More flak for Aussies over internet control
This week’s news that the new Australian Labour government led by prime minister Kevin Rudd was planning to increase control and censorship of the Internet through ISPs (see previous InfoPowa report) has met with a less than enthusiastic reception from Australian IT experts.
Related Gambling News:
- Internet censorship by Aussies?
- Flak for proposed UIGEA regulations
- 2 Web casinos closed; Ky. seeks control
- Casino promoters get flak
- UIGEA regs attract more banking flak
- Bet on it - Aussies are punting less
- PM attacked for gambling plan
- More flak for US gambling ban
- International Gaming Company Applies for License With Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
- Aussies launch four new games
- Aussies take a punt on the games
- Israeli politicians toy with laws to control internet content
Interesting gambling facts:
- In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- The El Rancho Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas was known for a few firsts. It was the first casino/resort on the Strip opening in 1941 with 63 guestrooms. It was also the first to offer a buffet. The cost of the buffet was only $1.00! The El Rancho burned down in 1960 and fortunately no one was hurt.
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