28th April
London & Australia
Reuters.co.uk
Bookies
launch world's first Albatross race
Excellent idea. Conservationists
and punters can find details of the event at: www.ladbrokes.com/bigbirdrace
27th April
Mobile Gaming
Wired.com
Hold
the Phone on Mobile Gambling
24th April
London
This is London/Evening Standard
Betfair
challenges gambling curbs
19th April
London
Net Imperative
Bookmaker
William Hill has unveiled a Virtual Reality Racecourse, called Greenside
Park
19th April
London
Yahoo UK/Reuters
UK's
Interactive Gaming, Sportingbet agree deal
Website: www.oneworldsportbook.com
13th April
London
Net Imperative
Gaming
Corp lines up software buy
- Boss Media to Playtech perhaps ?
13th April
London
The Independent
Online
gambler bets on Israeli software buy
Gaming Corporation presently operate
a Boss Media powered Internet casino and portal at: www.casino.co.uk
9th April
Las Vegas
eMediaWire/PRWeb.com
Prepaid
Game Cards for Mobile Casino Gambling Increases Casino Loyalty
Website: www.CasinoPhone2004.com
8th April
London
UK-wire.com
Gaming
Corporation plc - Launch of new casino sites
7th April
Manila ABS-CBNNews.com
Jaworski
readies charges vs online gambling operators
Sage Casino (www.sagecasino.com)
has been closed since January following a Supreme Court ruling. Sports
and Games Entertainment Corp. was originally granted a licence by PAGCOR.
6th April
Online Gambling
BBC.co.uk
US
sites ditch online gaming ads
5th April
Online Advertising
Forbes.com/Reuters
Web
search sites stop taking gambling ads - NYT
5th April
Online Gambling
International Herald Tribune & New York Times
Hold
all bets: Search engines end casino ads
Web
Engines Plan to End Online Ads for Gambling
Both Yahoo & Google will stop
taking Online Casino Ads from the end of April. For Yahoo this will only
aply to their U.S. site.
2nd April
Washington
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Internet
gaming back in forefront. Senator: WTO ruling could spur Congress to act
2nd April
NSW, Australia
ABC News Online
NSW
continues push for Internet betting ban
1st April
Antigua & Jamaica
The Jamaica Observer
Antigua
PM says WTO ruling on Internet gambling a great victory
The
Pegasus and a bad policy on casinos
1st April
Singapore & Alice Springs
Yahoo Singapore/Reuters
Casino
operator Lasseters seeks Singapore listing
1st April
Australia News.com.au/The
Australian
Casino
link in child's game
The game was in boxes of Kelloggs
Nutri-grain. The company can perhaps feel lucky that it was not in the
U.S.
1st April
London New
Media Age
Sportingbet
says Gambling Bill could push it offshore
1st April
London Sportingbet.com
& Ananova.com
Sportingbet
Plc - Trading Update
Cheltenham
boost for Sportingbet
Favourable results from both the
Cheltenham festival and March madness in the U.S.
27th March
Online Gambling
CNN Money
Don't
bet against online gambling
26th March
St. Johns, Antigua
Yahoo/AP
Antigua
and Barbuda praises preliminary WTO ruling on Internet gambling
26th March
Manila ABS-CBNNEWS.com
SEC
to closely watch PhilWeb
26th March
New York New
York Times & IHT
U.S.
Online Gambling Policy Violates Law, W.T.O. Rules
Antigua
fights U.S. on Internet gambling
"The U.S. says it wants open competition,"
he said. "But it only wants free trade when it suits the U.S."
26th March
Las Vegas Las Vegas
Sun - Liz Bentson
WTO
'net gambling details remain secret
25th March
New York & Antiqua
BBC.co.uk
Antigua
beats US on online gaming
25th March
Australia & Antigua
ZDNet.com.au
Internet
gambling ruling fails to recognise "moral" obligations: Minister
24th March
New York Las
Vegas Sun/Bloomberg News
U.S.
loses WTO ruling covering online gambling
In a landmark decision Antigua and
Barbuda have won their case at the WTO against U.S. imposed restrictions
on Internet gaming operators based on the islands.
24th March
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun/AP
Man
convicted of Internet betting free from prison in Nevada
Jay Cohen, founder of World Sports
Exchange in Antigua has been released from Nellis low security Prison in
Las Vegas after serving an 18 month sentence.
24th March
Online Gambling
Winner Online
Internet
Texas Hold'em: Strategy Differences Between Online and Live Play
23rd March
Amsterdam & New York
eWorld Wire
Gaming
Marketing Conference / Casino Affiliate Convention To Be Held April 15-16
In Amsterdam
22nd March
Nicosia, Cyprus Yahoo/PRNewswire
Playtech
Announces New Games Which Set Benchmark For Player Interactivity, Entertainment
22nd March
London This is London
City
Index to launch betting site - www.Binexx.com
22nd March
Glasgow & Edinburgh
The Racing Post - Registration required
Court
case paves way for Easibet expansion
A Scottish court has thrown out
William Hill's objections to Henry Spurways "Easibets" bookmakers using
betting terminals powered by Betfair.com. Hills's must pay all court costs.
20th March
Online Gambling International
Herald Tribune
Online
gamblers play at the edge of U.S. law
20th March
London Las Vegas
Sun
Branson
launching Virgin Group 'net gambling site
Richard Branson has recruited Oscar
Nieboer as managing director of Virgin Games. He was formerly President
of Marketing at the now closed MGM MIRAGE Online.
19th March
London London Evening
Standard
Extortion
scam costs betting firms millions
Mafia
targets net betting firms
With a demand for just $10,000 the
DOS attacks are more than likely the work of opportunists rather than "Organised
crime" as the article suggests.
18th March
Manila, Philappines
Business World & Reuters
PhilWeb
bags deal to operate internet casino
Philippines
gambles on web casino
SageCasino.com
the first Internet casino given a license by PAGCOR has been closed for
a number of months.
17th March
London New Media
Age
Virgin
Group moves into online gambling arena
NMA report that virgingames.com
will be a part of Virgin.com and is due to go live in June.
16th &
17th March
London London Evening
Standard
UK
and US in gambling review row
Betfair
hits back at 'hypocrites'
17th March
London Yahoo/Reuters
Net
crime gangs try to cash in on UK horse festival
William Hill were apparently targeteted
on the 11th of March with an email later arriving demanding a payment of
$10,000.
16th March
London London Evening
Standard
Betting
hit by hackers
On the first day of Cheltenham both
Totalbet and UKbetting have been victims of east-european extortionists.
16th March
London The Daily
Telegraph
Online
gambling makes poker stars flush
The Hendon Mob's $1 million sponsorship
by Prima Poker - Website: www.thehendonmob.co.uk
15th March
San Jose, Costa Rica
Silicon.com/PRNewswire
CEO
of BetonSports.com Discusses Regulating Online Gambling Industry: States
Should Lead the Charge
David Carruthers an Englishman who
is the CEO of Costa Rican based BetonSports.com.
15th March
Kathmandu, Tibet
The Economic Times India
Now,
online casinos in Kathmandu
Launched by the Nepal Recreation
Centre www.casinonepalonline.com
offers sports betting and casino games.
15th March
London & Nicosia
dmeurope.co,uk
TradingSports
delivers P2P betting exchange to Cypriot gaming group
Golanta Sports will use the P2P
system at the domain www.SporBorsa.com
15th March
Online Gambling Stuff.co.nz
U.S.
Threatens Action Against Online Gambling
Costa Rican based BetonSports.com
has had their advertisements banned on New York busses. Yahoo and Google
however continue to take advertising for Internet casinos.
11th March
London New Media
Age
UK
tax authorities expected to force casinos onshore
9th March
Online Gambling Yahoo/USA
Today & Silicon.com
Online
betting sites fight cyberextortion
BetWWTS.com based in Antigua has
apparently paid $30,000 to hackers according to USA Today.
6th March
Online Gambling MSNBC.com
& Casinomeister.com
Bettor
wins $1.3 million; Net casino won't pay
A cautionary
tale about a disputed win of $1.3 million at the Real Time Gaming powered
HamptonCasino.com.
The story has been covered in detail by Bryan Bailey at CasinoMeister.com
5th March
London Net Imperative
Sky
bets big on iTV gaming
"Sky Vegas
Live" that debuted yesterday has a team of 10 presenters. Programme hours
are 6pm to 2am daily.
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