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Posted on June 29, 2008
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 has been somewhat of a pain in lawmakers' sides. Ok, that's an understatement--it's been a big pain. First of all, the ambiguity of the definitions of how even unlawful internet gambling...
Posted on May 12, 2008
Gambling is illegal in many countries, and is a very hot button in the United States. Most countries have their own ways of policing activity from within their country, but then there are cases where the governments struggle to get...
Posted on March 12, 2008
I had reported a while ago on a lawsuit in the United Kingdom where a gambler who had asked an online book to not let him gamble due to his compulsive gambling problem actually did and he ended up...
Posted on March 9, 2008
A former ex-lawyer has filed suit in US Federal court against six casinos, 5 in Atlantic City and 1 in Las Vegas, for "allowing" her to lose over 1 million dollars gambling. She is asking for 20 million in...
Posted on March 1, 2008
This battle for internet gambling has had so many sides and so many different stories it is almost dizzying as to what will happen next. But, we have a possible direction--United States Congressman George Miller of California, who is also...
Posted on February 27, 2008
There had been a breakthrough in the United Kingdom in terms of betting companies being able to advertise much more and even on television, a move that was surprising; some of the thinking behind the surprise is that with...
Posted on January 23, 2008
A new proposed amendment in Finnish law now brings to effect that "enable Internet gamblers to claim back their losses. The payer would be either the firm providing the online poker services, a credit card company, or the winning player...
Posted on November 26, 2007
The Hershey, Pennsylvania-based fantasy games company RotoPlay, Inc. has filed suit against the British publicly listed online gambling company Sportingbet, claiming copyright infringement and unfair competition. The basis is from two games that Rotoplay has called "Football Lottery" and "Baseball...
Posted on November 16, 2007
My apologies to all rap lovers out there. The UIGEA (anti-gambling law) has its little quirks, and that is something that the US congress is not taking lightly. The Democratic chairman of the committee, John Conyers, openly questioned the "selective...
Posted on October 4, 2007
The US Treasury and Federal Reserve are taking final steps to ensure that internet gambling is banned once and for all. Although there have been several proponents of the online gambling industry, there have been several attempts that have not...
Posted on August 16, 2007
Anti-smoking laws aren't new, but for Las Vegas, it's a whole new ballgame. For many places around the strip that obviously cater to the night life and everything surrounding gambling, smoking has long been an accepted form in Vegas. However,...
