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Market Briefs (March 4-8)
11 March 2002
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.»
Protect Your Licence - International Regulatory Issues
11 March 2002
Last month we considered a 10,000-foot view of the key ingredients for a "world's best practice" regulatory model for interactive gambling. However, the focus was national. This month we briefly look at some international issues that may impact the direction for the regulation of interactive gambling.»
Nambling Notes - March 8, 2002
8 March 2002
This week in Nambling Notes: Rank and Sportal relaunch online gaming sites, Las Vegas throws plans to attach its name to an online betting site back in the ditch, a U.S. House subcommittee plans to mark up the Goodlatte bill on Tuesday and much more.»
Editorial: Family Feud Down Under
7 March 2002
So much for the Australian "Good Neighbor" policy. The simmering family feud between the states and territories in Australia has denigrated into public name-calling and threats of draconian sanctions. Realistically, all-out war is not far off.»
Enron and Data Destruction
7 March 2002
Enron. Document shredding. File deletion. Arthur Andersen. Not even J.R. Ewing could concoct what these boys did. Now, we talk about the Big Five accounting firms. Soon, it may be four.»
Q & A: Mike Aymong, World Gaming
7 March 2002
Mike Aymong is chief executive officer of World Gaming, which despite being one of the industry's largest software providers, was not profitable until recently. Last month the company posted results from its first profitable quarter, which consisted of the three months leading up to Dec. 31, 2001. IGN spoke with Aymong this week to find out how World Gaming achieved this success and where it plans to go from here.»
Golden Palace Opens the Flood Gates
7 March 2002
Joe Lear's cellular phone hasn't stopped ringing since Sunday, and he expects the pace to pick up even further.»
Camelot to Offer Internet Sales of Lotto Tickets
6 March 2002
GTECH and Camelot are teaming up to put the United Kingdom's National Lottery online.»
I-Lottery Update - March 2002
6 March 2002
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.»
The IGN Data Hub - March 6, 2002
6 March 2002
In our zealous attempt to provide relief for potential information overload, we've condensed several industry-related surveys and research findings into a more digestible form for your reading pleasure.»
Rank Seeks Online Success a la the Tortoise Approach
6 March 2002
After a soft launch in November Rank Interactive Gaming Ltd. has officially embarked upon its first venture in the online gaming world.»
Want Your Online Gaming Venture to Prosper? Put 'Trust' in It to Grow
5 March 2002
Research data on Internet customers in general and on Net gamblers in particular suggest that trust is the most important criterion driving online shopping.»
Big Fish Are Biting on LiveBet
5 March 2002
Less than two years after its inception a South African online sports betting software supplier is slowly but surely cementing key relationships halfway around the world.»
The Next Stage of the Skills Game?
5 March 2002
If CYOP Systems International has its way, pay-for-play skill-based games won't just be a niche product for online gambling sites--they'll be everyday features of sites ranging from celebrity URLs to radio station homepages.»
Boss Media to Power Sportingbet Casino
5 March 2002
Boss Media announced a deal with Sportingbet.com plc today that will provide Sportingbet with an online casino in Cantonese and Mandarin in time for the World Cup.»
A Lot of Bang for Golden Palace's Advertising Buck
4 March 2002
What started out as a plot to get some TV exposure for an online casino is starting to snowball into mainstream sports media coverage.»
Market Briefs (Feb. 25-March 1)
4 March 2002
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.»
Australian Racing Interests Prepare for Battle
4 March 2002
According to a spokesman with the Minister of Gaming and Racing in New South Wales, Australia, a Monday meeting of racing interests in the territory was a huge success.»
Nambling Notes - March 1, 2002
1 March 2002
In this week's Nambling Notes: Sportingbet buys Australian bookmaker Michael Sullivan's customer base, Finland updates the online version of its national lottery, Scientific Games buys MDI Entertainment and much more.»
A Responsible Component Amid the Deregulation Movement
1 March 2002
England's Department for Culture Media and Sport's commissioned the Budd report last year, which concluded that the British government should try to deregulate the gaming industry in order to compete with offshore jurisdictions. A large part of that deregulation could include the eventual licensing of online casinos out of the U.K. mainland, but not until the government is assured that the proper checks and balances are in place for consumers. Enter GamCare.»
Face: British Invasion Down Under Will Have 'Dire Consequences'
1 March 2002
New South Wales is proving the adage that attacks from outsiders are the best thing to get bickering neighbors to agree on things.»
German Online Casino Awaits OK from State Government
28 February 2002
Spielbank Hamburg, a land-based casino operator in Hamburg, Germany, will soon venture into the Internet gambling business through the launch of a unique new online casino.»
New Anti-Terrorism Law
28 February 2002
In many ways, our cherished Bill of Rights, which limits government power, is about protecting us from abuses by our own government. In wartime, we have a history of giving our government more power when foreign threats loom larger than the threat of abuse from our own government. We're there again.»
Q & A: Pierre Gagnon, OddsON
28 February 2002
The woes experienced by the interactive gambling industry in the last year haven't stopped software supplier OddsON Inc. from experiencing success.»
A Ringer for Chartwel
28 February 2002
Horseshoe Gaming is the latest American land-based casino operator to dip its toe in the Internet gambling market by way of a play-for-fun gaming Web site.»
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