30th June
New Zealand
New Zealand Herald/NZPA
Online
gambling restricted from tomorrow
The Gambling Act 2003 comes into
force on the 1st July in New Zealand and replaces the Gaming and Lotteries
Act 1977 and the Casino Control Act 1990.
More details are available from
the Department of Internal Affairs website.
www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.NSF/wpg_URL/Resource-material-Gambling-Act-2003-Index
30th June
Washington & Antigua
Reuters
U.S.,
Antigua Seek Solution to Internet Gambling Case
28th June
Singapore The Business
Times & Taipei Times/AFP
Allow
Net gaming, Asian govts urged
Gaming
companies want legal online bets
27th June
London The Racing
Post - Registration required
Jockey
Club to contact new betting exchange
www.punt2punt.com
went live last monday.
26th June
Online Gambling Boston
Globe
Protection
rackets hit online gambling
26th June
Australia Sydney
Morning Herald
Bookies
wary as exchanges report looms
23rd June
Houston, Texas Reuters.com
Briton
fined for near-naked Super Bowl jig
23rd June
Dublin Business World
Paddy
Power introduces mobile gambling
22nd June
Houston, Texas Reuters.co.uk
Notorious
Brit streaker may face U.S. jail
Mark Roberts streak and antics at
the Superbowl were part of a long running promotional campaign for GoldenPalace.com
20th June
Online Gambling Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Casinos
may stand to gain in cyberspace
Some crazy statistics in this report!
19th June
Australia Sydney
Morning Herald
Cabinet
hedges its bets on internet gambling
18th June
Calgary, Alberta
Yahoo/CCN Matthews
Chartwell
Announces Record Revenue and Continued Profitability
14th June
Bangkok, Thailand
Yahoo/AFP
Thailand
blocks English gambling websites to stem Euro 2004 betting
Quite remarkable story with very
sinister overtones.
13th June
Online Gambling The
Guardian/Sunday Observer
Women
raise the stakes for online casinos
"the typical net gambling addict
is a married woman aged over 40, surfing the net when her husband is out
of the house."
11th June
London Out-Law.com/Masons
Law Firm & LVS/Bloomberg News
William
Hill infringed database right, says Advocate-General
Betting
chains face new limits on use of data
An interesting list of companies
that apparently in the past have not been paying to use copyrighted data.
10th June
Gibraltar New Media
Age
Victor
Chandler launches full mobile betting service
10th June
London Yahoo/Sharecast
Sportech
launches Interactive Betting on ITV
Sportech's products include Littlewoods
BetDirect and LittlewoodsCasino.com.
9th June
Online Gambling Winner
Online
10
Minutes With...Andrew Beveridge from eCOGRA
eCOGRA was set up and is funded
by Microgaming and Casino on Net. Website: www.ecogra.org
8th June
London Net Imperative
Cantor
unveils spread betting service
Cantor's new service will be known
as Spread Fair. Website: www.spreadfair.com
7th June
London & Costa Rica
Yahoo/Reuters
Betting
firm Betonsports plans UK flotation
7th June
Manila, Philappines
Honolulu Star-Bulletin/Bloomberg
Philippine
ISP plans online betting for cockfights
6th June
Online Poker CardPlayer.com
Sexton
Talks About the Online Impact
In this years WSOP Final no less
that 912 players qualified through satellite tournaments in online Poker
rooms.
2nd June
London Yahoo UK/Reuters
UK
online betting exchange to list, riles bookies
thegamingbourse.com
& www.punt2punt.com
31st May
Manila Khaleej Times/AFP
Philippines
to launch Internet-based cockfight betting
The distasteful
venture is apparently a partnership between Philippine state owned casino
operator PAGCOR and Philweb Corp.
31st May
London Reuters & The
Racing Post - Registration Required
Web
betting has bookmakers in a spin
Ladbrokes
refuse to rule out exchange U-turn
Chris Bell, CEO of Ladbrokes
has claimed that at least one race a day in Britain is fixed. Several industry
commentators have challenged him to come up with hard facts.
31st May
U.S. - Online Gambling
New York Times
U.S.
Steps Up Push Against Online Casinos by Seizing Cash
30th May
Las Vegas WTEV.com/AP
The
road to poker glory goes through the Internet
Four of the player's on the WSOP
final table had qualified through PokerStars.com.
27th May
Hollywood, California
PRNewswire
Strip
Poker on Trial Starring The Ultimate Poker Babes DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES???
Website: www.ultimatepokerbabes.com
25th May
London Revolution
William
Hill to launch interactive TV betting channel
23rd May
London London Evening
Standard
Online
gambling to escape tax
21st May
London Digital Spy
William
Hill to launch TV channel
Hill's have teamed up with Digital
Interactive Television Group to bring their own digital TV channel with
interactive games and live betting available through the remote control.
20th May
London New Media
Age
Blue
Square online casino launch will rival sister site
Channel
4 in deal to bring iTV betting to Big Brother
18th May
Toronto International
Herald Tribune
Online
gambling group dislikes the odds of meeting in U.S.
Reports from GIGSE that is presently
being held in Toronto. Also in a surprise move the Interactive Gaming Council
has recently decided not to accept the membership of sports betting companies.
18th May
London Net Imperative
New
betting company seeks £5m
11th May
London & Antigua
Yahoo/PRNewswire
World
Gaming plc reports first quarter results
11th May
London & Toronto
Yahoo/Business Wire
Betfair's
Online Poker Site Goes Live Powered By CryptoLogic-Developed Software
11th May
London Yahoo UK/Reuters
& ShareCast
Ukbetting
results disappoint but sees 2004 profit
UKbetting
looks to better 2004
10th May
Toronto Yahoo/Reuters
Cryptologic
posts stronger 1st-quarter profit
9th May
London New Media
Age
Top
betting exchanges plan formal alliance
Betfair, Betdaq and Sporting Options
may team up to counter recent critisism of them by traditional bookmakers
and their lobbyists.
5th May
Dublin Yahoo UK /Irish
technology News
E-betting
opens in Ireland, creates jobs
Victor Chandler have now opened
up their Irish unit trading from the domain: www.victorchandler.ie
4th May
Dublin & Gibraltar
RTE & Business World
Victor
Chandler betting on Ireland
Victor
Chandler targets Irish betting
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