Roland Shuster winning a $20,000 prize package

Roland Shuster will play at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo 2008 after winning a $20,000 prize package at the popular online poker room Titan Poker. Roland Shuster -43- from Germany, landed a coveted seat to the exclusive European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo after winning Titan Poker’s Super Satellite on March 16th. Roland is…

Online Gambling Day in Court

Lee Rousso will appear in court today to argue for the legalization of online poker. While he will be in the King Country Superior Court, PPA members will be outside the justice halls holding a rally in his support. The constitutional challenge is based on the argument that the ban violates the Commerce Clause of…

Stand up for the U.S.

Every presidential candidate running for office has told us that our government is not only broken, it is corrupt. Every Democrat has told us that the Republicans are incapable of solving America’s problems and every Republican has told us that the Democrats are incapable of solving America’s problems. Could it be that finally they are…

European Union vs U.S.

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into the stance being taken by the US in the trade dispute over online gambling. The Commission has submitted a list of questions to US officials related to alleged discriminatory trade practices against European online gambling companies. “The cumulative effect of US World Trade Organisation (WTO) related…

Denmark regulate online gambling

The country is just one in a series of European Union countries that have come under intensive scrutiny for their stance related their monopolistic gambling practices.  France, Holland and Germany are just a handful of nations under fire. Denmark has one of the largest concentrations of online gamers! The Danish minister for taxation - Kristian Jensen…

March Madness Surprising Results

The surprising results of the NCAA tournament games have ruined numerous brackets in office pools and Online contests across the country. However - for the first time ever, all four number one seeds in the tournament, North Carolina - Kansas - UCLA and Memphis, are among the final four teams competing for the Division I basketball championship. North…

Can anything stop the UIGEA

The bill to ban online gambling - the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), rocked the online poker world when it was introduced in late 2006. Although many online poker players felt the bill would not be able to impose a total ban on Internet gambling, it did do damage to the industry. The year before the…

New revenues for South Africa

After much anticipation - the South African Parliament has approved a measure to legalize - regulate, and tax online gambling. (The bill is also designed to protect gamblers from unscrupulous online operators and advertisers). The online gambling bill now advances to President Thabo Mbeki for his review and expected signature. The proposal - known as the National Gambling…