• Interactive Gaming - Will Britain Lead the Way ?

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The United Kingdom, as part of a major reform of its regulation of gaming, is moving steadily toward the licensing and regulation of interactive gaming. The Interactive Gaming Council, the industry's main trade group, salutes the British approach, and calls on members of the U.S. Congress to take note. "British leaders understand the importance and the value of regulating this relatively new means of gaming," said Rick Smith, executive director of the IGC. "I only wish the U.S. government would take such an enlightened approach, instead of futilely attempting to block a form of entertainment that millions of its citizens enjoy." Peter Dean, chairman of the Gaming Board for Great Britain, addressed members of the IGC at their meeting in London last month. He indicated that a package of gaming regulation reforms - including the full legalization and regulation of interactive gaming - should be enacted next year, with implementation in 2005. [...]

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• Amsterdam To Host Casino Affiliate Convention

April 3 - 4, 2003, marks the eCasino Affiliate Convention for marketing online gaming in Europe. This event will be held in Amsterdam at the Mercure Hotel de Amstet and attendees will include online casino operators, portal webmasters and their affiliates, marketing companies, affiliate managers and alike. To obtain discounts for this event you can register early. This applies to the Las Vegas event as well, scheduled for September 14-15. Casino Affiliate Convention, LLC (Belize) is owner to the Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam. Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. is the organizer of the convention. It has offices in New York City and provides products and services to specialty markets. Ticonderoga works closely with the Casino Affiliated Convention LLC to organize and provide logistical assistance for the upcoming conference in Amsterdam. [...]

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• CyberStud Pays $321,000 to Lucky All Slots Player

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• They are betting on the war

Thousands of online gamblers are logging onto Internet bookmakers, where they can place a bet on when United States will attack Iraq. At www.betonsports.com, winning bets that the war starts next week would pay off 2-to-1; the week after, 1.5-to-1. As it stands now 4,400 people have wagered about $250,000 at BETonSPORTS on this and other Iraq matters. Many have suggested it’s inapropriate to wager on war, because of the suffering involved. Therefore many have indeed complained to Rhodes Scholar Josh Chafetz in Oxford, England about a pool on war on his web site posted with an apology which read. 'I most certainly did not mean to trivialize war or the suffering that it will cause.' War betting is not a new concept. Before the current crisis BETonSPORTS took wagers on when US would go to war next. Carruthers said he does not think it is inappropriate as long as it’s within certain boundaries. 'I wouldn't put up a bet on how many casualties there will be,' he added. [...]

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