1.   Additionally, retail developers are scrambling to beat rivals with theme-park-style attractions such as giant-screen theaters and high-tech gaming sites.

2.   Building a multiplayer gaming site is a multimillion dollar task.

3.   But at least one analyst expects Hasbro Interactive soon will launch its own Internet gaming site.

4.   Internet service providers, meanwhile, are balking at being thrust into the position of enforcing the law by blocking their customers from gaming sites.

5.   Last year, Goodlatte sought to cut off gaming sites by blocking their access to Internet service providers in the United States.

6.   Online multiplayer gaming site Mpath Interactive, based in Mountain View, has ditched plans to levy users a monthly fee and is pursuing advertising sales instead.