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CIO Essentials: Luke Mellors' picks of the week
News Second net gambling exec arrested in US 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... [19 Sep 2006]
Has US online gambling had its chips?
News Net gambling "is a scourge on our society", said representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican who's tried for the better part of a decade to enact legislation that combats online gambling. Goodlatte and his allies have tried to ban net... [12 Jul 2006]
888.com joins casino IPO wave with £700m float
News Online casino 888.com is hoping to cash in by riding the wave of gambling websites going public. One aspect of the phenomenon, mobile gambling, will alone be worth $11.2bn by 2009, according to analysts. [24 Aug 2005]
Mobile games more valuable than porn
News Gambling will net a comparatively healthy $7.6bn but will also find itself dodging the slings and arrows of the lawmakers if it is to succeed. The exclusively adult preserves of porn and gambling, however, will generate considerably less. [25 Jul 2005]
Safer surfing - the EU's €50m priority
News The EU will also be getting behind awareness campaigns to educate teachers, parents and children on the potential risks of surfing the internet, with a particular emphasis on "personalised, interactive and mobile applications", after fears that... [15 Mar 2004]
Internet news more addictive than porn - shocker
News Only 18 per cent cited porn while eight per cent said gambling sites were the most addictive. Employees surfing the net in work time are far more likely to be wiling away the hours surfing news sites than looking at porn. [25 Sep 2002]
Share options: Has Vinnie Jones gone barking mad?
News Vinnie Jones is to front gobarkingmad.com's 24/7 dog racing gambling site, due to go live next week, and provide the punters with weekly tips. The famous footballer turned actor has been signed by gobarkingmad's parent, Gaming Internet, to appear... [01 Jun 2001]
Australians to consider Net taxation
News Opie compared the situation to the evolving betting market, where bookmakers are setting up off shore gambling sites in places like Gibraltar to avoid nine per cent tax. Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello has said the Australian Federal... [28 Oct 1999]
Senate Committee bans online gambling
News The report is also widely expected to take a tough line on Net gambling. The US Senate Judiciary Committee has rubber stamped plans to make online gambling illegal. The move comes as the National Gambling Impact Study Commission prepares to present... [18 Jun 1999]
Net gambling faces crucial test
News The Internet gambling industry is under fire after a Californian woman filed a lawsuit which could make it impossible to collect the $60m racked up every year in online wagers. Cynthia Haines is counter-suing a number of online gaming companies... [18 Aug 1998]
Net gambling issue opens transatlantic rift
News In an interview with Silicon News, Dorothy Gonsalves, head of the gambling section at the UK Home Office's Liquor, Gambling and Data Protection department, explained that provisionally, there is nothing to stop a company setting up a Net gambling... [29 Jul 1998]
GTech launches international Net lottery service
News The service will not be marketed in the US because of state laws against Internet gambling in that country. The company has licensed software from Marimba that allows registrations to be authenticated and users PCs to be serialised, so that lottery... [17 Jul 1998]
In brief: Net betting is a sure thing
News Internet gambling will be a massive growth area on the Web, according to the latest report from IT research company, Datamonitor. According to the report, the Internet gambling market is worth $535m (£334) per year. [26 Jun 1998]
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