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RSS gamblingPeter Cochrane's Blog: Don't mess with mobile users
Comment Good examples would be ringtones and sporting services, gambling and games. Written in my home office just outside Woodbridge in the UK and dispatched via my home LAN and broadband connection When I look at a mobile phone I see a fixed-line phone... [07 Sep 2007]
Chips are down in Second Life
News Second Life has banned online gambling from its virtual world. The official Linden Lab blog explained: "Linden Lab and Second Life residents must comply with state and federal laws applicable to regulated online gambling, even when both operators... [31 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: How to serve two billion page impressions
Comment Online gambling can be a thorny subject for some people, not least of all our friends from across the pond, but it was encouraging to hear Citrix CEO Mark Templeton talk with such pride about one of his company's most innovative customers. [05 Jun 2007]
Virtual worlds meet real life laws
News And other issues such as gambling in virtual casinos and offering financial services through virtual banks can raise even more regulatory issues. Second Life is the best known of a number of virtual worlds that are attracting a lot of interest from... [15 May 2007]
The Tote bets on SOA much more
News UK betting organisation the Tote is adopting a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to improve customer service, and develop new products faster and more cheaply. The Tote holds the exclusive licence to run 'pool' betting on horse racing in the UK... [03 May 2007]
US gambling ban challenged from within
News Just six months after President Bush signed a law outlawing online gambling, a key Democratic politician has proposed lifting the ban. Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee... [27 Apr 2007]
Job losses at Neteller as US law bites
News The company's services were used extensively for payments made to online gambling sites before a change in US law last year made that type of transaction illegal.silicon.com Financial Services Since then there has been a mass withdrawal of online... [16 Feb 2007]
Future mobiles will cost consumers $150bn
News Messaging, including IM, email and old favourite SMS, will still make up the bulk of revenues - 67 per cent - but entertainment will emerge as the young pretender as consumers rush to spend their cash on games, gambling, personalisation and adult... [31 Jan 2007]
Mobile gambling: Betting on $16bn
News Despite a war on web gambling raging in some parts of the world, mobile gambling is set to enjoy growth for some years to come. With the recent crackdown on gambling which saw some companies suspend US operations, it's now forecast that 80 per cent... [15 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.01.07
Round-Up This year the Round-Up will be giving up drinking and gambling and taking up smoking in order to quit that too next year. The Round-Up thought for about 30 seconds about how to begin this week's Round-Up and then hit upon the lazy and obvious... [05 Jan 2007]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader We chose retail and leisure - the leisure allows us to include juicy areas such as gambling and hotels - after the two big boys, public sector and financial services. Looking back at 2006 is in many ways about looking forward to 2007. [21 Dec 2006]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News It wasn't the best of years for online gambling sites, to say the least, as new US legislation made it unlawful for credit card companies to collect payments for transactions with US online gambling sites. [18 Dec 2006]
Online casinos 'failing customers'
News The UK online gambling industry is ignoring customer enquiries and failing to offer adequate customer service, new research has found. Out of the 100 UK online gambling sites contacted by customer services company Talisma, only 60 per cent replied... [27 Nov 2006]
Ryanair gambles on internet bingo in the sky
News But the in-flight online gambling will be dependent on European regulatory approval for the mobile phone service, which is due to launch by the middle of 2007 and will allow passengers to make and receive voice calls and SMS messages via satellite... [02 Nov 2006]
Bet-mad Brits stake claim on Euro domination
News Online gambling has more than doubled in the last five years with nearly one million Britons regularly logging on and placing bets. Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport said the research shows online gambling is on the rise... [01 Nov 2006]
