Party Gaming Plc – is one of the online gambling operators that is hoping the United States government finally gets its act together and regulates the online gambling industry. While they are waiting on that to happen – they also have been on negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice. A settlement is reported to […]
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The Belmont Stakes -Â the final leg of the Triple Crown -Â sees its 133rd running on Saturday, June 7. The Bodog Racebook has all your Belmont Stakes odds -Â but before you place your bets, be sure you read up! Big Brown – 1/3 – Big Brown captured the Kentucky Derby two weeks before exploding to victory […]
Barney Frank and his pals have sent an official letter to U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials telling them *not to waste any more time trying to implement a ban on online gambling*. In other words -Â they are giving a direct order not to enforce the UIGEA! (UIGEA = Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) This […]
Americans spent more money gambling in 2007 than on movie ‘tickets’ or ‘candy’, but the steady growth of commercial casinos in the past decade could take a hit next year because of a slumping economy and setbacks in building new places to play. A survey released Wednesday by the American Gaming Association showed that U.S. […]
Poland’s Deputy Finance Minister Jacek Kapica has announced his government’s plan to regulate the online gambling industry. This is expected to take place by the end of 2008. The reasons behind the Polish change of mind was provided by Mr. Kapica when he said: ‘We cannot control this process anyway and it is better that the […]
Everyone out there by now is familiar with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, also known as simply the UIGEA. The bill was passed by the United States Congress in 2006 as an attachment to the Safe Port Act, a bill to improve port security and minimize the risk of catastrophic terrorist events inside USA […]
After much anticipation -Â the South African Parliament has approved a measure to legalize -Â regulate, and tax online gambling. (The bill is also designed to protect gamblers from unscrupulous online operators and advertisers). The online gambling bill now advances to President Thabo Mbeki for his review and expected signature. The proposal -Â known as the National Gambling […]
The bill to ban online gambling - the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), rocked the online poker world when it was introduced in late 2006. Although many online poker players felt the bill would not be able to impose a total ban on Internet gambling, it did do damage to the industry. The year before the […]
The surprising results of the NCAA tournament games have ruined numerous brackets in office pools and Online contests across the country. However -Â for the first time ever, all four number one seeds in the tournament, North Carolina -Â Kansas -Â UCLA and Memphis, are among the final four teams competing for the Division I basketball championship. North […]
The country is just one in a series of European Union countries that have come under intensive scrutiny for their stance related their monopolistic gambling practices. France, Holland and Germany are just a handful of nations under fire. Denmark has one of the largest concentrations of online gamers! The Danish minister for taxation - Kristian Jensen […]