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When Gaming is a Gamble
Mark Rasch, 2004-03-22

A new Justice Department policy threatens to jail security professionals who help lock down online gambling sites anywhere in the world.

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-23
Anonymous
"With check in hand, you return to America"...
You probably mean "you return to the US".

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-23
Anonymous
If this is the position of the Justice Dept. then why aren't they going after car manufactures for assisting in the crime of drive-by shootings, bank robberies, and any other crime that involves a vehicle?
The vehicle assisted in the crime and the car manufacturer produced it for the criminal. The...

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-24
Anonymous (1 replies)
So, let's me get this straight.

I'm an American Expat, working for several years as a Technical Security Analyst now - most currently at one of the top 5 largest GSM operators in the world.

Like many GSM operatators in Europe, we host 3rd party content providers on our network as part of a lar...

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-30
Anonymous
> So just how is it that the US DOJ would
> single me, a Info Security professional,
> from the rest of the Mobile Telco I work
> for, as being the culprit?

This example seems to refer to an independent consultant, not an employee of a corporation. I don't believe you, as an employee, wou...

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-24
Anonymous
Sounds to me that Solutionary lost another bid to test an on-line gamming site.
It?s getting harder to compete when you keep loosing all of your good guys....

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-25
Dawid Kellerman
I am not a US citizen but I have intrest in becoming a security consultant. What the US government is doing to its IT Security personel is good for any non US consultant. Even though I can not understand the interpretation on US legislation and that it does seem that who ever has the higest paid l...

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-25
Elc0chin0
Is this more of GW's plan to outsource? No wait, this is his idea of keeping the cost of Security Professionals in check....

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-25
Anonymous
This is very interesting. How does this go along with the article that I saw elsewhere, where the WTO (World Trade Organization) has ruled that the US's rules on banning such off shore gambling is in violation of international trade agreements.

Want to talk about a mess if you get caught in the m...

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-25
Anonymous
Has anyone actually gone through this? I suspect it is just hypothetical....

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When Gaming is a Gamble 2004-03-30
Anonymous
Fascinating stuff.

I work for a UK Bookmaker which runs a very successful online operation, as well as over two thousand cash betting shops in the UK and Ireland. We also have a number of operations in Las Vegas and other places in the USA. While I don't work directly on the online side, I have...

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What about hardware? 2004-03-30
Anonymous
Would this apply to companies selling hardware as well as to individuals selling services? For instance.. Let's say a US company named PIXCO sells a firewall appliance to the gaming outfit in the Caymans. And let's suppose that PIXCO wrote a users manual that is actually written well enough that ...

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