Category Archives: News

Barney Frank critic of banning Internet gambling

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has asked Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to postpone issuing regulations opposed by banks and other financial groups that would implement a ban on Internet gambling. Frank, a critic of banning online gambling, wrote that he was *deeply disappointed* that Treasury was proceeding with what I consider to be unseemly haste in […]

PartyGaming and CryptoLogic

CryptoLogic software developer – is in talks with PartyGaming to pool their poker businesses to save costs as both companies fight to maintain their positions in the the online gambling industry. After William Hill announced that it was abandoning CryptoLogic as its software provider of poker and casino for rival Playtech, Dublin-based CryptoLogic sought to soften the […]

Casino money behind John McCain

Casino companies are largely backing Republican John McCain in the presidential election, though Democrat Barack Obama has some support within the gambling industry. Individuals with ties to casinos have donated more than $260,000 to McCain’s campaign through September, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks presidential fundraising. The group says […]

Real Time Gaming Slots

New online slots at Cherry Red Casino – The new online slots are, Three Stooges, Coyote Cash, and Rudolph’s Revenge. Coyote Cash is a game based on a cartoon coyote. The progressive jackpot is randomly triggered. Coyote symbols are substitutes, and bags of cash labeled “loot” are scatters. Other symbols are armored cars, cacti, cow […]

Swedish Market Opening Up

The National Gambling Consultation has issued a report calling on the Government to partially break up the Svenska Spel monopoly and allow foreign online operators into the Scandinavian nation for the first time. Svenska Spel is a State-owned gambling monopoly that has come under increasing pressure from the European Commission for violating European Union competition […]

Regulation of online poker

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) launched a new newspaper advertising campaign Tuesday aimed at underscoring the need for federal regulation of poker. The ad – which comes after recent stories on cheating scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absoluter Poker appeared in the Washington Post and 60 Minutes, will be placed in three influential Washington, D.C. newspapers – […]