Ed,
No, David wasn't able to make it today's conference. Supposedly he had another important engagement he had to attend today.
Here is their website confirming he wasn't on the schedule.
Prov
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Sunday, November 29, 1998
6:00PM-8:00PM Registration & Reception
Keynote Presentation
100% Legal Gambling on the Internet
I.Nelson Rose,Whittier College
Interstate Wire Act
International Law
Recent Supreme Court Decisions
Sovereignty
Acts of State
Prize, Chance or Consideration
Monday, November 30, 1998
7:00AM –8:00AM Coffee and Registration
8:00AM-8:15 AM Welcoming Remarks
Joseph M. Kelly, J.D., Ph.D. State University College at Buffalo
Morning Session
International
8:15 AM – 8:45AM
Campaign Finance, Lobbying and Internet Gaming
Dawn Larochelle, Herrick Feinstein, LLP; Elizabeth Holtzman, Herrick Feinstein, LLP;
Ronald J. Levine, Herrick Feinstein, LLP
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
International Organizations Await Better Cards In Efforts to Regulate Internet
Gaming
Bruce Zagaris, Esq, Cameron & Hornbostel
This session will present the different mechanisms,mostly national, whereby governments and
international organizations regulate transnational Internet gaming. It will discuss some of the
new issues challenging the current gaming regulatory regime. The prospects for international
gaming enforcement, in the absence of strong laws, treateis, and implementation mechanism,
will be outlined. It is critical to understand the status of these attempts and the ultimate impact
of a number of emerging international mechanisms, especially international organizations and
efforts at self-regulation. This session will cover:
U.S. Federal Laws and Regulations on the Use of Cybergaming
Proposed Federal Legislation
In Flight Internet Gambling
Cruise Ship Internet Gambling
The 1948 Act on Vessel Gambling
The Johnson Act
State Regulation of Cruise Ship Gambling
Prospects for International Gaming Enforcement
Developing International Mechanisms
Approaches to International Cooperation Mechanisms
1.Self- Regulation
2. No States Prosecute
3. International Legal Assistance
4. Supranational Criminal Justice
9:30AM-10:15AM
International Survey - The Future of Gaming
Chair: Linda Goldstein, Hall Dickler Kent Friedman & Wood
Online gaming may be the future heavyweight champion of Internet opportunity, but have
worldwide anti-gambling regulators declared a TKO? Maybe not, according to a survey underway
by the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) an alliance of legal experts around the
world whose specialized knowledge of the law includes gaming, gambling, and the Internet. For
this conference, GALA is surveying over 20 members of their country's state of law, current
gaming regulatory climate, trends in enforcement and prosecution, and plans for dealing with the
certain growth of online gambling. This session presents the GALA survey results, identifies
areas of greatest international risk to gaming operators, outlines how those risks can be
minimized, and updates ongoing efforts at home to make Internet gambling illegal. If there's an
answer, GALA will find it - and this session will provide attendees with a practical, usable
framework for making informed business judgements.
10:15AM-11:45 AM
Internet Gambling in International Jurisdictions
Chair: Tony Coles, Jeffrey, Green, Russell
Panelists: Arthur Thomas, Attorney, Antigua; Jamie Nettleton, Norton Smith & Co.,
Australia; Frank L. Miller
Panelists will cover recent developments in the Caribbean, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Antigua has dominated the Internet Gaming field in the Caribbean but competing
jurisdictions such as Dominica are coming on strong.
Australia has led the way, becoming the first country to welcome and legalize Internet
gaming. This session will explore the current status of Internet gaming in the various
territories.
Europe, Internet gaming and the EEC.
Will current economic conditions set back Internet gaming in Asia or will it be full
speed ahead?
11:45AM-12:00AM Networking Break
12:00AM- 12:30PM
Financial Management, IPOs and Wall Street
David Halaburda, Comptroller, Atlantic International Entertainment; Peter Baxter, The Malachi
Group, Inc.
Starting a successful company takes more than a good idea and plenty of money. Strategic
financial planning and sound money management are critical. This presentation will examine
planning and development, staffing issues, establishing key budgets (such as hardware, software,
technical support, advertising, marketing,etc.) It will also examine sources of financing for
setting up and expansion of an Internet gaming business, including preparation and execution of
SEC filings and preparing for an IPO.
12:30AM-2:00PM Internet Gaming Awards Luncheon
2:00PM-3:00PM
E-Cash Systems and Solutions
Richard J. Gordon, RJ Gordon & Company
The business of online wagering is driven by the credibility and security of operators; electronic
commerce solutions. This session takes a look at E-cash systems for Internet gaming available
today, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses – helping the Internet gaming operator to make
an informed choice. Panelists will address how the emergence of electronic commerce requires
new paradigms for financial transactions.
3:00PM-4:00PM
Internet Gaming Security: Take "No Chances" Case Studies
Jim Litchko, Vice President, IMSI; Burton Tregub, Spyrus
The Internet gaming business is projection to grow to a $3 billion business by 2000. The need
for fast, reliable and secure global communications is a critical requirement for the gaming
operations and profits. This presentation will cover the threats that impact profits and the
operations, from computer-illiterate gamers to hackers to non-productive corporate web surfers,
and solutions that counter these threats, from firewalls to encryption to authentication to
common sense. This session will delineate the solutions that are now available to provide
strong, affordable and customer-acceptable/ transparent security for Internet gaming operations.
Using his over twenty years of experience in securing commercial and government information
systems, Jim Litchko will augment this session with real-world Internet gaming examples.
Who are the hackers and cheats and how do they do it?
What are the effective countermeasures?
Firewalls or encryption?
Balance security needs with customer acceptance.
Regulated Internet Gaming and Setting Technical Standards for the Industry
John Cargnello, President of Technical Systems Testing North America and
a Director of Technical Systems Testing Pty. Ltd.
How the approach of regulated "land-based" gaming can be extended to cover the regulation and
control of Internet gaming. An examination of the characteristics of Internet games and the
differences to traditional electronic games. This session will propose what should be done to
address these differences. The current state of affairs in Internet gaming will be examined and
different regulatory approaches critically compared.
4:00PM-4:15PM Networking Break
4:15PM-6:00PM
Regulation, Compliance, Enforcement, Money Laundering and Criminal
Activity
Chair: Joseph M. Kelly
Panelists: Len Senia, Department of the Treasury; Richard Harms, Director, Price
Waterhouse; Fred Gushin, Managing Director, Spectrum Gaming Group; Paul Hugel; Charles
Morley, President, the Morley Group
This panel will address issues relative to the regulation of the Internet, industry self-regulation,
or compliance and enforcement in a global environment. There are a number of lessons that the
Internet gaming companies might learn from the casino industry where many of the companies
have operated successfully in a global environment.
A review of governmental efforts to legalize Internet gaming in Australia and New Zealand. A
review of the money laundering aspect of Internet gaming activity and how companies might
proactively protect themselves. This issue, which is directly tied into offshore banking is
especially important as newly emerging Internet gaming companies are starting up offshore.
This panel will look at the different approaches that countries are taking to discover and prevent
money laundering through Internet gaming sites. Speakers will detail the precise legal meaning
of money laundering and offer guidelines to operators on preventing sites from being used for
laundering.
6:00PM-7:30PM Reception
Tuesday, December 1, 1998
7:00AM-8:00AM Registration
8:00AM-9:30AM
Successful Site Operation: Technology, Marketing & Promotion
Graeme Levin, gambling.com; Liz Grayson, Microgaming Systems; Douglas Graham, KPMG
Peat Marwick; Tony Fontaine, Bally's Gaming Systems
What sets the leading Internet gaming sites apart from the rest of the pack? Panelists will look
at the advanced technology and superior marketing techniques that have led some companies to
the winner's circle.
Internet gaming – risk management
The mainstream and "fringe" market sectors
Technologies impact on the industry
Budgeting marketing expenditures and equating same to revenue and/ or projected
income
Demographic impacts on the industry
Regulatory impacts on the industry
Future trends
Possible Scenarios
Case studies –Bringing Las Vegas casinos online
Recommendations
9:30AM-10:30AM
Building Dynamic Web Sites
Mickey Charles, President, The SportsNetwork; Bruce Michaels, Technical
Director, The SportsNetwork; Ken Zajac, The SportsNetwork
Anyone can build a web site today, IBM, and others, invite attendees at major conferences to sit
down at any one of a hundred stations to build a home page of their own, in fact, a web site.
Whether or not they "erase" them when they leave is another matter altogether and those
creations might constitute another influx of garbage on the Internet. But, since it is so easy to
do, it is critical to determine how to develop a web site that is dynamic, individualistic,
informative, creative, original, attractive, unprecedented, different, imaginative and possess the
technology of the moment as well as of the ages. A good goal might be all things to all people
while another could easily be classified as nonconformist and having a niche of its own.
They must be fast, efficient, informative, content-rich
Lots of graphics or absence of graphics, sound or video?
Interactivity that overflows, is entertaining and informs
A road map that is equivalent to a straight line.
Use of Java, Shockwave, frames, search, chat, forums, billboards, polls, votes.. all
without losing navigation positives
Linking- negative, positive or relatively meaningless?
Screen layouts to get where one is going fast and be able to return even faster – two
clicks max, three maybe
Menus, directories, indexes, listings of all possible categories and/or pages
Color without losing speed
In-house staff or outside contracting to independent programmers?
Surveys and how to use them efficiently
Strategic alliances with informational sources, programmers, equipment
manufacturers, search sites
What will make surfers/users/viewers keep coming back to your site again and again?
Freshening up all the time… and how
Market definitions and expansion of same
Multi-media applications and their effectiveness to sustain traffic…and maintain use
Incorporation of sponsorship, marketing, advertising and merchandising
Use of outside marketing and advertising firms
Basic components of a winning web site
Creating an environment coupled with the importance of the initial impression and
impact
Bettering your competition and know thing that nothing is original for more than a
few seconds
Virtual reality on the web – likelihood of success and need for same to accomplish
goals.
10:30AM-10:45AM Networking Break
10:45AM-11:45PM
Money Making Strategies for Online Sportsbooks and Parimutuel Betting in
International Markets
Chair: Mickey Charles, President, Sportsnetwork; Kenneth Weitzner M.D., The Prescription;
Joseph Gallagher, President, All Sports Network; Michael D. Shagan
Sportsbooks and parimutuel sites are among the most lucrative on the Internet. Panelists will
discuss the current status and future potential of these Internet gaming markets. Panelists will
discuss what makes a Sportsbook successful, what gamblers look for when they open an account
with an Offshore sportsbook, and how best to market a Sportsbook. Participants will also
discuss the reasons Sportsbooks have failed, and how to avoid the potential pitfalls.
11:45AM-12:15PM
An Industry Leader's Perpective
Scott Scherer, Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director of Corporate Development,
IGT
The world's largest manufacturer of electronic gaming devices, like everyone else, is keeping an
eye on the field. What are the possible regulatory impacts? How U.S. regulations might or
might not apply to Internet gaming. What are the potential opportunities and risks in a regulated
gaming industry?
12:15PM-1:45PM Luncheon
1:45PM- 3:15PM Legislative & Regulatory Developments in the U.S
Overview
John Shelk,VP, American Gaming Association
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The AT&T Story
Howard Spierer, AT&T
The Coeur d'Alene tribal court held that state attorneys general are prevented by the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act from interfering with their Internet lottery. Eighteen attorneys general
subsequently sent notices to AT&T and other carriers that this decision was incorrect. What's
AT&T to do? Here's the inside story of this and other dilemmas carriers face in the brave new
world of Internet gaming.
If Uncle Sam Can't Get You, Can John Doe?
Richard Cohen, Esq.
This session covers the issues of jurisdiction and venue over Internet gaming providers in civil
actions.
In March, 1998, a Texas federal court ruled in Thompson v Handa Lopez, that the operator of an
Internet casino was subject to jurisdiction and venue in Texas in a money damages action by a
Texas resident who claimed he wasn't paid his winnings.
This ruling looked past the operator's lack of any physical contacts with Texas and the contract
between it and the plaintiff which provided that all disputes were to be governed exclusively by
California law and resolved exclusively by arbitration in Santa Clara County, California.
Even if Internet gaming site operators successfully ward off efforts by the U.S. and state attorney
generals to obtain jurisdiction over them for criminal prosecution purposes, the Handa-Lopex
case and the similar decision in Minnesota v. Granite gate resorts (Mn. Ct. Appeals 1997)
should concern Internet gaming site operators, irrespective of where they are physically located,
that they may have to defend civil suits in up to 50 different venues in the United States. Some
of these states have draconian remedies available for consumer suits. Moreover, even frivolous
suits are expensive to defend.
This presentation discusses where the courts have drawn the jurisdictional lines for civil suits
based upon Internet activity, how to try to steer clear of players in certain states and discussion
of provisions the operator-consumer contract should include to give the operator a better chance
of defeating jurisdiction and venue than the defendant in Handa-Lopez.
3:15PM-3:30PM Networking Break
3:30PM-4:00PM
Airlines & Hotels: Emerging Markets for Interactive Wagering
William Karas, Steptoe & Johnson
Speakers will discuss new forums for online gambling, including emerging markets in hotels
and airlines. Questions arising from the new business models will be answered, including: Does
the U.S. ban under the Johnson Act restrict gambling on foreign registered crafts? Does the U.S.
have international jurisdiction?
4:00PM-6:00PM Indian Internet Gaming
Larry Montgomery, Multimedia Games; Jacob Coin,Executive Director, National Indian
Gaming Association; John M. Peebles, Monteau, Pebbles & Evans; Lloyd Victor Hugo,
Executive Director, American Indian Assoc. of Internet Gaming
Perhaps one of the largest potential growth areas in the U.s. for Internet gaming will be in
Indian gaming. This is an opportunity for Native Americans and sub-contractors, software,
developers, equipment suppliers, and many more. It is critical to understand the legal and
business development issues.
This session will cover:
Sovereign Immunity
National (each individual Indian nation) Banking laws
Inter-national ( between multiple Indian nations and/or foreign nations.
Investment Opportunities on Indian Lands for Gaming
Bingo and Related Activity
Class II and Class III Games
Impact of Federal Wire Communications Act
Anti-Lottery Statutes |
