The running fight between online gambling affiliates and the Grand Prive group over alleged non-payment of commissions following the group's affiliate program closure in December 2008 (see previous InfoPowa reports) is almost certain to enter a new and more volatile phase following developments this week.

OCR readers will recall that late last (2009) year the independent standards and player protection non-profit eCOGRA became involved in the dispute when it offered to deploy its experienced professional accountants in an impartial investigation into the defunct Grand Prive Affiliate Program as a gratis "service to the industry".

Australian newspapers are reporting another example of how the online betting industry can help fight corruption in sport through superior record keeping and bet tracking.

Online betting exchange Betfair has once again collaborated voluntarily with authorities in reporting suspicious betting patterns, this time in horse racing activities;

The report has been taken seriously by Racing Victoria, which launched an investigatory probe into jockey Dan Nikolic.

The giant US land (and possibly online in the future) gambling group Harrah's Entertainment could return to a public listing three to five years hence, according to speculation by chief executive officer Gary Loveman this week.

Speaking to the Reuters Travel and Leisure Summit in New York, Loveman emphasised that he was speculating on what the future might hold, but inevitably his comments are being interpreted as fishing for reactions or indicating a move under consideration by the Harrah's board.

Reuters reports that the gambling giant was taken private by TPG and Apollo Management in January 2008, after the two private equity firms bought the hotel/casino company for $31 billion that year.