Staffers for Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency have formed a new version of Gambler’s Anonymous – assembling a team of spies trained to track Islamic terrorists who are using gambling websites to launder large sums of money that ends up funding al-Qaida groups around the world, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. The…
Business World Online reported today that Internet gaming companies saw nice profits in 2008, as the news site used the Philippines as an example of what is taking place in countries friendly to online gambling. According to the article, Pacific Online Systems Corporation, the online lottery operator owned by the Philippines government, posted a forty-eight…
Absolute Poker is getting ready to make every man’s fantasy come true for 12 lucky Texas Hold’em players. The leading online poker site today announced that it’s giving away six trips for two to the Kandy Masquerade party at the Playboy Mansion, set to get underway on February 28, 2009. (AbsolutePoker is the only online…
Doyle’s room has been part of the Microgaming Network of online casinos, but that will soon be changing. The popular online poker room is switching networks and it may be to one that accepts US players. The Microgaming Network does not accept US players. Doyle’s room may feel that this is hurting their ability to…
The game, like every casino game, is easy to play. But if you want to learn how to play the game to optimum strategy it’s going to take a bit of study. Professional gamers are willing to put in this effort to gain that small edge because they know that it will increase their chances…
Every play of the big game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers is going to be under the microscope. Now you can play along at home during the live broadcast (Feb. 1, 6:00 p.m., NBC). Some bets are about strategy (pass or run) and some are about results (made or missed field goal). You…
A member of a sophisticated card-cheating ring admitted that he swindled casinos in California and Canada out of some $1 million by bribing card dealers and using card-counting devices, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Tai Khiem Tran, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that was based in San Diego. Prosecutors…
France will open up online gambling to private competition from next year, the government said on Thursday, bowing to European Commission pressure to end the monopolies enjoyed by state operators but not going far enough to satisfy the industry. Unveiling long-awaited plans for an online gambling bill that will be submitted to the cabinet at…
Gambling winnings are fully taxable and must be reported on your tax return. Gambling income includes, but is not limited to, winnings from lotteries – raffles – horse and dog races and casinos, as well as the fair market value of prizes such as cars – houses – trips or other noncash prizes. Depending on the type and amount…
Taiwan’s lawmakers passed a bill that allowed casinos to be opened for the first time. They reached the sensible conclusion that casinos, if carefully planned, could boost the nation’s tourism industry while delivering substantial economic benefits. The legislation, which completed its first reading in 1997, will allow Taiwan’s offshore islands to build casinos on the…