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Nambling Notes - Aug. 29, 2003
29 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Earthlink is hunting spammers again, plus more»
G2E Gears for Its Third Year
29 August 2003
September is only a few days away, and in the gaming industry, that can only mean one thing: It's time to pack your bags for Las Vegas.»
No Rake? Leave it to Dutch
28 August 2003
Dutch Boyd is planning to launch a site that would offer rake-free table poker. By his estimations, that could save professional players up to $80,000 a year.»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 28, 2003
28 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Smarts cards on the rise, Betfair hosts a festival and more.»
Casino Watch - September 2003
27 August 2003
A monthly review of news from the land-based and online casino industries.»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 27, 2003
27 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Researchers observe neural activity of problem gamblers, plus more.»
The Top 10s
26 August 2003
It's the Hitwise Top 10 "Entertainment - Gambling" sites for the week ending Aug. 23. This week:

Australia
1. TABOnline
2. RaceTAB
3. TAB Racing
4. . . .
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Nambling Notes - Aug. 26, 2003
26 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: NDS acquires a French interactive television company, plus more.»
New Opportunities in New Jurisdictions
25 August 2003
The simultaneous launching this month of two online gambling operations--one in Jamaica, the other in Panama--could have long-lasting effects on the interactive gambling industry.»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 25, 2003
25 August 2003
Today in Nambling Notes: VirtGame makes some executive management changes, plus more.»
Pagcor Seeks Payment from Text Messaging Services in Philippines
25 August 2003
Mix about 1 billion text messages a month at a cost of anywhere from 5 to 50 cents each, a pair of telecoms trying to generate as much revenue as possible off their system and a government monopoly that claims jurisdiction over text messaging used for games and it's not surprising tensions are high in the Philippines as companies try to capitalize on text messaging.»
Market Briefs - Aug. 18-22, 2003
25 August 2003
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.»
Weekly Nambling Notes
24 August 2003
A review of news briefs for the week of Aug. 18-23.»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 22, 2003
22 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Ladbrokespoker.com will sponsor the Irish Winter Festival, Betfair launches a marketing campaign on the Net and more.»
betandwin Solidifies Its Presence in Turkey
21 August 2003
Austrian gambling company betandwin announced that it purchased on Monday the www.beteurope.com platform. The site, together with the associated gaming sites www.easybahis.com, www.bahisturk.com, www.sanalcasino.com and www.casinoturk.com, specializes in the Turkish betting market.»
Insights - Casual Bettor Beware?
21 August 2003
Should online bettors be concerned that an onslaught of investigations and prosecutions is imminent or is the Trauman case a fluke?»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 21, 2003
21 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: SportXction is incorporated into Sportingbet, Guardian's poll shows most British citizens gamble, plus more.»
Is That a Lottery in Your Pocket?
20 August 2003
Ten years ago John Bentley thought he had just the next biggest thing for the gaming market. The old adage of being a man ahead of his time rang true, but his pocket-sized lottery product was dusted off, improved and re-circulated in the gaming industry a year-and-a-half ago and the response has been amazing.»
Nambling Notes - Aug. 20, 2003
20 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Cubis and Collapse! join the WorldWinner lineup, poker.com prepares to launch its skill-poker system, plus more.»
On Track - September 2003
20 August 2003
A monthly review of events, business news and other happenings in the racing industry, particularly in the interactive sector.»
Market Briefs - Aug. 11-15, 2003
19 August 2003
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 - Aug. 19, 2003
19 August 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Ladbrokes sues the Finnish government, Alaska's gerbil races are in jeopardy and more.»
Betdaq Goes Wireless
19 August 2003
With an eye on gaining a larger share of the P2P market, Ireland-based Betdaq this month rolled out a wireless platform that enables customers to access and place wagers on the company's betting exchange using mobile devices.»
No Progress for US, Antigua in WTO Dispute
19 August 2003
Meeting in Geneva under the chairmanship of the World Trade Organization's secretariat on Tuesday and Thursday last week, representatives from the United States and the islands of Antigua and Barbuda were unable to agree upon the composition of the dispute panel that will mitigate their argument.»
A Closer Look at the Trauman Complaint
18 August 2003
In the first known case of its kind, an online gambler last week pleaded guilty to charges of violating U.S. state law in relation to his Internet gambling activities. IGN has obtained a copy of the complaint as well as the pertinent chapters of North Dakota's criminal code.»