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Irish financial and sports spread-betting firm to float on AIM
Jul 29, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Worldspreads, an Irish financial and sports spread-betting firm hopes to raise in the area of Euro 8 million in improvement capital next week when it premiers on the ...
PPA Employs Prime Lobbyist/Law Firm In Washington
Jul 29, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
US poker advocate group Poker Player's Alliance (PPA) has been highly involved in the initiative to declare poker a 'game of skill', thereby omitting...
Support Increasing for Online Gambling Bill
Jul 28, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Representative Barney Frank is getting more support for the online gambling bill (HR 2046). Three more congressmen signed on to cosponsor the bill Thursday, bringing ...
Lee Rousso vs. Washington State Update
Jul 28, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Lee Rousso is finding that he is becoming a local celebrity. Since filing his lawsuit against the state of Washington and the unconstitutional law put into place that...
Skill Game Protection Act, New Cosponsors
Jul 28, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Robert Wexler's Skill Game Protection Act, HR 2610 saw a jump in cosponsors this month. Many of the representatives signing on to his bill to create an exception ...
New Laws for Connecticut Home Poker
Jul 28, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Last week, the Division of Special Revenue repeated a warning to Connecticut residents pertaining to how they can and cannot legally play poker. State Attorney Genera...
EU vs. France Restrictions
Jul 27, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The European High Court has ruled that France must open to real money gambling online. It has specifically demanded the reversal of a verdict under preparation, which...
Unibet Not Concerned By $36-Mil Lawsuit
Jul 25, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Unibet has revealed they are not concerned by the $36 million lawsuit brought against them by Swedish government owned ATG. The ATG claims Unibet was not licensed...
GamCare Launches Trade Services
Jul 25, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
GamCare, a British-based problem gambling organization, has launched a new program called GamCare Trade Services (GTS), an e-learning system developed for gaming oper...
Poker Hope From Danish Court
Jul 25, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Imagine this, you are a quarterback in the Super bowl, preparing to throw the most important pass of the game. After spotting your receiver, you release the ball only...
UIGEA Effecting Offshore Banks
Jul 24, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The effects of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 are already being felt by financial institutions and online gaming operators alike, even...
Gambling Bill Updates
Jul 24, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The House of Representatives are full of measures this cycle to end or exempt or repeal the UIGEA. First was Representative Barney Frank and the Internet Gambling Reg...
Prepare For Social Responsibility
Jul 24, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
One of the requirements for the new Gambling Act going into effect September 1st in the United Kingdom is in the area of social responsibility. It is the desire of th...
Wexler New Online Poker Legislation As 'Palatable'
Jul 23, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The word 'palatable' is defined as "acceptable or agreeable" - this is how US Congressman Robert Wexler, a Democrat from Florida, has described his ...
England Regulates Gaming Industry
Jul 23, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Although the regulation of gambling for the U.K. has been both beneficial, and prosperous, the adjustment and encompassment of the industry has come with a significan...
Support for HR 2046
Jul 22, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
As time has passed, Congressman Barney Frank has been able to add names to his list of supporters for HR 2046. Barney Frank is currently the chairman of the House Fin...
Ruling May Open Online Gambling in France
Jul 22, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The Malta based company Zeturf saw the Frence appeals court, Cour de Cessation, overturn a court decision to ban them from offering online betting on horse racing. Th...
ATG Sues Unibet For $36 Million
Jul 22, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Swedish government owned horse betting company, ATG is suing the online bookmaker Unibet for allegedly stealing information from it's horse racing database. ATG c...
Online Gambling Ads in UK May Not Be
Jul 20, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
New UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is rethinking allowing online gambling advertising on TV and radio in the United Kingdom according to a report in the UK Times...
Poker Players Alliance Progress Report
Jul 20, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
According to Alfonso D'Amato, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has managed to do a lot in 6 months and the former Senator outlines as much in a recent letter to i...
Congressman Frank Calls on American People
Jul 20, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Congressman Barney Frank has proposed a bill that will repeal the current Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was sneaked in the Port Security Bil...
NETeller Makes Deal
Jul 19, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
NETeller, a British company that was the major online payment center to online gambling has agreed to forfeit $136 million in a deal with US prosecutors.
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Swedish Board Cracking Down On Gambling Operators
Jul 18, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The Swedish Gaming Board is initiating a stratagem to ensure all gaming related operations conducting business within their borders abide by Swedish law. This comes a...
Online Gambling Advertising Ban Sticks In UK
Jul 18, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and culture secretary Tessa Jowell, had been working to allow the advertisement of online casinos, online poker and betting shop...
Pres. Candidate Ron Paul's Popularity Virtually Ignored
Jul 16, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
You won't hear much about him on the news, but according to Internet analysts, Ron Paul is the most widely searched US Presidential candidate in the 2008 election...
D'Amato Speaks Out For Poker Players Alliance (PPA)
Jul 16, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Senator Alfonse D'Amato, Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and strong advocate of Frank's Bill, expressed his views today on the current situation ...
Carribbean Nations Join Antigua and Barbuda
Jul 15, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Antigua and Barbuda are no longer fighting the United States Gambling ban alone, Caribbean Nations have joined in the call for regulated online gambling.
The ...
UIGEA 270-Day Deadline Come & Goes Uneventfully
Jul 13, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The US government was given 9 months - 270 days - since the signing of a
Port Security Bill with the unrelated Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ...
Gambling Industry Potential Mergers & Acquisitions
Jul 13, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
With much of the Internet gambling industry on the rocks thanks to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), it is not unlikely that we will see...
Odds against amending HR 2046
Jul 13, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
HR 2046 has 19 co-sponsors including Massachusetts House Representative, Barney Frank. The bill designed to regulate and license the Internet gambling industry, contr...
Experts Believe iMEGA Suit Against UIGEA Strongest Ever
Jul 12, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
iMEGA reportedly files a brief Monday to further support their request to implement a Temporary Restraining Order against enforcement of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet ...
Industry Experts Speak Out in Support Of Frank's Bill
Jul 12, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
More experts of the Internet gambling industry have thrown his support
behind Barney Frank's proposed Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGR...
behind Barney Frank's proposed Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGR...
iMEGA Vs. UIGEA Hearing Set For September 4th
Jul 12, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) filed a lawsuit on June 5th against the US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez, to halt enforcemen...
Court Ruling Delivers Blow To French Gambling Monopolies
Jul 12, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The Cour de Cessation, the highest appeals court in France, ruled that the
country's only justification for maintaining a state-wide monopoly on gambling i...
country's only justification for maintaining a state-wide monopoly on gambling i...
Lefebvre Finally Speaks, Agrees to Plea Deal
Jul 11, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
NETeller continues to be in the spotlight as cofounder John David Lefebvre has finally been heard from. Lefebvre has agreed to a plea deal with the United States fede...
Betcha.com Shut Down By Authorities, Computers Seized
Jul 11, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Nick Jenkins, Chief Executive of Betcha.com, was furious when the authorities told him he would have to shut down his recently launched web site, Betcha.com. Accordin...
MGM Mirage Interested in Online Gambling
Jul 9, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
In a conversation with a newspaper journalist, a senior executive with MGM Mirage gambling group stated that they would seek to get involved in online gambling, if th...
Israel Cracking Down on Online Gambling
Jul 9, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Reports have come from Israeli news publications indicating that a District Court in Tel Aviv has upheld the allegation that any online gambling companies targeting I...
Fantasy Sports Deemed Legal By US Federal Court
Jul 9, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Several Viacom companies were sued recently for allegedly violating state gambling laws by operating fantasy sports web sites. The lawsuit came about because these co...
270 Day Deadline For UIGEA Regulations Tomorrow
Jul 9, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
When President Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), attached to a Port Security Bill, in October of 2006, a 270 deadline was set...
Are Online Video Games Considered Gambling In UK?
Jul 9, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Legislation is being thrown about across the globe concerning "online gambling" and what constitutes the act of "online gambling". The US has pass...
CARICOM Supports Antigua in Dispute with U.S.
Jul 8, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Antigua's dispute with the United States over internet gambling will get the full support of the other Carribbean nations according to The Prime Minister Baldwin ...
Legalized Texas Holdem Bill Stalls in Lousianna
Jul 8, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The Louisiana State Senate has recently stopped legislation that would have legalized Texas Hold'em poker to be played in restaurants and bars across the state. T...
WSOP Attracts More Players Despite US Legislation
Jul 6, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
This year's World Series of Poker was expected to turn out a lower number of participants than usual because of current legislation in the United States concernin...
State of Washington Sued over Online Gambling Ban
Jul 6, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
The month of June could be known for two big events for all poker fans. Of course June is the month of the World Series of Poker and now it could be considered the mo...
All Bets Are Off: Sportingbet - BWIN Talks End
Jul 4, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
In a brief statement, Sportingbet declared their discussions with BWIN, "have now been mutually and amicably discontinued." With talks beginning in March of...
More Support Gathered For Frank's Bill
Jul 3, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Since Congressman and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank proposed the Internet Gambling Regulations and Enforcement Act of 2007 (IGREA), ...
UIGEA Repeal Could Benefit MGM, Sands And Others
Jul 2, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
With Barney Frank's proposed Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act looming on the horizon, many land-based casinos are looking towards the plausible fu...
West Virginia to Allow New Table Games
Jul 1, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Residents of Hancock County West Virginia voted yesterday to allow the introduction of table games at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort.
Not onl...
NETeller Founder Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
Jun 29, 2007
Category: Poker Law / Affairs
Stephan Lawrence, one of the original NETeller founders today, plead guilty to charges of conspiracy in the handling of billions of online gambling dollars and p...
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