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Nambling Notes - Nov. 19, 1999
19 November 1999
News is falling from the sky like rain and the editorial department at IGN is running around with buckets collected a tidbits, blips and blurbs for your reading pleasure. Here are a few morsels of industry news to keep that ferocious appetite satisfied. This week, a new Australian gaming company looks to go public, Boss Media offers a sneak peek at its new software, Casino Builders teams with dot com Entertainment and more.»
NetZero Launches New Advertising Weapon
19 November 1999
Trying to get an edge on your competitors? NetZero offers a solution that reinforces a "business is war" ethos. The services are called "Ad Missile" and "Ad Missile Defense Shield" and can deliver your advertisement in a separate window above your competitor's site.»
Cyberoad.com Completes $2.27 Million Private Placement
19 November 1999
Cyberoad.com Corporation issued 648,859 shares of common stock in an offshore offering for $3.50 per share, raising $2.27 million. Proceeds from the financing will be used primarily to finance day-to-day operations, upgrade existing software, develop new product software systems, marketing and third-party licensing and other corporate development and investor relations purposes.»
Kyl Bill Passes With A Tiny Voice Vote, Tenacity Pays Off for the Senator
19 November 1999
Senator Jon Kyl has doggedly pursued passage of the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, which bears his name, for over three years. With the clock running out on this year's Congressional session, he was successful for the second time in two years in getting the bill passed in the Senate.»
Money Tree Survey Suggests Venture Capitalism is Booming
18 November 1999
Looking for investors? A quarterly study of equity investments by venture capitalists in emerging US private companies is available on the PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey. The survey discusses entrepreneurial developments and identifies promising industry segments. »
Racingo: Horseracing/Bingo/Lottery Mixed Up and Heading for Australia
18 November 1999
Marrying bingo with the outcome of horseracing and paying out lottery-sized prizes is the premise of PlayandWin Inc.'s product, Racingo, and the company is aiming for an online presence sometime in February 2000, according to Stewart Garner, president of PlayandWin, Inc. "We developed Racingo as a tool for racetracks to fight back against the lottery," said Garner. »
Cease & Desist Letters to Florida Media
18 November 1999
Some sites will find it hard to place advertising in Florida. Gary Betz, a member of the Florida Attorney General's office headed by Bob Butterworth (longtime gambling foe), has contacted a number of Florida publications and media warning them to cease and desist accepting advertisements from offshore gaming sites or face potential criminal and civil litigation.»
Sample Cease & Desist Letter to Florida Media
18 November 1999
Some sites will find it hard to place advertising in Florida. Gary Betz, a member of the Florida Attorney General's office headed by Bob Butterworth (longtime gambling foe), has contacted a number of Florida publications and media warning them to cease and desist accepting advertisements from offshore gaming sites or face potential criminal and civil litigation.»
Florida AG Warns Media To Drop Offshore Gambling Sites Advertisements
18 November 1999
Some sites will find it hard to place advertising in Florida. Gary Betz, a member of the Florida Attorney General's office headed by Bob Butterworth (longtime gambling foe), has contacted a number of Florida publications and media warning them to cease and desist accepting advertisements from offshore gaming sites or face potential criminal and civil litigation. He also contends that their ongoing investigation shows the likelihood of ties between gambling sites and organized crimes.»
dot com Upgrades Bingo Software
17 November 1999
dot com Entertainment Group Inc., makers of CyberBingo software, has announced several improvements in the operation and functionality of its bingo technology and related information systems.»
CPEX Develops Standards for Online Profiling
17 November 1999
Several rival online marketing companies have formed a symposium, called Customer Profile Exchange (CPEX), to create a standard for the creation, storage and exchanging of data about Web users. Lately, a lot of attention has been focused on companies developing online profiles of web surfers. In fact, privacy and consumer groups recently asked the Federal Trade Commission to halt online profiling. Many such marketers, on the other hand, consider it "personalization" and created CPEX as a way for companies to join forces while utilizing customer profiles built from information garnered from various sources.»
Australia's Next Generation Enters the Scene
17 November 1999
A pair of long-time Australian gaming execs, Tony McAuslan and Mario Castellari, unveiled plans this week for what they're calling the world's first game design studio to be independent of any one gaming machine manufacturer, online systems provider or online casino operator.»
eLottery Inks Deal with Idaho State Lottery
16 November 1999
Online lottery solutions provider eLottery continues to strategically position itself soundly for the anticipated passing of federal law in the U.S. which will allow states to sell lottery tickets over the Internet. It's latest move, announced Monday, is a deal to develop an online "Players Club" program for the Idaho State Lottery.»
SET Protocols Wait in the Wings for Wider Adoption
16 November 1999
Accepting a customer's credit card online can be a risky proposition. You don't know the person at the other end of the e-connection, so you don't know whether the card is really theirs to use. Visa and MasterCard have been pushing a solution to this problem for years. It's called Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol and it was first offered in 1997.»
Bingo.com to Integrate Services from InfoSpace.com
16 November 1999
Bingo.com, the city planner of an online bingo community months in the works, announced today its latest building block for achieving a virtual bingo utopia: a partnership with InfoSpace.com.»
Security Issues Continue to Surface
15 November 1999
Members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an international group of network designers, operators, vendors and researchers who develop standards for the Internet, decided during a meeting last week not to make the snooping efforts of US law enforcement officials any easier than they already are. »
A Good Press Release Generates Better Buzz
15 November 1999
IGN's Vicky Nolan has written a three part series of articles on the important roll public relations plays in operating an online business, particularly an online gambling business. Part 2, "A Good Press Release Generates Better Buzz," explains what makes an effective press release and how to get the word out about your company.»
Online Gambling Opportunities in Belize
15 November 1999
The latest edition of the IGN Desktop Conference series features an interview with Shawn Brady, owner of Windnsea Gaming Services in Belize. Windnsea Gaming Services recently and DataPro International, the company that handles all Export Processing Zone business in that country, are offering a turnkey solution for the online gambling industry that includes communications, physical offices, Business Compliance Package (a one-time fee of $30,000), Internet business incorporation, gaming software, consultation, credit card processing, banking, marketing, lodging (short and long-term), in-country transportation, staffing services and full-service gaming site management (including technical customer support and financial services).

IGN subscribers and non-subscribers who purchase the conference for $20 can get all of their questions about Belize answered by going one-on-one with Brady in an online chat room on Friday, November 19 at 11 a.m. (EST). In order to participate in the chat session, you must reserve your spot by noon on Thursday.

Click here to learn more about opportunities in Belize. »

Horse Racing Enters the New Millennium At Full Gallop
12 November 1999
While horse racing has long been popular, it hasn't always translated well to television and the Internet. In fact, the Australian Financial Review once compared televised horse racing to watching a herd of stampeding squirrels. Things are about to change, however. »
Nambling Notes - Nov. 12, 1999
12 November 1999
News is falling from the sky like rain and the editorial department at IGN is running around with buckets collected a tidbits, blips and blurbs for your reading pleasure. Here are a few morsels of industry news to keep that ferocious appetite satisfied. This week: a policy change in Belize, a progress report from Starnet, Two cents from Queensland, new casinos by Boss Media and more.»
Reports on E-Commerce Trends Available
12 November 1999
The Industry Standard and consumer research firm Oddysey have developed 12 executive summary reports on e-commerce trends.»
You Bet... Unless, of course, You're in California
11 November 1999
Youbet.com announced today it is voluntarily suspending the reception and transmission of wagering information from California residents and is accelerating its implementation of a new data center outside the state of California.»
UK Offshore Crackdown Continues
11 November 1999
A loophole in U.K. law which allows offshore operators to advertise their odds and products on Teletext will be closed in an effort to save the government millions of pounds in lost revenue.»
WWWager and Gaming Consultants Reports to the Productivity Commission
11 November 1999
IGN continues its coverage of the Australian Productivity Commission's tireless effort to learn everything possible about the effects of gambling on Australians. The following submission, an assessment of e-commerce and online gambling in Australia, was made by Alan Pedley of WWWagering & Gaming on July 30, 1999. »
Auto Part Company Enters Horse Racing Field
11 November 1999
A new horse is on the track. Canadian auto parts giant Magna International is "exploring the development of media sports wagering operations, including telephone account, interactive television, and Internet-based sports wagering," according to Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Graham Orr. »
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