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NATIONAL Lottery adds Space Invaders to online gambling - Revolution
Magazine, UK
LONDON - Two new games, including one based on the arcade classic 'Space
Invaders', which each offer up to £5,000 in prize money have been added to the
...
THE future is cashless, gambling experts say - Press of Atlantic City,
NJ
... Katie Bolich, a vice president with online-casino developer WagerWorks, said
the land-based gaming industry will become more like Internet gaming operations.
...
CASINOS of the future - Online Casino News
By maddy. Casinos 2020 AD: Debit cards, Smart cards, interactive kiosks are
common thing in all Casinos in the future. Nearly 8 out ...
TAB expects I-gambling operations to exceed $100 million - Online Casino
News
... TAB Internet manager Tony Waldergrave said, 'Receipts from online gambling
topped $80m in the year to July 31, up from $60m the year before, when online
bets ...
NET gambling
to top $100m - Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
TAB Internet manager Tony Waldergrave says receipts from online gambling topped
$80m in the year to July 31, up from $60m the year before, when online bets ...
ONLINE Casino-type game costs Continental Airlines - Online Casino News
By maddy. Frequent flyer miles, maybe good for the customer, but hazardous for
the airline. That was the discovery Continental Airlines ...
ASPINALL bids to take casino private - Online Casino News
By paul. Damian Aspinall has offered to take Aspinalls online casino off
shareholders' hands - for just 0.17p (0.27c) per share. ...
Anthony Cabot’s Internet Gambling Report VI Just Released
25 July 2003
NEWTON, Massachusetts – (Press Release) – The latest edition of the Internet
Gambling Report is now available for immediate shipment by Casino City Press!
The Internet Gambling Report has been the definitive resource on Internet
gambling since its first printing in 1997. With more than 500 pages of insight
from the industry's top legal experts, the Internet Gambling Report provides
thorough and up-to-date coverage of the online gaming industry with an
introduction to online gambling and the challenges facing the industry along
with operators, regulators, Internet payment solutions, business perspectives,
legal, regulatory and policy issues, a directory of I-gaming jurisdictions, and
the future of online gambling.
“The Internet Gambling Report is one of the top reference publications covering
the complex and controversial Internet gaming arena. We are pleased to add the
latest edition of the report to our new line of online gaming publications”,
says Michael Corfman, president and founder of Casino City Press.
The sixth edition features new coverage of advertising issues in the United
States and chapters on over 20 I-gaming jurisdictions including new coverage of
the US Virgin Islands, Malta, Alderney, South America, and Germany.
The report is authored by 30 top industry experts and edited by Anthony Cabot
and Mark Balestra. Anthony N. Cabot is a well-known international gaming
attorney who has often served as a conference chair on Internet gambling issues
and has, by invitation, testified before the United States Senate and the
National Gambling Impact Study Commission on Internet gaming issues. Mark
Balestra is the editor of the Interactive Gaming News and has authored many
articles and print publications about the online gaming industry including “The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Gambling.”
To order your copy of the sixth edition of the Internet Gambling Report, visit
Casino City Press, or call 1-800-490-1715 ext. 610.
Casino City Press is a leading publisher and distributor of reference books and
directories for the gaming industry. Other titles available from Casino City
Press include the Online Gaming Business Directory, the Online Gambling Market
Research Handbook, and E-Gambling: Wagering on the Internet.
Online Gambling Revenues To Double
July 28,2003
“With the click of a mouse, you can bet on a sports game, spin virtual slot
machine reels or take a hit in blackjack. It's easier than driving to the
nearest casino.
“In their report `Wagering on the Internet, project that e-gambling revenues
could more than double to $12.6 billion in three years.
“Much of that money flows out of the United States, the world's biggest source
of e-gamblers, according to the report, but where Internet gambling is illegal.
Funds flow to offshore Web site operators in countries around the globe that
have legalized Internet gambling, some in obscure island countries with weak
regulation, others in the United Kingdom and Australia with strong e-gambling
rules.
“Internet gambling proponents want to legalize, regulate and tax the industry in
the United States, as states do with land-based casinos from coast to coast.
“Proposed federal legislation would ban U.S. financial institutions from
processing Internet gambling transactions, but industry proponents balk.
“Anthony Cabot, a Las Vegas lawyer specializing in Internet gambling law, said
if U.S. financial transactions were to be blocked, people would find a way to
fill the void.”
(Poker Mag)
$1,683,526.64 won by Jim L. on Major Millions
By staff
Jackpot Madness has again beaten its own record of awarding the World’s Largest
Ever Online Jackpot. For the third time in a little over a year, Jackpot
Madness, the largest progressive jackpot portal on the Internet, has awarded a
jackpot of over $1,500,000. Jim L., the latest Major Millions winner, won a
record-breaking sum of $1,683,526.64 at Lucky Nugget Casino
(www.luckynugget.com). Lucky Nugget Casino is a member of the Jackpot Madness
network (www.jackpotmadness.com) of Microgaming powered casinos. Jim will
receive his winnings in one single CASH payment. In addition to the
$1,683,526.64 in cash, Jackpot Madness will treat Jim and his spouse to an all-
expense paid luxury holiday to the exotic Caribbean island of Barbados.
This is the largest win in online history, and the third win of over $1,500,000
since the launch of Major Millions in April 2002. The popular slot game is a
progressive 1-dollar, 3 reel, 3 pay line slot that begins with a $250,000
jackpot. Major Millions is the only game on the web that truly creates instant
millionaires – offering payment in one lump, cash sum.
Tony P. was the first Major Millions winner winning an enormous $1,594,694.21 on
May 30, 2002. Nine months later, on February 20, 2003, Ronald H. beat Tony’s
record when he won a whopping $1,626,184.56 and became the winner of the world’s
largest ever-online jackpot at that time.
We caught up recently with Tony P, the first Major Millionaire, on the
anniversary of his win. Given that there had been another Major Millions winner
since Tony’s win, and the jackpot was once again over a million dollars, we
asked Tony if he had any advice for his fellow players: “Always play within your
means and look for the Microgaming symbol at any casino you play. Then you can
have fun, have a chance to win BIG money and when and if you do, you can be sure
you will get paid.”
Jennifer Nemirovsky, Press Agent for Jackpot Madness, commented, 'We love making
millionaires! We promised our players millions and we are keeping our promise.
What’s even more exciting is that we are setting and breaking our own records.
We pay out the world’s largest online jackpots. Major Millions is delighted to
welcome Jim to our family of millionaires and we look forward to creating more.
Major Millions is available at dozens of casinos powered by Microgaming, and has
become the only progressive to pay out such enormous sums in one cash payment. “
(Online Casino News)
Novamedia European Gaming & Lottery Files:
"Romania",
by Rob van der Gaast
Internet Casino operator -
Online Casino (www.danubecasino.com)
Nicolae Sfetcu started some years
ago with its own business on Internet, first as a freelancer specialized in web
design, translation and Internet marketing and, beginning with last year, he set
up his own company, Multimedia SRL. The internet maverick and this year’s award
winner of the prestigious ‘Business Initiative Directions, WQC International
Star Award, Gold Category Paris 2003’ tells his story in how he started his
internet imperium and his internet casino
www.danubecasino.com:
“The beginning of the history of the Online Casino can be located long time ago,
and it is quite interesting, I think. When I was a student, about twenty years
ago, I started to like two games: poker, and bridge. They were very pleasant
days those days. During those years I became one of the best specialists in
poker and bridge; I have never considered that poker, as well as bridge, are
games, because in games you need luck, but for bridge or poker the luck plays a
secondary role. I can write many books about the rituals of the nights spent
playing these games, with many spectators behind us and that ended every time
with a party organized by the winner. It was then when I started not to sleep
the nights, and I kept this habit till our days, even if, for different
reasons.”
“In those years I became one of
the first presidents of a bridge club in Romania, but after I graduated from
college I finished playing games, too.”
“I specialized in Internet
business services. So, helped by my previous experience in Internet marketing,
and being advantaged by the fact that I know very well the psychology of the
gamblers, I had some successful marketing campaign for online casinos and
affiliates that want to promote their own sponsored links through their websites
or advertisements in my own network. I have to tell you that I developed, in
time, one of the most complex Romanian integrated network of Internet resources
for advertising and dissemination of information, named Teleactivities Network,
that includes thousands of websites, web forums, directories and links, mailing
lists and newsletters, e-zines, webrings, a.s.o. After such a marketing
campaign, it was one of my customer that gave me the idea to imply more directly
in the online gambling worlds. I already had my own gambling portal,
www.online-casinos.ro.
So I thought of starting my own online casino Online Casino. Why this name?
Because all my life I enjoyed the neighborhood of Danube and its beautiful
landscapes. You can consider this name as an act of fealty for this river (I
dedicated it a whole section in my website for the county where I live,
Mehedinti”.
The first Romanian online casino
was launched on June 25th, 2003. Online Casino has as partner Windows Casino,
one of the top 10 online casinos in the world, legally licensed and fully
insured, certified by Safe Bet and approved by Electronic Gaming Commission.
Windows Casino is the winner of numerous international prizes, including Online
Gaming Awards 2002, for: Best Video Poker, Best Blackjack, Fairest Casino, Best
Promotions, Best Online Casino.
Online Casino offers over 125
different games (roulette, blackjack, poker, slots, video poker, baccarat,
craps, etc.), according to the European and American standards. The gamblers
have the possibility, besides the regular prizes, to obtain extra prizes, too,
consisting in a trip to Monte Carlo, a brand new Ferrari, or other promotional
materials.
In order to be able to play
online, first, a deposit in the casino count has to be made. All transactions
are in USD. Payments can be made either by credit cards, or through specialized
services for the online processing of the money (NETeller, Firepay, Stormpay,
Western Union, etc.).
The gamblers that reach the
Online Casino site have the possibility to be informed on the best game ways and
strategies, but also learn the rules of the games by appealing to the casino
games guides. Multimedia SRL and Windows Casino assure the technical support 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Interactive Gaming News
Romania's First Online Casino
by Rob van der Gaast
Romania, one of the poorest
countries in Europe, entered the Internet gambling space June 25 with the launch
of Online Casino, the nation's first online casino.
The site is the creation of
Nicolae Sfetcu, the maverick owner of Multimedia SRL and this year's winner of
the prestigious Business Initiative Directions, WQC International Star Award
(Gold Category Paris 2003), who was predestined to become the owner of an
Internet casino.
Sfetcu developed an affinity for
poker and bridge around 20 years ago as a student and became a master at both
games. I have never considered that poker, as well as bridge, are games, because
in games you need luck," he explained. "For bridge or poker, the luck plays a
secondary role."
He became one of the first
presidents of a bridge club in Romania. After graduating from college, he
specialized in Internet business services.
"Helped by my previous experience
in Internet marketing, and being advantaged by the fact that I know very well
the psychology of the gamblers, I had some successful marketing campaign for
online casinos and affiliates which wanted to promote their own sponsored links
through their Web sites or advertisements in my own network," Sfetu said.
That network is the
Teleactivities Network, which Sfetu says is one of the most complex Romanian
integrated network of Internet resources for advertising and dissemination of
information. It includes thousands of Web sites, forums, directories, mailing
lists, newsletters, e-zines, Web rings and so on.
Within that network was the
gambling portal Online-casino.ro, Sfetu's first venture in the gambling space. A
customer suggested that he try operating an online casino, and he went on from
there to launch Online Casino.
Sfetu says he's operating legally
in Romania because, as he puts it, "There are specific Romanian laws for
gambling, however, none makes special references to online gambling. So, I could
start without any problem."
Online Casino is operated through
a partnership with Windows Casino, a licensed, insured site that's certified by
Safe Bet and approved by the Electronic Gaming Commission.
The new Romanian site offers over
125 different games based on European and American standards. Gamblers can win
money as well as special prizes, such as a trip to Monte Carlo or a brand new
Ferrari.
The site also features guides
explaining game rules and offering strategy tips as well as 24/7 tech support
through Multimedia SRL and Windows Casino
All transactions are in U.S.
dollar. Payments can be made either by credit cards or through specialized
services for the online processing of the money (NETeller, Firepay, Stormpay,
Western Union, etc.).
About the Author
Rob van der Gaast has a background in sports journalism, sports marketing, the
buying and selling of TV sports rights, and developing creative TV program
ideas. After contriving a complete new sports betting concept that is, according
him, "an absolute 'Topscorer' in the sports betting look-a-like industry, which
is at the end of its life cycle," he went back to his journalistic roots. Now he
is a well known gambling research analyst, who contributes to LotteryInsider,
Interactive Gaming News, Internet Gambling Report and the (European) Lottery
Files.
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