A press release distributed by the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative late Thursday afternoon noted that the bill called for an *Administrative Law Judge* to be appointed. He or she would be ultimately charged with identifying which activities are legal and which arent under the UIGEA, which was passed in late 2006. The UIGEA […]
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In April -Â former Vancouver resident Calvin Ayre caught industry observers by surprise when he announced he was quitting his online gambling empire -Â Bodog -, purportedly to regain his privacy and further his charitable activities. The surprise was compounded when he claimed he had transferred ownership of Bodog a year earlier to the Morris Mohawk Gaming […]
As you know - Hunter Biden is the son of Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running-mate, Joe Biden. Hunter, is Joe’s second son, a well-known Federal lobbyist who created a lobbying company known as Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP. Joe Biden is currently too busy to worry about any specific issues. His focus these days is on traveling […]
There’s no doubt that voting is just like gambling and politics is a sport so it’s of little surprise that popular online sports books are taking bets on the next President of the U.S.. You can’t predict an absolute future so when you vote – just like in poker – you’re taking in all the […]
While certain sectors of the U.S. continue to fight fiercely against regulation of online gambling, Ireland is looking to use Internet casino regulation as a means to provide jobs and spur the economy. The Gaming and Leisure Association of Ireland has petitioned the government to make public and regulate casinos in the country – and to […]
Tim Donaghy is in prison – and David Stern doesn’t want anyone else in the NBA to get in trouble because of gambling…… So Stern responded to a report on NBA referees Thursday by vowing to build the *most effective possible system* to monitor illegal activity and preserve the game’s integrity. *The best we can do […]
A Franklin County Circuit Court Judge has granted a one week continuance in the Kentucky internet gambling domains case to enable lawyers on both sides to file written arguments with the court. The case will now be heard on Tuesday 7th October. More than twenty lawyers representing the domain owners were present at the hearing […]
Barack Obama took a jab at John McCain on Monday over a report that the Republican played high-stakes rounds at a craps table at a Connecticut casino with a lobbyist for the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. Mr. McCain was a chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, which has influence over laws that govern Native American […]
Google will make a major turn by lifting restrictions on paid search gambling terms in the UK. The search giant is to allow all licensed UK gambling and gaming companies to run AdWords campaigns for the first time since June 2007. Gambling and gaming companies within the European Economic Area licensed by their relevant authorities […]
Castle Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CSTL) announced that the recent introduction of House Resolution 6870, the Payments System Protection Act of 2008, would have a profound positive effect on the Company’s operations if the bill becomes a law. The bill was recently passed by the House Financial Services Committee and will be sent to Congress in […]