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Island Lottery Allowed to Offer I-Gaming Services to Finns
1 May 2003
A Finnish Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Aland Islands online gaming Alands Penningautomatforening, or PAF, operation could continue to offer its services to Finnish customers.»
Sportingbet on the Block?
1 May 2003
Rumors are swirling about the future of Sportingbet.com after the company put out a required share-price announcement to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.»
GIGSE Update - May 1
1 May 2003
It's happening! With time of the essence, the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo has been rescheduled for June 17-19 at the Palais des Congres in Montreal.»
Nambling Notes - May 1, 2003
1 May 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: The Crime Subcommittee will mark-up Leach's I-gaming bill next week and much more.»
Editorial: The Truth about the Leach Bil
30 April 2003
Why does everyone seem to be painting the Leach bill as prohibitionist?»
Betfair.com to Continue Taking Bets in Australia
30 April 2003
Betfair.com, the world's largest person-to-person betting exchange, is ready and willing to fight for its commercial right to do business in Australia, despite some harsh words and heavy threats from regulators and industry insiders Down Under.»
Nambling Notes - April 30, 2003
30 April 2003
In today's Nambling Notes - More on yesterday's hearing on Internet gambling.»
SureFire Expands Credit Card Acquiring Business
30 April 2003
SureFire Commerce announces a major expansion into the American credit card acquiring market, an industry with estimated annual processing volume of over US$1.2 trillion.»
Communique from The River City Group
29 April 2003
The Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo, originally scheduled for May 20-22 in Toronto has been postponed and moved.»
Nambling Notes - April 29, 2003
29 April 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: betinternet.com buys Oddsalive and more.»
Sportingbet Appeals Ruling, Tries to Recoup $2.7 Million
29 April 2003
U.K.-based I-gaming operator Sportingbet is appealing a court ruling in Australia requiring the company to repay $2.68 million won from a punter gambling with money stolen from his employer.»
River City Group Moves GIGSE '03 to Montreal
29 April 2003
The Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo, originally scheduled for May 20-22 in Toronto has been postponed and moved.»
House Subcommittee Examines Conyers, Leach Bills
29 April 2003
A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing today and heard testimony on two very different ways for the U.S. to deal with Internet gambling.»
Nambling Notes - April 28, 2003
28 April 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: BetWWTS.com opens a land-based casino and much more.»
I-Gaming Group Pitches Regulation to Michigan Governor
28 April 2003
Peak Entertainment, an Internet casino operators and provider of online gaming software, is taking a proactive approach toward regulating online gaming in the United States.»
Market Briefs (April 21-25, 2003)
28 April 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
27 April 2003
A review of news briefs for the week of April 21-25.»
The Name Game
25 April 2003
The major obstacle to any Internet gambling operation is not the law or even the costs of doing business. It is getting customers. Add to this the limited number of ".com" and ".net" names available, and it is easy to see why there have been more lawsuits over brand names than over any other issue connected with online casinos.»
US Law Roundup - April 2003
25 April 2003
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. April was a relatively quiet month for I-gaming in the halls of America's state legislatures and federal legislature. Several states continue to consider bills to halt the activity, and Congress faces a showdown between Leach's prohibition bill and Conyers' commission bill.»
BetandWin Reports Increased Losses
25 April 2003
Austrian sports betting group BetandWin this week released its annual financial report for 2002 and in doing so broke the news to shareholders that its net loss rose from EU12.9 million to EU13.4 million and its negative EBIT could be reduced from EU13.4 to EU11.2 million.»
Nambling Notes - April 25, 2003
25 April 2003
In today's Notes: Another lawsuit for PayPal.»
Denmark's New 'Games, Lotteries and Betting Act'
24 April 2003
In 1998 the Danish Ministery for Taxation announced plans to shake up Denmark's national gambling legislation. The plans culminated with the passing of the new "Games, Lotteries and Betting Act" on March 25, 2003.»
Nambling Notes - April 24, 2003
24 April 2003
In today's Nambling Notes: Australia's call for submissions on I-gaming ends and more.»
Opposing I-gaming Bills to Be Heard Next Week in US Congress
24 April 2003
Next week has the potential to be a big week in the history of I-gaming legislation as two competing bills take center stage in a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee.»
Latest SARS Update
23 April 2003
The River City Group is aware that on April 23, the World Health Organization issued a travel advisory against travel to Toronto. They stated that this advisory would be reevaluated in three weeks time. This will now obviously affect the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo which is scheduled for May 20-22.»