I need to find out how many gambling websites out there and their
targeted geographic regions. i.e. NA, SA, Europe, Asia, etc. Which
country legalized in Internet gambling? What is the total transaction
in this industry?  Anything related sports gambling information in the
Internet.

<In the year 2000 internet gambling revenue was $2.2billion.
In 2001 revenue was $3.5 billion
It is estimated to grow to $10 billion by 2005.
There are approximately 1800 gambling web sites.
As of April 2002 there were 18.2 million users (Source:Jupiter Media
Metrix).
Most of the online gamblers live in the U.S.

Internet gambling is legal in the following areas:
Isle of Man
This is a government licensing system and one of the strictest
licensing systems in the world. The backgrounds of casino operators
are thoroughly checked out. They must deposit £2 million to guarantee
payouts. To date only 2 casinos have met their strict criteria.

The Caribbean and other small countries like Antigua, Cook Islands,
Curacao, Dominican Republic, Gibraltar, Grenada, Kahnawake Mohawk
Nation and St. Kitts.

Australia – government licensing system.

In the U.S.A. internet gambling is illegal in most states with the
exception of Nevada

<Additional links:>
<Internet gambling revenue 2001.>
<http://www.thestreet.com/funds/ericgillin/10024294.html>

<Survey of online gamblers.>
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/gaming/2001/oct/25/512533550.html>

<Online gambling.>
<http://www.websense.com/company/news/companynews/02/020402.cfm>

<Online casinos legalised in Nevada.>
<http://www.mycasinostop.com/003.htm>

<Online casinos – license providers>
<http://www.winner.com/SuperSections/Online_Gambling_Guide/Online_Gambling___The_Law/Online_Gambling___The_Law381019.asp>

<Sports betting market in the USA.>
<http://www.gambling-sports-guide.com/sports_gambling_history_.html>


<Search strategy:>

<"online casinos" billion>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22online+casinos%22&as_q=billion>

<online casinos "are licensed in">
<://www.google.com/search?q=online+casinos+%22are+licensed+in%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1>


<online "sports gambling"  revenue billion>
<://www.google.com/search?q=online+%22sports+gambling%22++revenue+billion&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N>


<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by gotodude-ga on 14 Nov 2002 09:39 PST

Thank you for the fast response. However, I also need the similar data
for different geographic region; especially, Europe and Asia.

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 14 Nov 2002 16:23 PST

<In many European countries there are restrictions over the
geographical areas where a license for an online casino is valid. For
example an operator in France can only deal with players in France.
The link below leads to a description of the situation in Europe.

There is legalised gambling in a number of Asian countries but online
casinos aimed at these markets tend to be operated outside of Asia.
Asian countries are for example being targeted with gaming operations
run in the The Commonwealth of Dominica. The link below gives details
of which countries have casinos. >

<Casino licensing in Europe.>
<http://www.hostingtech.com/browser/02_03_island.html>


<Asian casinos.> 
<http://www.asiahotelcentral.com/asiacasino/> 

<Japanese and Chinese targeted online casinos>
<http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/35/35-13.htm>

 
<Hope this helps.>

This is excellent and the speedy response is amazing.