Online Gambling site Bodog

Online gambling website Bodog.com was out of service Monday and remained inoperative Tuesday, apparently due to a $48.6-million default judgment obtained by a Las Vegas company against Bodog in a patent infringement case. By Tuesday afternoon, Bodog had established a new website, NewBodog , which is virtually identical to the old site and enabled Bodog clients…

Hard Lobbying For Online Gambling Regulations

MasterCard has spent $880,000 in the first six months of this year to lobby the federal government. The company lobbied on legislation related to the regulation and enforcement of Internet Gambling. MasterCard, through its paid lobbyists have contacted Congress, the Treasury, and the Justice Departments concerning their efforts. Visa Card has in the first six…

Antigua and the United States

This escalating dispute being conducted through the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached the point where the US is fully prepared to withdraw from its responsibilities under the WTO Agreements structure. All in order to protect recent US legislation that prohibits foreign gambling companies from conducting online gambling operations within the US…

Deadline In iMEGA Online Gambling Suit

Waiting till the very last minute, the US Department of Justice did submit an eighteen page response brief on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Reserve addressing the iMEGAs request for a temporary restraining order against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA). Nothing new was presented and the eighteen pages basically repeats…

Ixgames offering updated information related to all aspects of the online gambling industry

Online casino gambling has become much more accessible and safer over the last couple of years. The market for online casinos - sportsbooks and poker rooms has now grown into a multi multi billion dollar industry! (Today, most daily newspapers have a poker column, including the New York Times. The game saturates cable television. Until recently,…