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Insights - Prospects for England's Gambling Bil
23 April 2004
How much of an effect are the joint scrutiny committee's suggestions likely have on the draft Gambling Bill? What processes remain before the bill can be implemented, and how soon should we expect the bill to become law?»
Nambling Notes - April 23, 2004
23 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: The battle for Tab Ltd. ends with a compromise, online poker sites take their presence to land-based tournaments, BoDog.com hires a new communications director and more.»
More Seals from eCOGRA
22 April 2004
Player safety initiative gathers momentum»
Pointspread.com Back on Board with FoxSports.com
22 April 2004
A dispute over who will supply betting odds to FoxSports.com appears to have been resolved with an agreement through which Fox will continue to provide exposure for five online sports books.»
AusTOTE v. ARB - The Dispute Is Heating Up
22 April 2004
The Australian Racing Board is contemplating legal action against a company that has launched a new TAB based in Norfolk Island, and the rising dispute has spawned a war of words in the Australian press.»
Nambling Notes - April 22, 2004
22 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: eCOGRA awards more seals of approval, Irish betting company Gamesbooker offers players tax-free betting, three European betting companies jointly launch a football pools betting service, plus more.»
On Track - May 2004
21 April 2004
A monthly review of events, business news and other happenings in the racing industry, particularly in the interactive sector.»
Nambling Notes - April 21, 2004
21 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: The French State Lottery puts new games on the Net, "New attheraces" could be running by mid June, a television broadcast operator plans to muscle into the Scandinavian betting scene and more.»
Why Prohibition Won't Work
20 April 2004
Koleman Strumpf has spent the better part of the last two years spreading the message that prohibiting online gambling won't work in the United States.»
The UK Joint Scrutiny Committee - Testimony and Submissions
20 April 2004
Before publishing its report on the draft Gambling Bill, Parliament's Joint Scrutiny Committee asked for all parties with an interest in the bill to submit their views, opinions and concerns of the new model of regulation. For ease and simplicity, IGN has compiled submissions and oral evidence relevant to online gambling.»
The Top 10s
20 April 2004
It's the Hitwise Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending April 17. This week:

United Kingdom
1. Betfair
2. William Hill
3. Ladbrokes.com
4. . . .
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Nambling Notes - April 20, 2004
20 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: Tab's anti-betting exchange ad inspires wrath of Lonhro's jockey, Boss Media and Svenska Spel put popular Swedish betting site on mobile networks, Betfair licenses an operational risk management system, plus more.»
Gambling Law Update - Apri
20 April 2004
Attorney Lawrence G. Walters produces a monthly review of legal and legislative activity related to Internet gambling. April's report covers the U.S./Antigua WTO ruling, the advertising crisis, a progress report from East Asia and more.»
The Premiere of German Pay TV Betting
19 April 2004
Premiere, the German pay TV operator, is planning to launch a special interactive channel that could go on the air in Germany as early as this autumn.»
Market Briefs - April 12-16, 2004
19 April 2004
Several dozen 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 - April 19, 2004
19 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: Extortionists target an online credit card processor, a growing number of women are joining the poker craze, two British rugby players face investigation for allegedly betting their team to lose and more.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
17 April 2004
A review of news briefs for the week of April 11-16.»
Nambling Notes - April 16, 2004
16 April 2004
In today’s Nambling Notes: Sylvester Stallone appears in theaters as an underground poker hustler, former Australian communications minister Richard Alston is named as a candidate for chairman of Telstra, plus more.»
Post-attheraces Days Pretty Good for Betdaq
16 April 2004
The shutting down of atttheraces' TV feed in late March has been hard on a lot of bookmakers, but not all are suffering. The termination may actually be working to the advantage of Irish P2P operator Betdaq, which has seen an increase in turnover in the last two weeks.»
NETeller Floats on the AIM
15 April 2004
Officials from NETeller are pleased with early trading results following the company's float Wednesday on the Alternative Investment Market in London. The IPO was the biggest ever on the AIM, with the company valued at £240 million.»
Nambling Notes - April 15, 2004
15 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: CryptoLogic releases new poker software, the Estonian Olympic Committee launches sports betting online and more.»
Sporting Odds & Ends - April 2004
14 April 2004
News on the latest developments, trends and issues in the sports betting industry.»
Nambling Notes - April 14, 2004
14 April 2004
In today's Nambling Notes: DDoS attacks bring down Centrebet and Betfair, IAS acquires 50 percent of a Gibraltar-based betting company and more.»
From the Editor's Chair - v14
13 April 2004
This week from the Chair: a sprinkling of musings and observations about the advertising crisis, England's epic gambling policy quest, a major milestone for IGN and more.»
PokerRoom.com Receives G4 Accreditation
13 April 2004
Global Gambling Guidance Group last week announced that PokerRoom.com has become the first online gambling service to receive G4 accreditation. The program aims to assure customers that accredited sites maintain responsible gambling practices.»