Gambling News by House of Odds

The International Gaming Conference & Expo , slated to takeplace November 5-7 in Dublin at the historic Fitzpatrick Castle, hasexperienced a surge in attendance over the past week and many analystsinvolved with the gaming industry have indicated that this conference couldnot have come at a better time. "As everyone involved with the Internet and gaming online, gaming that isfocused on sports wagering, has come to realize of late," stated Wayne Nixon,Director of the IGCE Conference. "President George W. Bush has now enlistedbanks and credit cards to act as the CIA, FBI and NSA now that the U.S.government has used a port security bill to pass the Unlawful InternetGambling Enforcement Act. The major questions that will be addressed inDublin," he continued, "are where will that leave most Internet gaming sites?Will this effort mirror the Prohibition Amendment of 1919 or is it just aploy to open the flood plains of Internet gambling to the gaming corporationsof Nevada, to make it legalized, nationwide, taxed and regulated? One has towonder whether the so-called 'private companies' will simply continue withbusiness as usual while the public ones adhere to the legislation beforetheir stock prices drop even further? We expect that the experts we haveassembled from around the globe...the legal, financial, technical,governmental and others...will offer advice, opinions, direction and answersto these and many other questions in Dublin, November 5-7. That is why wehave extended the registration period." "The latest U.S. legislation has the online/offshore gaming industry in aturmoil," indicated a governmental spokesperson in Dublin on the condition ofanonymity, "from London to Bangkok, New York to Dublin, Beijing to CostaRica, Malta to Gibraltar. The major question on the minds and lips ofeveryone is 'Will gaming survive?'"

The situation is so urgent and pressing, budgets and expenditures sostrained at present, that IGCE is offering a second complimentary guestregistration for everyone registered for the conference, or planning toregister this week and next...past, present and right up to November 5th.

"These are introspective and somewhat perilous times for the industry,"continued Mr. Nixon, "with corporate and executive futures being determinedon an almost daily basis, fear of dealing with U.S. players/punterspermeating everywhere and uncertainty evident with whomever one speaks toabout the future as critical legal opinions are being sought from Asia toNorth America. It is the opinion of many that the industry will sustain. Itwill not close down. Methodologies to endure and perpetuate, to move forward,are primary considerations. Legal advisories and debates, postures of variousvenues from Antigua to Malta, are a mainstay of a number of planned sessionsthat are on the agenda for Dublin."