• eCOGRA Taking Step Toward Assuring Online Player Protections

LONDON – January 28, 2004 – During the International Casino Exhibition 2004 (ICE), one of the world’s largest gaming shows, eCOGRA today announced that its first seals for online casino operators would be brought to market within weeks. eCOGRA seals are intended to provide online players with high levels of assurance of fair, honest, and responsible online gaming. Andrew Beveridge, chief executive of eCOGRA, said the awarding of eCOGRA seals is imminent as applicant web site operators continue to adopt polices and procedures to comply with eCOGRA’s eGAP standards. “We didn’t rush into this,” Beveridge said, “in every instance each applicant had work to do in order to meet eGAP requirements.” According to Beveridge, eCOGRA’s independent directors are making final determinations with regard to the initial eCOGRA applicants. eCOGRA’s independent directors are reviewing final responses by applicant operators and PriceWaterhouseCoopers with regard to questions surrounding the release of eCOGRA’s first seals. “eCOGRA’s independent directors felt strongly that no seals would be awarded until worthy sites understood and fully complied with our standards.” [...]

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• ATEI: Antigua/WTO Case A Potential ‘Bosman’

Antigua and Barbuda’s remote gambling dispute with the United States, currently being reviewed by the World Trade Organisation, is ‘a potential Bosman’ visitors to ATEI - currently taking place at London’s Earls Court - were told today. Speaking at the European Association for the Study of Gambling’s seminar held at ATEI, Philippe Vlaemminck, CEO of Vlaemminck & Partners , Belgium, said: “The whole of the gaming world is waiting on the results of the WTO hearing. The outcome will impact on all nations and companies who offer remote gambling. It isn’t just Antigua and Barbuda that will be affected. The results could prove as big a watershed in remote gambling as the Bosman Ruling was in soccer.” [...]

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• No Surprise - Kyl Intends To Have A Go In '04

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., the author of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act, told the Las Vegas Review Journal Tuesday that he will again try to pass his bill through the Senate. The Kyl bill, S. 627, would restrict online gambling businesses from accepting payments from credit cards, electronic fund transfers and all other payment methods. It would also prevent individual states from legalizing online gaming within their borders. Kyl, who has been trying to pass legislation to restrict online gaming since 1996, introduced S. 627 in March 2003, claiming that "Internet gambling is not a fun diversion, but feeds a dangerous and growing addiction. It is linked to organized crime, rife with fraud, ruins credit ratings, and allows many young people to build up thousands of dollars in debt on their parents' credit cards." The Senate Banking Committee passed the bill with a unanimous 19-0 vote in July, but only after having amended it by removing a carve-out that would give states the option of legalizing I-gaming within their borders. The bill was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on Oct. 27, where it now sits, awaiting discussion before the entire Senate. [...]

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• Jackpotjoy And Gamesys Launch ‘Super Deal’

Super Deal, the latest offering from software developers, Gamesys, is a completely novel experience and promises to be a big hit with gamers in search of an instant win. Designed exclusively for Jackpotjoy.com, one of the UK’s largest instant-win gaming sites, the game will deal five cards every sixty seconds, allowing you to place over fifty different bets on the outcome of the hand. Super Deal draws on traditional games such as Lotto, Hi-Lo, Blackjack and Poker, and speculations range from, ‘Will the fist card be red?’ to ‘Will the hand be Royal Flush?’ and almost anything in between. It’s fast, easy to play, and for as little as 10 pence, a gamer could walk away with £25,000. [...]

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