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RSS online gamblingBet-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]
Online gamblers demoted on FTSE
News Bad news continues to dominate the online gambling sector as betting sites 888 and Partygaming have been demoted on prestigious FTSE stock indices. Other online gambling businesses are also having a tough time on the stock market, following the... [11 Oct 2006]
William Hill fights back against the hackers
News This will take the form of more 'in-game' gambling where customers can bet on things like how many kicks of the ball before the next goal or, when a penalty is awarded, whether it will be saved or not. [04 Oct 2006]
Leader: Online gambling on a losing streak
Leader Roll up all that bad luck into one big ball of misery and you might get just a tiny inkling of how the execs running online gambling businesses feel today. In a shock move the US has passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which aims... [02 Oct 2006]
Gambling companies ready to suspend US business
News Last week Congress passed the Safe Port Act, which also included the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, aimed at cracking down on online gambling companies by making it illegal for banks and credit card companies to make payments... [02 Oct 2006]
CIO Essentials: Luke Mellors' picks of the week
News I rarely talk with industry colleagues nowadays without somehow talking about the growth and risk of the online gambling market. But what is more concerning is that imminent and necessary global regulation, social consciousness, money laundering... [19 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Richard Segal
News Recently BetonSports' now ex-CEO David Carruthers was arrested as he changed planes in Dallas, en route from the UK to Costa Rica, and charged with a racketeering conspiracy for participating in an illegal gambling enterprise. [06 Sep 2006]
'Unsexy' online casinos get TV ad boon
News By 2007 the rapidly growing gaming industry will be able to advertise their services during TV programming for the first time since the UK's 40-year-old gambling laws came in to force. The CAP guidelines suggest the adverts should not promote any... [18 Jul 2006]
Has US online gambling had its chips?
News By a vote of 317 to 93, politicians approved a controversial bill that tries to eliminate many forms of online gambling by targeting ISPs and financial intermediaries, namely banks and credit card companies that process payments to offshore websites. [12 Jul 2006]
Mobile gambling boom time ahead
News The worldwide explosion in gambling, both online and offline, is set to see a further surge as the number of people gambling via their mobile phones looks ready to increase dramatically over the next five years. [31 May 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the level of malware related to online gambling is very low but he told silicon.com: "In the future, if online gambling continues to increase in popularity and as a small number of... [17 May 2006]
DTI: Businesses are getting serious about security
News It's following the money and targeting online gambling sites and banks - where the money is. UK businesses have made significant progress over the past two years towards tightening up the security of their IT systems but many are still badly... [26 Apr 2006]
Leader: Web brands take the battle to the high street
Leader But there are those goods and services, such as holidays, books and gambling, for which it makes no difference how you buy your product and who you buy it from - so you might as well go for the cheapest. [21 Mar 2006]
Online bookies face tighter UK regulation
News Online betting exchanges, bookies and casinos look set to face tighter controls with the Gambling Commission today publishing new guidelines to regulate the industry. Peter Dean, chairman of the Gambling Commission, said UK businesses involved in... [10 Mar 2006]
Offshore web-betting blacklist row erupts
News UK online betting companies are urging the European Commission to stop the Italian government blocking access to offshore internet gambling businesses. The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), whose members include 888, Betfair and William Hill, is... [20 Feb 2006]
