28th
February
London Source: New Media
Age
Rank
Group's losses raise warning for online gambling
- Link likely to change shortly!
Rank Group's first full
year of Interactive operations resulted in a £5m loss on turnover
of £2.4m.
28th
February
Online Gambling Source:
San Francisco Chronicle
Americans
wager on war through Internet betting - BetonSports.com
based in Costa Rica.
28th
February
London Source:
NetImperative.com
Rank
blames expansion for £5m interactive loss
Rank Group has two main
gaming websites Rank.com
and the HardRockCasino.com
28th
February
Sweden Source:
Northern Light/Primezone
Boss
Media Sells Gaming System to BugsysClub.com
28th
February
The Netherlands
Source: EuropeMedia.net
Dutch
gamblers refused a flutter on Antillian casino websites
Two Netherlands Antilles
companies are being asked to block access to Dutch gamblers from March
20th.
28th
February
Interactive Gambling - Europe
Source: New Media Age/Datamonitor
Games
and gambling to become killer services on iTV
Datamonitor predicts that
the West European market for games and gambling on iTV will be worth $3.6bn
(£2.3bn) by 2007.
27th
February
Canberra, Australia
Source: Northern Light/Asia Pulse
Australian
Government strikes problems with foreign Internet casino
27th
February
Australia Source:
News.com.au/AAP
Govt
cyber-gambling debt problems
26th
February
Las Vegas Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Sports
betting services to be sold
SportsLine.com Inc. is selling
its interests in VegasInsider.com and Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
26th
February
London Source: NetImperative.com
William
Hill in web casino expansion
26th
February
San Diego & Las Vegas
Source: Northern Light/Business Day
VirtGame
Licenses Its Sports Wagering Software to Herbst Gaming
26th
February
New York & Holland
Source: Northern Light/Primezone
Ticonderoga
Ventures: Casino Affiliate Convention to be Held April 3-4 in Amsterdam
25th
February
Mineola, New York
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Remote
Live Game Casino Play Patent Allowed
Kenilworth Systems - The
stock is listed on the U.S. Pink Sheets but a website could not be found.
25th
February
Taiwan Source: iGamingNews.com
- February 19th
Sportingbet
Targeted by Authorities in Taiwan
24th
February
Springfield, Illinois
Source: PJStar.com
Bill
aims to choke online gaming - Legislation would ban wire transfers to casinos
24th
February
Toronto & London
Source: CanadaIT.com
CryptoLogic
And William Hill Extend Agreement And Add Poker To Online Suite Of Games
24th
February
Sweden & London
Source: Yahoo UK/Primezone
Boss
Media Sells Comprehensive Technical Solution to William Hill - 'Super Back
Office' and Casino in 6 Languages and 2 Currencies
20th
February
Vienna, Austria Source:
Die Presse/APA
"win2day.at“:
Glücksspiele via Handy und Internet
The Austrian Lottery and
Casinos Austria have teamed up to offer a live online betting platform
at: www.win2day.at
19th
February
Newton, Massachusetts Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Casino
City Launches CasinoCityTimes.com Website for Gaming Strategy and News
19th
February
New York Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
International
Online Gambling Firms to Learn How to Avoid U.S. Legal Trouble At the 3rd
Annual World Interactive Gaming Summit March 24-25 in Miami, FL
19th
February
Taiwan Source: Taipei
Times & The China Post
Local
agent for UK online bookie gets charged by police
Offices
of Sportingbet's Taiwan promoter raided
The Shijiwei Advertising
Company that invited Sportingbet founder Mark Blandford to speak on the
island has been raided by members of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
18th
February
Taiwan Source: Taipei
Times
British
betting firm sets record straight
British
online bookie targets local gamblers
Sportingbet.com's Mark Blandford
speaking at a press conference held in Sanhsia, Taiwan
15th
February
Vancouver Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Poker.com
Inc. Acquires Skill Poker, Plans to Operate U.S. Based Online Card Room
13th
February
New Jersey & London
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Interactive
Systems Worldwide Announces ukbetting Launch of New Cricket Betting Product
12th
February
Toronto Source: Globe &
Mail - Technology
CryptoLogic
sales, profit decline in quarter
12th
February
London Source: Yahoo/Dow
Jones Business News
BSkyB,
ITV Sign Interactive Television Deal
12th
February
Antigua & New York
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
First
Official Oscar Odds Announced by BetWWTs.com
Ladbrokes
Quotes 'Chicago' as Best Picture Oscar Winner
11th
February
Toronto Source: Yahoo/Business
News & Reuters
CryptoLogic's
Q4 & Fiscal 2002 Results Beat Analysts' Estimates
Cryptologic
profits sag, forecast bleak
7th
February
Online Gambling Source:
BBC.co.uk
'My
job? I play poker online'
5th
February
Miami, Florida Source: Northern
Light/PRNewswire
Industry
Leaders to Gather at the 3rd Annual World Interactive Gaming Summit - March
24-25 in Miami, FL
30th
January
The Netherlands Source:
NRC Handelsblad
Britse
internetsite moet Nederlanders weren
More on the court ruling
in the Netherlands that will require Ladbrokes to close down its Dutch
website. Failure to do so resulting in fines of €10,000 per day.
30th
January
Isle of Man & The Bahamas
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal & Las Vegas Sun
Kerzner
gives up on Isle of Man Web site - Highly regulated climate blamed
Kerzner
drops Internet gambling operation
One would think that a highly
regulated environment with a well known brand name would be a distinct
advantage on the Internet. Obviously not!
30th
January
London & The Netherlands
Source: EuropeMedia.net - January 28th
Court
shuts down Ladbrokes Dutch website
Rechter
verbiedt Britse gokspellen op internet
- CasinoCity.nl (Newslink liable to change)
Stichting de Nationale Sporttotalisator
(SNS) took the UK Bookmaker to court for not having a gaming and gambling
licence to operate in the Netherlands. This is a ruling that could have
far reaching implications across the European Union for all sports betting
and Internet casino operators.
30th
January
New Jersey & London
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Interactive
Systems Worldwide Announces Ukbetting Launch of New Live Wagering Service
30th
January
Online Gambling Source:
Yahoo/Internet Wire
i2corp
Subsidiary Home Gambling Network Releases Redesigned "Official Licensee
Seal" for Posting at Drho888.com Website
27th
January
Stockholm, Sweden
Source: Northern Light/Primezone
Boss
Media and Dr. Ho No Longer in Cooperation
23rd
January
Online gambling Source:
MSNBC.com
Net
gambling bill fans e-cash fears - Critics say legislation could make money
laundering easier
22nd
January
California & Antigua
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Internet
gaming site settles patent lawsuit
- i2corp & DrHo.com
22nd
January
Sweden & Monte Carlo
Source: Yahoo/Primezone
Boss
Media AB in Close Cooperation with SBM
21st
January
Newton, Massachusetts
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Anthony
Cabot's Internet Gambling Report V Now Available from Casino City Press
15th
& 16th January
London & Antigua
Source: Northern Light/PRNewswire
World
Gaming plc announcement regarding CEO
World
Gaming plc announces the return to in-house Corporate Communications
16th
January
Vancouver Source: Yahoo/Business
Wire
Poker.com
Inc. to Acquire a Skill Based System for Online Gaming in the U.S.
16th
January
California & Antiqua Source:
Yahoo/Internet Wire
i2corp
and DRHO.COM Reach Agreement in Patent Infringement Case
16th
January
Australia Source: News.com.au/The
Herald Sun
Casinos
want Net betting
Under legislation introduced
in 2001 Australian Internet casinos cannot take bets from Australian players.
15th
January
Kampala, Uganda
Source: Northern Light/The Monitor
On-Line
Gambling Comes to Uganda
12th
January
New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Canoe.com
N.B.
government hedges its bets with online gambling proposal
10th
January
Indianapolis, Indiana
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Indiana
Legislature considers ban on Internet gambling
10th
January
Washington Source:
Internet News
Leach
Again Bets on Internet Anti-Gambling Bill
10th
January
Trenton, New Jersey
Source: The Press of Atlantic City
N.J.
legislators call for study of Internet gaming
9th
January
Washington Source:
Las Vegas Sun & Las Vegas Review-Journal
Congressman
renews effort to limit Internet gambling
Bill
to ban Net gaming reintroduced
The Leach Bill is intended
to prohibit the use of credit cards, wire transfers or any other bank instruments
to pay for online gaming transactions.
9th
January
Indiana Source: The Courier-Journal
State
Senate committee to consider bill cracking down on Web casinos
The Senate committee will
next week debate a Bill proposing to make Internet casino advertising illegal
in Indiana.
8th
January
Costa Rica Source: NineMSN.com/AFP
E-gambling
summit eyes pay alternatives
7th
January
Online Gambling - Australia
Source: Hoovers.com/Australian Financial Review
Court
ruling pressures web casinos
- brief article
Following a court ruling
in Victoria involving mining Entrepeneur Joseph Gutnick and Dow Jones,
Australian gaming regulators may now be able to prosecute Internet casinos
advertising in Australia.
2nd
January
Online Gambling Source:
USA Today
Net
gambling's accessibility makes it attractive, dangerous
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