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RSS online gamblingInterview: William Hill bets on new technology
News The FTSE-100 listed company's gambling interests range from its licensed betting offices to online betting, casino and poker sites, interactive TV and greyhound stadiums. The interest surrounding gambling technology at the moment is similar to the... [27 Apr 2005]
Broadband fuels online gambling boom
News Internet gambling continues to grow at a rapid pace in the UK, as the increasing availability of broadband encourages more people to try out a quick flutter online. According to internet research company Nielsen//NetRatings, the online gambling... [14 Apr 2005]
5 years ago... Clinton holds hacker war talks
News Just last year organised crime gangs were behind a spate of denial-of-service blackmail attacks on UK online betting and gambling sites 15.02.2000: US President Bill Clinton is meeting with executives from 20 internet companies today as the crisis... [15 Feb 2005]
Betfair and UEFA clean up football
News With gambling apparently playing an increasing role in the corruption of major sports, online betting exchange Betfair has announced a memorandum of understanding with UEFA to monitor patterns in football betting and ensure the integrity of... [04 Feb 2005]
Gaming IPO set for FTSE 100?
News Speculation is mounting that online gambling firm PartyGaming is set to float on the London Stock Exchange. The online gambling boom has driven many traditional businesses onto the way in search of punters' pounds, as well as giving rise to dozens... [28 Jan 2005]
AOL spam case: Judge rejects guilty plea
News Authorities said Smathers sold the list for $100,000 to Sean Dunaway, another defendant named in the complaint, who runs an online gambling site. A district judge in New York has refused to accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee... [22 Dec 2004]
Betfair to bail out Sporting Options punters
News Hill added that the demise of Sporting Options is further evidence of the pressing need for the controversial new Gambling Bill, "not only to regulate online bookmakers but also to update regulation for the wider betting industry so that all... [16 Nov 2004]
"Embarrassed" firms paying off DDoS extortion demands
News Every online gambling site is paying extortion," Paller claimed. A spokesman for at least one prominent UK gambling site said that he would rather not comment on the whole issue. Alan Paller, director of research for security organisation SANS... [11 Oct 2004]
UK must be safest place online, says government
News Several mobile operators have already signed up to a scheme to prevent under-18 customers accessing adult content including porn and gambling sites, but so far only Vodafone has implemented the scheme. [15 Sep 2004]
Betfair claims Java better than Microsoft .Net
News UK online gambling exchange Betfair has chosen to base a major website overhaul around Sun's J2EE platform rather than Microsoft's .Net software, claiming the Java product comes with a "proven enterprise track record". [10 Sep 2004]
Google and Yahoo! sued for 'illegal gambling ads'
News The online businesses also use geotracking software to target particular regions, including California, for illegal gambling ads, according to the lawsuit. The suit is the latest to involve internet gambling, which has become a multibillion-dollar... [04 Aug 2004]
5 years ago... UK minister answers Mandelson ecommerce jibes
News Whether it's the government's failure to introduce a timely gambling bill to cover online bookmakers, or its ineffectiveness in policing email and the internet, the speed at which government moves is vastly different to the pace of the internet... [28 Jul 2004]
Will's Web Watch: 'Kids are gambling... quick, blame the web!'
Comment Are children really gambling online? Certainly a great many have problems with gambling offline and slot machines in arcades and pubs account for the largest share but NCH couldn't confirm numbers or offer an indication as to how many under-18s are... [27 Jul 2004]
UK bookies blamed for underage gambling
News The tendency to blame all society's ills on the internet continued apace today with a report from children's charity NCH which claimed online bookies are failing to stop children from gambling. Andrew McIntosh, minister for gambling, said: "These... [27 Jul 2004]
Industry Focus: Media & Entertainment
White Paper Developed by Accenture Technology Labs, the Virtual Sports Centre platform includes services such as instant replays upon demand, online, real-time gambling capabilities, up-to-the-minute statistics, and player information delivered via cell phone... [15 May 2004]
