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Canada Mounts Attack on Net Gambling
20 August 1999
Dozens of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers raided the Vancouver office of Starnet Communications today at 5:30 a.m. as part of an 18 month-long illegal betting investigation. The houses of six company directors and officers were raided as well.»
TRN Launches in Canada
20 August 1999
The Racing Network, partnering with the Ontario Jockey Club, is now fully operational in Canada. Its Woodbine production studios offer Canadians monthly service for $19.99 Canadian, with decoder and dish $499 in Canadian dollars.»
Canadian Authorities Lay Down the Law
20 August 1999
While prohibition has loomed in the U.S. for the past three years, Canadian authorities have had little or nothing to say about Internet gambling. Until now. The following release, regarding the raid of Starnet Communications' offices in Vancouver, British Columbia was issued Friday, Aug. 20 by the Coordinated Law Enforcement Unit.»
Xirtrix Debuts Online Gaming Porta
19 August 1999
Xirtrix Gaming Technologies Inc., an Internet casino software distributor, has introduced the latest addition to the online gaming portal world.»
Starnet Faces Jurisdictional Obstacle
19 August 1999
Starnet Communications has filed a defamation lawsuit against Las Vegas Casino, Inc., but the likelihood of stopping the company from publishing what Starnet considers to be false statements on the Web is slim.»
Tack on Another for IGW
19 August 1999
Interactive Gaming & Wagering N.V. (IGW), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Entertainment Holdings/Equities Inc., announced this week the signing of a licensing agreement with Wall Street Superbook, which will use IGW's Internet and 800 call center software.»
Can Starnet Get Any Respect?
18 August 1999
Amid a tumultuous legal scrap with a former licensee, Starnet Communications has surfaced with another celebrity gem. The company announced today that its licensee and strategic partner, Net-Force Systems Inc., has entered into an agreement with comedian Rodney Dangerfield.»
GGNC to Enter Software Biz
18 August 1999
Online casino operator GIC Global Intertainment Corp. (GGNC) announced today plans to expand its operations to include gaming software development.»
Net Advertising Report Devalues Click Rates
18 August 1999
A report released Monday by AdKnowledge, a Palo Alto, California-based Internet marketing analyst, suggests that online advertisers who concentrate too heavily on click rates are "missing the bigger picture." »
How 'Bout a Kiss from Boss Media?
18 August 1999
Sweden-based gaming software developer Boss Media, announced this week the launching of its ninth online casino, the third of five to go live in 1999. Lady Luck Casino.Com, Inc. is operating the new site, Kiss Casino (www.kisscasino.com), through a licensing agreement with Boss. »
New Federal Y2K Act
17 August 1999
On July 20, President Clinton signed the "Y2K Act." This column will discuss some of the highlights of the Act. (I wish that "lowlights" was a word. It better foreshadows what's to follow.)»
Someone Feels Internet Big
17 August 1999
The future of Internet gambling may be clouded in the U.S., but it apparently is crystal clear to English National Investment Co., which announced it plans to acquire the entire Victor Chandler International Group bookmaking operation.»
Sportingbet.com Launches Race Betting Site
17 August 1999
Horse bettors will soon be able to make tax-free wagers on races all over the world at a new website developed by Sportingbet.com (UK) Plc, the first British company to offer tax-free sports betting online. »
TRN Offers Free Web Preview
16 August 1999
Racing fans looking for a free preview of The Racing Network, the subscription service currently offering up to eight channels of live television coverage of horse and dog racing, can now get a look at two of the network's channels on its Web site, www.trn.com.»
An IGN Q & A: Bryan Frost (Part 2)
16 August 1999
Trans-Global Interactive (TGL), which owns 50 percent of Sydney-based Gaming & Entertainment Technology (GET) Systems, is poised to play a major role in the expansion of online gaming in Australia. GET Systems has designed software for Federal Hotels, which could become the next land-based casino company to bring its operations online. Following is the conclusion of a two-part interview between Interactive Gaming News and Bryan J. Frost, one of the directors at TGL.»
Armed with New Software, Omicron Prepares for Licensing Binge
16 August 1999
With gateways, portals, front doors, backdoors, side doors and trapdoors popping up like weeds, online gambling's presence on the Net has risen to well over 500 domains (and that's a conservative estimate). A rising mass of partnerships, affiliations, affiliated partnerships, licensees, sub-licensees, sub-sub licensees and co-licensees could push that number to around 12 zillion by the end of the year. If you're keeping score, factor Omicron Technologies into the equation and tack on 50 more to the bulging list.»
BingoMania Readies for Expansion
15 August 1999
Change has arrived at BingoMania. The online bingo destination will soon introduce its overhauled homepage, a new payment system and a new site geared toward Latin American and South American players.»
Internet Gaming Regulations for the Northern Territory
15 August 1999
Interactive Gaming News has been collecting various pieces of Internet gaming legislation from Australia for your viewing pleasure. It's not that thrilling reading material that you can't put down--which is good, because computer monitors are heavy--but it will serve as an excellent resource for Internet gaming licensing research. Our latest document is the Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations section of the Northern Territory Gaming Control Act. »
Canadian Lottery Exec Endorses Global Regulation for Online Gambling
13 August 1999
In an interview with International Gaming & Wagering Business magazine (IGWB), Guy Simonis, head of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, intimated that online lotteries are probably the way of the future, but only if there's international regulation.»
Responsible Jewelry
13 August 1999
Participating in the ongoing battle against problem gambling is a necessary task for all gaming-related businesses, and new ways of fighting the beast are constantly on the burner. The latest swipe comes from a couple of Canadian companies and it comes in the form of a bracelet that's meant to keep its wearers away from electronic slot machines and VLTs.»
Norfolk Island Gaming Legislation
13 August 1999
Three legislative acts were passed in Norfolk Island in 1998 to create a framework for regulating Internet gaming in that territory: the Bookmakers Act, the Gaming Act and the Gaming Supervision Act. All three can be viewed in MS Word format at Interactive Gaming News.»
Nothern Territory Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations
13 August 1999
Internet gaming legislation for the Northern Territory of Australia.»
Nothern Territory Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations - Page 2
13 August 1999
Internet gaming legislation for the Northern Territory of Australia.»
Nothern Territory Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations - Page 3
13 August 1999
Internet gaming legislation for the Northern Territory of Australia.»
Nothern Territory Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations - Page 4
13 August 1999
Internet gaming legislation for the Northern Territory of Australia.»