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American Wagering Signs Bellagio Contract
20 September 1998
American Wagering, Inc. (Nasdaq: BETM) has announced the signing of a contract for their Computerized Bookmaking Systems (CBS) unit to supply race and sports book equipment to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.»
First Entertainment and Sportsnet Complete Definitive Agreement
18 September 1998
First Entertainment Holding Corp. (OTCBB:FTET) has signed a definitive agreement with Sportsnet, Inc. that will result in a new online casino coming to the World Wide Web.»
'The Online Casino' Goes Live
17 September 1998
Intercapital Canada Ltee, a subsidiary of Total Entertainment Inc (OTC BB:TTLN), announced September 15 the opening of "The Online Casino," an Internet wagering site offering Las Vegas-style casino games and sportsbook wagering.»
New Sportsbook Offers Instant Payouts
17 September 1998
The Big Book, a new online sports book based in Costa Rica, opened its doors this week with sights of providing the fastest, most secure sportsbook product available.»
IriScan to Participate in World Gaming Congress & Expo
16 September 1998
IriScan, Inc., the exclusive worldwide developer of iris recognition technology, will have a booth (#1370) at the World Gaming Congress & Expo, to be held September 23 through September 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.»
PlayStar Launches Internet Casino
15 September 1998
PlayStar Limited, a subsidiary of PlayStar Corporation (OTC BB: PSCK) debuted its Internet Casino Gaming System on September 14.»
You Bet and Remington Park Announce Live Online Horseracing
12 September 1998
You Bet!, Inc. (OTC BB: UBET) and Remington Park racetrack have agreed to offer interactive online wagering and to broadcast thoroughbred horseracing to members of the You Bet Network.»
House Advances McCollum's Bil
11 September 1998
The House Subcommittee on Crime (Judiciary) approved Rep. McCollom's HR 4427 today advancing the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. The mark-up session for the bill was stymied due to lack of a quorum. But as Judiciary Committee members filed in to deal with the Starr report, a short subcommittee voice vote was held to approve HR 4427. Rep. McCollom also offered the following amendments to the bill which were approved.»
Networks North, Inc. to Market Players Network Programs
10 September 1998
Networks North Inc., (NASDAQ: NETN) has entered into an exclusive ten-year marketing and distribution agreement with Players Network, Inc. (OTCBB:PNTV).»
Amid the Chaos
10 September 1998
While Congressmen and their staffers are certainly in a tizzy in DC, the mark-up of the McCollum internet gambling prohibition bill (H.R. 4427) is still on for 9:30 am, Friday, September 11.»
Tricks and Tips of the Trade
9 September 1998
Not everything worth mentioning merits an entire column. Here are a couple of random tidbits…or words of wisdom about the "non-disclosure" loophole and ISP protection.»
Kyl to Address NAPRA?
8 September 1998
American racing needs two separate commissioners organizations like it needs two heads, but it has them, and one of them—the North American Pari-Mutuel Regulators Association—has invited the arch foe of Internet gaming, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, to be the featured speaker at their fall convention Sunday, Sept. 27, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.»
Bingo Town on the Map
5 September 1998
Internet Gaming Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Software Gaming Corp., has launched their new online bingo game, "BingoTown," and it's available for Beta testing.»
Investors in World Wide Casinos Win Injunction.
4 September 1998
World Wide Web Casinos (WWWC)has been a controversial company for years. Questions regarding their ability to fulfill the promises to the some 800 private investors have been swirling around the online gaming investment community for a long time. »
Multimedia Games Net Income Skyrockets
4 September 1998
Multimedia Games, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM) reported in August that its profits have skyrocketed over the past year by an astounding 250 percent.»
Cyberbetz Opens to Public
3 September 1998
GIC Global Intertainment Corporation, (OTC BB:GGNC), a high-technology entertainment and marketing company specializing in Internet related technologies, officially launched Cyberbetz — its first Internet sportsbook and casino — September 1.»
American Wagering Heads Down Under
2 September 1998
American Wagering Inc. (AWI) is a Las Vegas based company which is in the midst of taking quite a turn into the world of interactive gaming.»
Winners Internet Interfacing First Casino Licensee
2 September 1998
Winners Internet Network, Inc. (WINR) is in the final stages of completing an interface with InterBet Casino, the first of many online casinos to employ WINR's commerce system.»
Texas Case Provides Interesting Counterpoint
1 September 1998
You'll find some interesting reading in the attached legal opinion from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It offers some thoughts about a sports betting case which had been winding its way through the courts in that state.

Several Caribbean sportsbook operators were accused of conducting some of the financial transactions in Texas. Those folks were hit with a variety of charges which included money laundering, racketeering. The Courts overturned the case and the details are included here.»
Inland Entertainment Acquires Cyberworks
31 August 1998
Inland Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ/NMS:INLD) has completed the acquisition of Cyberworks Inc., an Internet marketing and web site development company with high-profile clients, such as Nike, NASA and Sony.»
ICI Switches to Starnet Technology
28 August 1998
Starnet Communications International Inc. (NASD OTC-BB: SNMM) announced August 27 that it has licensed Softec technology to one of the Internet Casinos Inc. (ICI), a pioneer of Internet gambling.»
New Alliance in St. Kitts
28 August 1998
IRT Industries (IRG.X, OTC BB: IRTG) has formed an alliance with Native Capital Limited in which a subsidiary of IRT will operate an Internet sportsbook in St. Kitts.»
Legal Internet Gaming Jurisdictions
28 August 1998
Interactive Gaming News is starting to amass information on those countries which sanction internet gaming operations. We'll be adding to the database as we gather the information. The full archive will ultimately include as much information as we can gather as it relates to licensing of online gaming operations in those jurisdictions.»
Winners Internet Network, Inc. – One Giant Leap for Internet Gaming
27 August 1998
An innovative new company, Winners Internet Network, Inc. (WINR) , is entering the online wagering scene with great expectations from both customers and vendors in the Internet gaming community. It appears to have the potential to move the industry from its current unstable infancy to one of worldwide credibility and legal acceptance.»
Internet News in Europe
27 August 1998
England's Daily Telegraph, quoting the director of commercial development for Ladbrokes, reports the British betting giant is just "a few months away from launching a site which is truly interactive and enables people to bet on-line."»
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