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US Banks Fight US Gambling Regulations

Dec 18, 2007

After passing the UIGEA last year, the federal government then dropped the enforcement of the regulations of that law in the laps of the US banking industry. T...

iMEGA Submits Objections to Treasury Department

Dec 16, 2007

This past Wednesday was the last day comments could be submitted to the United States Department of Treasury on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. C...

Massachusetts Preparing For Hearing on Online Gambling

Dec 16, 2007

This week there will be a hearing in Massachusetts on Governor Deval Patrick legislation to bring three resort casinos to Western Massachusetts, Southeastern M...

World Trade Organization Decision Delayed

Dec 15, 2007

Yesterday the world was supposed to find out what decision the World Trade Organization had made on the Antigua case against the United States. The panel was sup...

EU Seeks Regulation Over Poker Compensation

Dec 13, 2007
A WTO ruling earlier this year ordered the US to reopen it's online poker  markets, but the nation instead c...

Antigua PM Discusses Online Gambling Dispute With US Congress

Dec 10, 2007
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, led his team during a regional business conference into discussion with members of US Congress that includ...

UIGEA: Internet Gambling Decline Amongst College Students

Dec 7, 2007
The PPA recently announced on its website that internet gambling among college-aged students (from ages 18 to 22) has declined from 5.8 percent in 2006 to 1.5 percent...

New Supporters for IGREA

Dec 7, 2007

          Over the past few months, Representative Barney Frank has been steadily receiving support for his Int...

Drew Carey Defends Poker

Dec 6, 2007
           The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has seen many disparagers in the recent months. Fr...

Golden Palace Casino Fined for Illegal Gambling

Dec 2, 2007

More than a year ago the offices of the online casino well known for the purchase of several strange eBay products, including Paris Hiltons tooth floss, Golden...

Golden Palace Fined by Quebec

Dec 1, 2007
A $2 million fine must be paid by GoldenPalace after pleading guilty to illegal gaming charges. The charges were filed against Cyber World Group who is responsibl...

The Danish Have Freddy Blak To Fight For Online Gambling

Nov 28, 2007
While the United States has Rep. Barney Frank fighting to regulate and license online gambling including online poker by fighting to change the Unlawful Internet Ga...

Legal Issue Ongoing with Bodog Domain

Nov 27, 2007
A key motion in the Washington state court was filed on November 13 by Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A., claiming that 1st Technology, seized several of their domain n...

Bulgaria Proposals Submitted to Regulate Online Gambling

Nov 27, 2007

The Bulgarian Ministry of Finance submitted proposals last week, which would help with the regulation and taxing of onl...

Where does Online Gambling Stand

Nov 27, 2007
One of the hot topics in this months Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, was the state of online gaming legislation in the United States.


The Safe Po...


EU Trade Commissioner Gets Applauds from Online Gaming Operators

Nov 26, 2007
Efforts made by Peter Mandelson, the European Union Trade Commissioner, in addressing the United States unpopular online gambling trade practices, got approval from t...

Nevada Legislature Unsettled About Online Gaming Laws

Nov 25, 2007
Numerous discussions as well as several meetings have taken place in Washington, regarding where the state of Nevada stands, in regards to online gaming. Other online...

Billions in Online Casino Tax Neglected by America

Nov 21, 2007
Online gaming could generate up to $42 billion over the next decade for Federal coffers, in America, Representative Jim McDermott testified.


This to...


Conveys and Frank Teaming up in Letter to Trade Rep

Nov 20, 2007
The Judiciary Committee chairman along with Representative Barney Frank, House Financial Services Committee chairman, joined together in efforts to send a letter to t...

United States VS. WTO Over Internet Gambling

Nov 20, 2007
As early as next month, if arbitrations were to fail, Antigua and others, including the European Union, could possibly begin exacting sanctions over the U.S. and thei...

Legislation to Legalize Online Poker a Possibility

Nov 19, 2007
In a session of G2E, Chairman of the Poker Players' Alliance pressure group, and former Senator, Alfonse D'Amato, spoke at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas...

House Judiciary Hearing Sways One

Nov 17, 2007
During the hearings of the House Judiciary Committee seems to have swayed one of the congressmen to favor legalized online gambling, this is Rep. Earl Blumenauer a ...

Ron Paul Defends Online Gambling

Nov 17, 2007
Republican Texas Congressman and 2008 United States Presidential hopeful, Ron Paul, came to the defense of online gaming and the rights of players betting over the we...

Annie Duke In Spotlight Over U.S. Gambling Ban

Nov 16, 2007
Annie Duke, one of the world's best female poker players, is currently sitting in the spotlight as she gets much attention as she supports change in the current...

Online Gambling U.S. Debate

Nov 16, 2007
There has been a lot of news recently about the anti-gambling laws in the United States and the meetings being held in the past weeks.

 

Thi...

Criticism Continuing towards Deval Bill

Nov 15, 2007
Continuing to make mainstream headlines all across the United States is governor of Massachusetts, Patrick Deval, with his attempts in having online gambling banned, ...

Oklahoma Crowns four more Winners

Nov 15, 2007
The last few days has seen four more winners from the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge, as the $5,000 championship nears.


Taking home the win in Friday...


Testimony on Gambling Bills heard by U.S. House

Nov 15, 2007
The harms of gaase exponentially," McClusky testified. "(And) when you have the law, the states, financial institutions, religious and family organizations,...

U.S. Position for Online Poker Opposed

Nov 14, 2007
The Poker Players' Alliance, through a recent independent survey that was polled, drew attention at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on online gambling. The su...

Ups and Downs after UIGEA

Nov 13, 2007
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Act (UIGEA) has definitely made a huge impact on two well known online poker networks in the...

iMega Responds to Massachusetts Governor

Nov 13, 2007

After the report in the Boston Globe on Saturday that Governor Deval Patrick has file legislation that would propose a law making gambling online for Massachu...

Patrick Bill is a Target for Internet Gambling

Nov 11, 2007
Although Governor Deval Patrick is planning to license three resort casinos in the state of Massachusetts, he also plans to tighten the hold on Internet gambling by m...

Australian Court to Hear Betfair

Nov 10, 2007
Most online poker players are aware that the online
gaming company Betfair , who has recently begun their
pro...

European Union Asks For Change From U.S.

Nov 8, 2007
The top trade official stated that the United States must change their online gambling law, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as it discriminating agai...

Two Country’s Two Different Views

Nov 7, 2007

This week Germany has been in the news with their view of online gambling and it seems Germany and their Administrative Court of Appeals have the opposite thou...

No Ruling For iMega

Oct 31, 2007

In the iMega legal case against the United States that had been given a thirty day time limit in which the judge would review each sides case has had no rule a...

Delays In WTO Dispute

Oct 30, 2007
The United States has successfully had the decision delayed on claims made against them for implementing legislation that cut profits by the billions for many online ...

Petter Nylander Case Ordered to be Dropped

Oct 29, 2007
CEO of Unibet Petter Nylander was arrested on Monday of last week on a French warrant by a French judge on charges of money laundering and internet crimes. The arrest...

Dutch Authorities Detain Unibet CEO

Oct 28, 2007
Petter Nylander was detained earlier this week under a French warrant by Dutch authorities.

Unibet says it was because of an alleged breach of French Gambling L...

BArry Greenstein Talks Online Gambling Reform

Oct 28, 2007
In recent political meetings that discussed the Barney Frank bill and the Wexler bill, Barry Greenstein feels they went very well and support that is needed to get at...

Trip To Capitol Hill Looks To Be a Success For Alliance

Oct 27, 2007
Well, it was what we have all been waiting for. The Poker Players' Alliance made their three day trip to Washington in hopes to educate and convince politicians...

Antigua is Joined by European Union in Fight for Gambling

Oct 26, 2007
The European Union have teamed up with Antigua in its case against the United States and they plan to seek compensation for their members' losses. They have charg...

IGREA Gaining Support

Oct 24, 2007

Gaining support slowly but surely, the IGREA, Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007, has had lawyer, Steve Cohen who is a Tennessee Representa...

UK CEO Comments On UIGEA

Oct 24, 2007

Joe Saumarez-Smith the CEO of Sports Gaming has written about his thoughts on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and has used the title "Inte...

Will European Union Talk With US

Oct 24, 2007
Some of the online gambling operators have asked the European Union Trade Chief Peter Mandelson to speak with United States legislators hoping he can convince them ...

Opening The French Market May Be off

Oct 21, 2007

Many have waited to see what the response would be from France after the their appearance in front of the European Union, their has been speculation that they ...

Poker Rules From The IRS

Oct 20, 2007

The United States Internal Revenue Service has announced that casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments are go...

France Has A Stranglehold On The Online Gambling Industry

Oct 19, 2007
France's monopoly of online gambling, including government owned lottery Francaise des Jeux and the PMU betting organization may over shortly. They may no longe...

Antigua and Barbuda In Front of WTO Again

Oct 17, 2007
Antigua's lead attorney Mark Mendel said, "So far, we have been the only ones willing to negotiate, and it takes two to get a deal done. That is what ...

Hearing in Geneva on WTO Compensation

Oct 17, 2007
The World Trade Organization are holding a hearing on October 18th to work out just compensation for the nations who were affected by the United States withdrawal of ...
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