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New Jersey Governor Fight With the DOJ on Sports Betting Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice, (in it’s infinite wisdom?), appears to be declaring war on the State of New Jersey. The DOJ has asked a U.S. District Court to block New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine from joining, and thereby lending his considerable influence to, a legal challenge seeking to lift a ban on sports betting from New Jersey and 45 other states. The DOJ claims that the Governor does not have the authority constitutionally to intervene. -
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iMEGA and the Third Circuit Appeals Court
On Tuesday, lawyers for the United States Attorney General’s Office and Interactive Medias Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) held arguments in front of the third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. What is at stake? Well it is the constitutionality of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The arguments ran the gauntlet.
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Barney Franks Speaks Out at WSOP
Barney Frank let his opinion be know Sunday at the WSOP, on the UIGEA Bill and where he stands, before he announced the traditional “Shuffle up and deal call.” He called the UIGEA Bill the “stupidest bill ever.” He also told of his plans to have it repealed in September, and is very optimistic that he will get it repealed, and removed from the law books.
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Can Harrah’s and Others Gain From Online Gambling?
The fight is on. Many people and quite a few big U.S. casinos would love to see internet gambling legalized. For the casinos, this would give them a much bigger market and an ability to reach out to people who never get a chance to travel to Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Not to mention the legions of young poker players who have grown up learning and honing their poker skills on the internet. But not all is rosy on the gambling front.
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Online Gambling Prohibition is Costing Search Engines Millions
The times are getting exciting for online gambling. Everybody has something to say on the subject. On June 10, 2009, in a crackdown on illegal gambling and suspected money laundering, the bank accounts of some 27,000 online gamers were frozen by U.S. authorities. At the same time, the European Union accused the U.S. of violations of international trade rules by banning online gambling. The EU gaming outfits are claiming a $100 billion loss because of the U.S. ban.
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EU to US: Drop Gambling Ban
The European Union is definitely not dropping the ball when it comes to trying to get the USA to drop our stupid “ban”* on online gambling.
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Harrah's confirms hiring of Mitch Garber, for Harrah's Interactive Entertainment
It’s becoming more and more apparent that Harrah’s is poising themselves to enter the online gambling market by confirming the rumors made in April about the hiring of Mitch Garber, the ex-CEO of PartyGaming; who resigned from that post last year. Garber will be in charge of Harrah’s newly-formed subsidiary company, HIE (Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment,) which will work to expand their World Series of Poker and other online gambling ventures.
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Online Poker Players to Obama: Overturn the UIGEA
It seems that just about every other day we’re hearing more and more positive news in regards to support for Barney Frank’s anti-UIGEA bill that is currently in the House.
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Minnesota jumps on the bandwagon to block Internet gambling sites
Instead of using Kentucky’s approach of trying to actually seize gambling related domain names, Minnesota is using the 1961 wire act to force ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) to block access to gambling related websites and casinos at the network level. This is fine, and all, but again, we’re still talking about censorship, which is totally against our 1st Amendment rights that guarantees Americans Freedom of Speech.
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Bodog reaches a resolution with 1st Technology, LLC and gets Bodog.com returned
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away… Err, wait, sorry…wrong opening. Way back when, in 2007, Bodog lost their domain name, bodog.com, in a patent infringement suit brought against them by 1st Technology, LLC.
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PartyGaming closes deal with United States DoJ
What is all boils down to is this: PartyGaming has agreed to pay $105M in exchange for the DoJ to not follow up on any “criminal” charges being brought against any of PartyGaming exec’s. As we all know, the DoJ has had their sights set on PartyGaming for quite some time now, and have since the passing of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) about 2½ years ago.
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South Carolina's anti-gambling law under scrutiny
You know you’re in for a wild night, when a Committee Chairman starts things off with a statement such as “I guess since we’re in Greenville, we need to start with a short prayer. We didn’t do that in Charleston.”, which is exactly how this meeting was kicked off by Robert Ford, a democratic senator from Charleston, SC. He had meant his statement to be a joke, but some people actually took offense.
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EU finds US in violation of WTO agreement
The EU Commission released their draft report Thursday, in which they have found the US to be in violation of WTO (World Trade Organization) rules.
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eCOGRA adds 3 more accountants to expand their compliance staff
e-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance, better known as eCOGRA, announced Wednesday the addition of 3 new accounting professionals to their compliance staff. Bradley Khoury and Sean Roberts will be joining eCOGRA’s Compliance and Advisory department, while Garath Muirhead will be joining eCOGRA’s data department.
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Kentucky shows their true colors
Finally, after all this time, the truth comes out in regards to the driving force behind Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s plight this past September in trying to seize 141 gambling-related domains.
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PartyGaming closer to deal with the United States
It seems that we’re hearing good news in regards to online casinos that had removed themselves from the USA market after the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act).
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Casino Club Casinos - Blacklisted for not paying players and trying to strong-arm affiliates
It’s a sad day when we have to blacklist online casinos, but we will do everything in our power to protect players from unscrupulous online casinos, poker rooms and affiliate programs.This problem is two-fold. First off, Casino Club has refused to play a legitimate player that was lucky enough to win a very large amount.
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France to license online casinos starting in 2010
Let me first start out by saying that it’s a sad day when France realizes what’s going on, and works to resolve the situation instead of banning online gambling, such as Steven Beshear was/is trying to do.
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Playtech acquires Marvel licensing rights
Pretty soon, players will be able to play their favorite Marvel games at Playtech-powered online casinos.
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Everest Gaming receives European Gaming License through Malta
Everest Gaming, home of Everest Casino and Everest Poker, is happy to announce that they have earned a European Gaming License, issued by Malta.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers study: USA could reap billions by taxing online gambling revenues
PricewaterhouseCoopers recently released the results of a study they conducted for UC Group, which is an online payment service company, concluded that the USA could stand to earn nearly $52 billion over the course of 10 years. How? It’s simple – by regulating and taxing online casinos. Easy enough, right? Not really, but we’re getting there. Barney Frank is due to submit a bill as early as March to start the process of repealing the UIGEA, which was passed in 2006.
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Barney Frank expected to introduce a bill in the House next month to repeal the UIGEA
I just have 5 words to say about this: “We love you, Barney Frank!” Actually, I have more to say. As we all know, the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) was “introduced” in 2006 by being attached to the Port Security bill, which _had_ to be signed. There was no getting around that.
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Progressive Jackpot Over $120K on 3D Online Casino
The all new Single Pay Line Sot-O-Matic is becoming more and more popular. With jackpots like this I can see why. Technology is always changing and most of the time for the better. News Release: 18 February 2009 (London, UK) – The progressive jackpot at 3D online casino, has just gone over $120,000 (€97K).
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Kentucky’s Gambling Online Appeal Continues
The state of Kentucky has asked the judge to exceed the fifty page limit on the appeal to add 30 more pages to the appeals brief.The Appeals Court in Kentucky voted 2 to 1 that the internet domain names did not fit in the state statutes defined as “gambling devices”, and could not be used to support any civil action.It seems the attorneys in Kentucky need to add more space to add more contortion to the laws that don’t seem to exist to the briefs of the Appeal.
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Looks Like Legalizing Online Gambling Could Change
According to the financial times there could be a new move to legalize online gambling in the near future. Barney Frank is not giving up!! Way to go Mr.
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New No Payline Slots Released by All Slots Casino
All Slots Casino has maybe changed the way you play online slots. They have released a new technology in slots. With the release of not one, not 2 but three new slots without paylines, they are leading in technology.
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Beshear administration - It's not over yet.
Online gamblers, poker players, bingo players, et all, have won the battle, but the war is still being fought. In less than 48 hours after a Kentucky Appellate Court ruled against Beshear, saying that an Internet Domain Name is not a “gambling device,” Gov. Steve Beshear’s cronies…err, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, released a statement to the fact that they are going to take this matter to the Kentucky Supreme Court. J.
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Social Network Opens at Foxwood
Could this be the beginning of land based Casino’s migrating to the internet? The MGM Grand at Foxwoods Opened a Casino Social Network, they say to enhance customer’s experience. Will this just be the beginning of things to come? Mashantucket, CT (PRWEB) January 7, 2009 — MGM Grand at Foxwoods launches its new social network today at http://connect.mgmatfoxwoods.com to bolster its customers’ casino experience.
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Cryptologic Launches New Casino Game Pack
Everyone who has wanted new casino games to play, well here they are!! Cryptologic has done it for you.
