betfair wins more accolades, BetandWin.com teams up with Red Bull WPT Enterprises announces the schedule for the World Poker Tour Season Four and more.»
Market Briefs - Feb 21-25, 2005
2 March 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 Monday IGN wraps the financial happenings of the Net betting biz from the previous week into a nifty little package just for you.»
Nambling Notes - March 2, 2005
2 March 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: iTV race betting in the United States, online gambling approval in Jersey and more.»
New Jersey Senate Considers Regulated I-Gaming
1 March 2005
A hearing held Monday by the New Jersey's Senate Committee on Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation could be a positive step for advocates of regulated Internet gambling.»
The Top 10s
1 March 2005
It's the Hitwise Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending Feb. 26. This week:

United Kingdom
1. Casino.co.uk v
2. Betfair
3. William Hill Sportsbook
4. . . .
»
Nambling Notes - March 1, 2005
1 March 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Two Way TV and Zone4Play launch a fixed-odds betting service accompanied by a broadcast television network, 32Red joins ARGO, legislators in British dependency Jersey consider relaxing gambling laws and more.»
England's New Sports Betting Code of Practice
1 March 2005
The U.K. government is moving forward with a new sports betting code of practice. The document was drafted after officials of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport met with members of Parliament to review the new U.K. Gambling Bill, and comes on the heels of the a highly controversial German betting scandal in which a football referee has been accused of betting on games he was working.»
Mobile Gambling - A Future Money Machine
28 February 2005
Not long after the invention of the telephone in the late 19th century, U.S. punters were betting with bookmakers on the blower--a legal alternative (at the time) to giving cash bets to runners on the street, which was forbidden. So perhaps when the cellular telephone system began nationwide usage in the United States in 1981, Bell Laboratories should have known that the age of mobile betting was just around the corner.»
Nambling Notes - Feb. 28, 2005
28 February 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: A company begins promoting its Poker Robot Collusion product, Philweb and Pagcor begin work on an online cockfighting venture, a British soccer referee is suspended for his connection with a racing syndicate and more.»
Nambling Notes - Feb. 25, 2005
25 February 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Gibraltar to phase out tax exemption by 2010, race inquiry to continue an additional 3 months in Queensland, plus more.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
25 February 2005
A review of news briefs for the week of Feb. 21-28.»
Real Madrid Targets Online Betting Operations
25 February 2005
Officials at one of the world's most well-know football clubs, Real Madrid, on Friday said they would be joining forces with five of their international stars in legal battle aimed at seven leading online betting firms.»
North Dakota Lawmaker Impressed by Industry Response After Schedule Change
24 February 2005
If the interactive gaming industry's response to a sudden schedule change is any indication to its support of a bill that would legalize Internet poker in North Dakota the initiative has the blessing of some of the leading operators and industry representatives.»
Nambling Notes - Feb. 24, 2005
24 February 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: Court order allows UK Jockey Club to obtain punter mobile records to aid its investigation, play-by-play betting goes live on BSkyB, the Isle of Man confirms a zero percent tax rate will apply to I-gaming in April, plus more.»
Casino Watch - March 2005
23 February 2005
A monthly review of news from the land-based, online casino and poker industries.»
Nambling Notes - Feb. 23, 2005
23 February 2005
In today's Nambling Notes: A PartyPoker affiliate embraces body part advertising, Britain's Gambling Bill receives a second reading in the House of Lords, a New Jersey Senate Committee schedules a hearing on Internet gambling, plus more.»
The Top 10s
22 February 2005
It's the Hitwise Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending Feb. 19. This week:

Australia
1. SportsTAB
2. RaceTAB
3. TABOnline
4. . . .
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Market Briefs - Feb 14-18, 2005
22 February 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 Monday IGN wraps the financial happenings of the Net betting biz from the previous week into a nifty little package just for you.»