The Pokers Players Alliance is urging all members to call your Representative in support of HR 2046 which is the Internet Gambling Regulation & amp; Enforcement Act 2007 that was introduced by Representative Barney Frank. The PPA blasted emails to almost $500,000 members asking people to take action and tell your Rep “You are a […]
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A Florida congressman is introducing legislation today exempting poker and some other games from the Internet gambling ban passed by Congress last year. The bill planned by Democratic Rep. Robert Wexler would carve out “skill games” such as online poker, bridge, chess and mahjong from the online gambling prohibition that congress passed into law last September. Wexler used […]
Taiwan is due to launch sports gambling next year to stimulate economic development in central and southern Taiwan, a sports official said Monday. Yang Chung-ho, director of the Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, said that if everything went smoothly, Taiwan would open Sport Betting on April 15, 2008. On Sept. 10, 2007, the council […]
With the New Hampshire debates behind both political parties, Hillary Clinton still remains the favorite to become the President of the United States in 2008. Sportsbook.com have Hillary Clinton listed at 2 to 1 odds. With George W Bush constitutionally limited to two terms and Vice-President Dick Cheney making clear he will not be running, […]
Democratic Congressman Barney Frank this week has been out on the interview circuit in order to promote his new Bill that would legalize and regulate online gambling. In the interviews his general message to American citizens who would like the new law to pass has been a strong one. “Call your representative and your senators and […]
– Radley Balko’s testimony before Congress – (Radley Balko testified before the House Financial Services Committee on June 8, 2007 on the issue of Internet gambling. The following is the transcript of his prepared testimony.) Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the committee: My name is Radley Balko. Im a senior editor with Reason magazine and […]
Antigua has threatened to act against U.S. trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property rights, in response to the U.S. position in the World Trade Organization dispute regarding internet gambling. The WTO decision, however, does not reveal the extent of the issues relevant to cross border wagering. Around $100 million has been won from U.S. players through […]
The Emperor Hotel and Casino in Rajin-Sunbong has re-opened. It had earlier been a source of Chinese authority concern over remote gambling as the casino attempted to attract foreign tourists. The North Korean regime designated Rajin and Sunbong as a special free economics and trade zone in December, 1991 and encouraged foreign businesses to locate […]
The European online gambling market will see a new entrant in the form of Antigua-based online gambling group Bodog. Bodog says the company plans a soft launch into Europe this autumn. The company already has a large amount of experience dealing in the US market before the UIGEA-inspired clampdown last year and has been diversifying into the […]
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