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US Attorney's Office Holds Off Indictment And Onto Neteller Customer Funds
G&C Editors Note: It’s unclear whether Neteller founders, Lefebvre and Lawrence, were in court for the preliminary hearing or whether the hearing even took place. Very little information is available at this time. This will be updated as information comes in. USA TODAY 2/14/2007 10:55 PM ET By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — The waiting game for thousands of U.S. patrons with money tied up in an online payment service under federal investigation just got longer. The U.S. -
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ONLINE GAMBLERS ' SADLY MISTAKEN'; NO CHANGES TO ONLINE GAMBLING BAN SAYS AGA
LAS VEGAS SUN Jeff Simpson on why it’s unlikely the online gambling ban will be reversed February 11, 2007 at 7:18:8 PST American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf told me last week that if online poker players are confident they can persuade Congress to pass a law that would define poker as a game of skill, they’re sadly mistaken.
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Canada First Nation To Establish Online Gambling Haven Like Kahnawake
EDMONTON JOURNAL Jason Markusoff; with files from the Canadian Press Published: Saturday, February 10, 2007 EDMONTON – There is a glimmer of hope the Alexander First Nation can successfully fend off a showdown the government has threatened over the band’s attempts to create a haven for online casinos, legal experts say.
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Sullum Opines 'Neteller's Open and Honest Conspiracy'
REASON MAGAZINE::REASON ONLINE Jacob Sullum, Senior Editor, Reason Magazine | February 7, 2007 Although Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre are charged with money laundering, there was nothing sneaky about their “conspiracy.” In 1999 the two Canadians co-founded Neteller, an online payment processing company, now based in the Isle of Man, that openly specialized in serving online gamblers.
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UK Looks To Antigua and Barbuda In Developing International Online Gambling Regulations
Caribbean Net News Friday, February 9, 2007 ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Division of Gaming has announced that the country expects to play a key role in developing international regulations and legislation for remote gambling following publication of the UK Government’s communique regarding the 2006 International Summit on Remote Gambling.
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Canada Probes Indian Nation's Online Gambling Plans
CANADA.com Jason Markusoff, Shawn Ohler, CanWest News Svc; Edmonton Journal Thursday, February 08, 2007 EDMONTON – A northern Alberta First Nation that is offering to host online casinos is under investigation by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. The commission says it will crack down on what it deems would be illegal gambling.
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Canada Province To Conduct Online Gambling Survey
The Calgary Sun Thu, February 8, 2007 By TODD SAELHOF, SUN MEDIA The city’s top Catholic and fellow-social activists are furious over a possible provincial cash grab through online gambling. Bishop Fred Henry calls media reports the Alberta government planned to collect revenue through Internet betting as “an intemperate, ill-advised, immoral decision. “It should be a short study,” Henry said yesterday of a government survey to gauge opinions about Internet gambling.
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US Prosecutors Are Reason US Customers Can't Access Funds According To Neteller
CNN CNNMoney.com February 8 2007: 9:11 AM EST LONDON (Reuters) — British payment processor NETeller said Thursday U.S. prosecutors had seized funds, stopping U.S. customers from accessing their money, the latest move in an online gaming sting. NETeller, which quit the United States last month after authorities arrested its two founders, said it was cooperating with an investigation by the U.S.
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Neteller Issues Press Release, Working To Return Funds
PRESS RELEASE 8 February 2007 – NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the leading global independent online money transfer business, today issued the following update with regard to its US business and criminal charges against two of its founders.
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US Gambling Legislation Affects Lasseters Bottom Line
Australian IT Ben Woodhead FEBRUARY 08, 2007 ONLINE casino Lasseters has suffered a 35 per cent slump in first half revenue after changes to gambling laws forced the company to fold its US operations in October last year. Lasseters also swung into the red in the six months to December 31 as US income dried up and high technology depreciation costs turned a $823,531 net profit a year ago into a $4.9 million loss. The company’s $7.1 million pre-tax loss included $6.
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ANTIGUA WILL LOOK TO EU FOR ONLINE GAMBLING SUPPORT
Antigua Sun Tuesday February 06 2007 The position of a senior European Union official that America’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is “protectionist” has sparked the attention of Antigua & Barbuda gaming officials.
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US Trying To Link Online Gambling To Terrorism
LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS BY BOB SHEMELIGIAN The chips are down for principals in online gambling operations, and the cyberspace scenario is probably going to get worse.
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YouTeller Claim Of Certification In Doubt
eGaming Review A new payments processor which says it will be open for business in March this year appears to be falsely claiming to be certified by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA). YouTeller claims on its website to be a trademark of a company called Seed Capital Ltd, and gives an address in east London.
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Online Gambling Ban Brings Back Bookies
The Salt Lake Tribune By Peter Sanders The Wall Street Journal Today, a 28-year-old Hollywood assistant named Seth plans to enjoy the Super Bowl in the same way millions of other football fans will – he’ll bet on it. How, exactly, will he wager that $100 burning a hole in his pocket? One thing he knows for sure is that he won’t do it legally. Trekking to Vegas for the weekend is out of the question.
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Congress Made Bad Call On Online Gambling
Daily Breeze February 4, 2007 The best bet would be for the government to lift the online gaming ban and instead license, regulate and tax Web sites that seek American bettors. Daily Breeze editorial Super Bowl Sunday is a good time to examine the federal government’s hypocritical relationship with gambling. Betting at Native American casinos on federal land is fine. Wagering in Nevada and New Jersey is OK, too. State lotteries are great.
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US DOJ Actions Effectively Freezes Neteller Customer Funds
USA TODAY By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — The federal crackdown on online gambling has tied up the funds of thousands of U.S.
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Judge Rules Against Online Gambling; Upholds Monopoly Israel
PANORAMA A precedent-setting ruling was delivered this week against online poker and online gambling in the Israeli court case involving Gibraltar-based online bookmaker Victor Chandler’s CEO Michael Carlton, effectively banning online gambling companies from delivering any services to Israeli customers.
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New Payment Processor 'YouTeller' Touted As Neteller Replacement For Online Gambling
NewswireToday - /newswire/ – London, United Kingdom, 01/30/2007 – Shortly after Neteller announced its decision to pull out of the US gaming market on January 18, the London-based technology company Seed Capital Ltd. introduced a new payment processing service ‘YouTeller.com’. “We will start in March with a revolution in simplicity of worldwide online payments.
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House Bill 1243 Introduced To Remove Felony Language in Current State Legislation
Strow Introduces Bill 1243 into Washington State Legislature Press Release – Washington House Republicans 10th District legislator introduces bill to provide an affirmative defense to the Class C Felony created by 2006 internet gambling bill Rep. Chris Strow, R-Whidbey Island, today announced his legislation, House Bill 1243, to quash the felony charge language in last year’s legislation addressing in-home internet gambling.
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eCOGRA Releases Results From Study Of Online Gambler
WORLD’S LARGEST STUDY OF THE ONLINE GAMBLER REVEALED (Press Release and eCOGRA Global Online Gambler Report can be downloaded at eCOGRA) The first comprehensive picture of the ‘average’ online gambler emerges today from a huge new research project involving nearly 11,000 players from 96 countries.
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US Suffers Setback - WTO Panel Ruled 'US Did Not Comply With WTO Ruling' Regarding Online Gambling
REUTERS By Doug Palmer Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:01pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has suffered a new setback in a four-year-old legal battle with Antigua and Barbuda over U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday. At issue is an April 2005 World Trade Organization ruling against U.S. prohibitions on online horse race betting. Since then, the U.S.
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UK Online Gambling Shares Take A Beating After US Probe Announced
SCOTSMAN.COM By Pete Harrison EXCERPTS: LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in European online gaming firms tumbled by as much as 9 percent on Monday following news U.S. prosecutors had launched a probe into Internet gambling. Analysts said U.S.
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Online Gambling Companies Take Direct Hit, Stock Prices Plunge
MARKET WATCH – DOW JONES By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch Last Update: 9:34 AM ET Jan 22, 2007 LONDON (MarketWatch) – Shares in online gambling companies PartyGaming, SportingBet, 888 Holdings and Empire Online slipped once more in London on Monday after published reports that the U.S.
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OUTRAGE FROM UK AS US TARGETS BANKS OVER ONLINE GAMBLING
TIMES ONLINE Rhys Blakely Senior bankers and leading politicians have attacked demands from the American Department of Justice for British bankers to hand over details of their dealings with online gambling companies outlawed in the US.
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US DOJ ORDERS WORLD BANKS TO SURRENDER RECORDS ON ONLINE GAMBLING OPERATIONS
THE SUNDAY TIMES – TIMES ONLINE January 21, 2007 By: Jenny Davey THE US Department of Justice has ordered the world’s biggest investment banks, accountants and law firms to hand over all e-mails, telephone records and papers connected with internet gaming firms as part of an investigation into illegal online gambling in America.
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OTHER ONLINE GAMBLING E-WALLETS EXPECTED TO FILL NETELLER VOID IN U.S.
HERALD TRIBUNE The Associated Press Published: January 18, 2007 LAS VEGAS: Though payment processor Neteller PLC is the latest and largest such company to pull out of the lucrative but illegal U.S. online gambling market, industry observers said other e-wallet sites would come forward to take its place… …The arrests were the latest in a series of enforcement actions by the U.S. government against the online gambling industry.
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ONLINE GAMBLING'S NETELLER STOPPED BUSINESS IN US 12:O1 AM
HOUSTON CHRONICLE – cron.com Jan. 18, 2007, 3:43AM By ROBERT BARR – Associated Press LONDON — Neteller PLC, a Britain-based online money transfer business, said Thursday it is ceasing to handle gambling transactions from U.S.
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NETELLER EXECUTES COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL FROM US MARKET
EGAMING REVIEW Neteller has announced its complete withdrawal from the US gambling transaction market with immediate effect. Fellow payments processor Citadel has also announced its official exit from the US. The Neteller news came in a trading statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning. It comes two days after founders and former directors Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre were detained by US authorities and charged with money laundering related to online gambling.
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NETELLER FOUNDERS CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING
EGAMING REVIEW Neteller founders Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre have been charged with money laundering offences by the US Attorney General in the Southern District of New York.
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Online Poker Pioneer Increases Shareholdings In Spite Of Slump
TIMES ONLINE Empire Online has had a torrid time along with the rest of the online-gaming sector following the passing of legislation in America that has in effect banned internet gambling. Last year’s reversal triggered the departure of non-executive chairman Leonard Steinberg, and halted the group’s US business, which it said will have a “material” impact on future earnings.
