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Council on Compulsive Gambling Offers Strategies
3 December 1998
Kevin O'Neill, Deputy Director of the New Jersey Council on Compulsive Gambling, has been working hard to adapt the proven strategies used for working with compulsive gamblers to those who may have problems with the internet.»
Horse Betting Coming to Global Games Licensee
3 December 1998
Island Sports Book, a licensee of Global Games, has announced that it will start promoting a new program that brings the excitement of live horse racing to its internet site.»
AIEE Teams Enters into Agreement with Carib Design
3 December 1998
Atlantic International Entertainment Ltd. (OTC:BB:AIEE) has entered in to a license agreement for its webSports(TM) Internet wagering system with Carib Design, an Antigua based sports wagering company.»
Californian Cyber Casino Online, Si? Verdad?
30 November 1998
Spam and Mr. Nambling mix like oil and water. So when online casinos launch marketing email in his direction, he gladly pulls out the old shovel and sees what he can uncover. Read on to find out who he's on to now.»
Legal Discovery Should Focus on Electronic Evidence
26 November 1998
In 1998 America, businesses have computerized almost all of their important business records. The larger the business, the more this is a truism. Experts estimate that up to 30% of the data on computers is never printed. Yet, many lawyers continue to live in an earlier era when it comes to their discovery requests in litigation. They continue to request paper printouts and documents when their focus should be the underlying computer files. Here's how to get to the heart of the electronic evidence.»
AHA! The Lightbulb Goes On
24 November 1998
We've been trying to figure out why CentreBet (the well-respected online sportsbook operating out of the Northern Territory for the past few years) terminated their US accounts when they were purchased by Jupiter's Casino in Australia.»
If I have a Subpoena Giving Me Access to an Adversary's Computer, Where Do I Look for Hidden Information?
24 November 1998
If you know where to look, you can find hidden information throughout a computer system. If you're a lawyer seeking discovery, the computer is where you may just find your smoking gun. The key is to know what to request and where to look.»
American Wagering Receives Australian Internet Betting License
23 November 1998
American Wagering, Inc. (Nasdaq: BETM) announced November 17 that its Australian Mega$ports subsidiary was issued a 15-year sports betting license on November 12, 1998 from the Bookmakers Licensing Committee of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).»
Congress Mandates Filter Awareness
20 November 1998
Congress inserted a requirement in the Omnibus Appropriation for ISPs to inform their new clients about the availability of filtering software. Under the amendment, however, ISPs do not have to provide such software to them free of charge. »
Betting Inc. Signs It's First PERFECT Gaming Merchant
20 November 1998
It's official. The first Internet casino to receive PayMaster credit card payments, a service by Betting Inc. (OTC BB:BETT), will be Goldmine Casino.»
Precedence Brewing in Texas?
20 November 1998
A Texas woman won $82,789 in October playing slots at on online casino. A few weeks ago she happily mulled plans of paying off debts and making investments. Now she's wondering what went wrong as her fate lies in the hands of the state's attorney general.»
CasinoLand Ceases Operations
19 November 1998
Softec Systems Caribbean Inc. announced November 17 that its licensee, Atlantis Gaming Inc., which operates CasinoLand online casino, has ceased operations.»
Canadian MP Backs Online Sports Wagering
18 November 1998
Dennis Mills caught the attention of the internet gaming industry in '97 when he introduced legislation which would authorize the operation of internet gaming in Canada. That momentum faded when a national election was called and the bill died in committee. Now, he's back in the news floating the idea of legal online sports wagering in Canada. »
FiveStar Casino Targets International Market
16 November 1998
The inevitable trend continues... FiveStar Casino, an online casino which opened October 22, has chosen to focus on an international market, outside the main online gambling market in the US.»
Credit Card Lawsuit Interview
13 November 1998
In a recent discussion with Alex Wellen of ZDTV (the cable channel for tech publishing empire Ziff Davis), he told IGN of an interview he did with Ira Rothken, the attorney representing the woman who countersued Visa and MasterCard for the debts she racked up playing at cybercasinos.»
More Enlightenment from Australia
13 November 1998
Interactive Gaming News continues to come across some interesting ideas being generated out of Oz. Attached is a speech by two of the leading gaming regulators who have been spearheading the interactive gaming progress we see in Australia. We run it the full text about the regulatory challenges which internet gambling presents to government oversight and how they can best be dealt with.»
Dominica Licensing Data
13 November 1998
In IGN's ongoing effort to collect licensing information on the various jurisdictions hospitable to internet gaming licensing around the world, we offer the following documents from the Caribbean nation of Dominica.

Under the leadership of the Honorable Julius Timothy, Dominica is a rising star when it comes to aggressive recruitment of internet gaming operations. This country is beginning to rival Antigua in it's hospitality of these types of businesses. »
Another Theory on the Evolution of Online Gaming
12 November 1998
There are a variety of concepts beginning to emerge about how online gaming will evolve in the future. A trio of writers has developed a theory that government-run internet gaming is the wave of the future. The paper focuses cryptographic and security issues as well as a number of other issues such as privacy concerns, compulsive and underage gambling among others.

The authors include: Alex Igelman, a gaming attorney and internet gaming consultant who was previously an attorney for land based casinos in Las Vegas. BRUCE SCHNEIER is president of Counterpane, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm specializing in cryptography and computer security. He also designed the Blowfish algorithm, still unbroken after years of cryptanalysis. JOHN KELSEY pioneered research on secure random number generators, differential related-key cryptanalysis on block ciphers, and the chosen-protocol attack against cryptographic protocols. »
Real World Casino Goes Cyber
11 November 1998
In a solid endorsement of the future for online gambling, the Queensland Australia-based real world casino operator, Jupiters Limited, announced it had acquired the sports betting business, Centrebet, based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.»
Problems and Opportunities for Interactive Pari-Mutuel Wagering
11 November 1998
Some ten years ago, about three-quarters of all pari-mutuel wagers on horse racing were made at the racetrack where the race was actually taking place. But according to 1996 figures, less than 30% of the betting takes place this way. The remaining wagers are bet through some form of off-course wagering. The future of this industry is dependent on its ability to apply state-of-the-art technologies to its racing and wagering products.»
Industry Desktop Seminars Launch
10 November 1998
Interactive Gaming News is launching the first in its series of desktop conferences on issues of interest to the industry. These are seminars which are accessible globally via the internet. You can hear the experts, receive helpful hand-out materials and ask questions via chat. These seminars feature industry experts on a wide variety of topics that reflect the interests indicated in a recent survey.»
A Look from Europe
10 November 1998
GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum) adopted a position statement on gambling on the internet at the annual meeting in Helsinki, Finland. This position statement is the base for a common European policy on Internet gambling. Reading the position statement, you will see that this document follows the Finnish approach towards Internet gambling.»
Cyberbetz Completes Translation into Chinese
9 November 1998
GIC Global (OTC BB:GGNC), a company that markets an online sports book and casino has completed the translation of its Internet sportsbook and casino site, "Cyberbets," into Chinese.»
Slow Down... You Move Too Fast
9 November 1998
Well, that certainly can't be said for the US law enforcement officials who have targeted online gaming entrepreneurs. It took eight months after the highly touted bust of internet gaming sportsbook operators in March of '98 to finally get a second indictment.»
US Impact Study Group Meets in Las Vegas
6 November 1998
The National Gambling Impact Study Commission is continuing its ongoing educational efforts with an ambitious agenda in Las Vegas.»
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