NETeller Plc announced the closure of its US online transfer business in thewake of growing restrictions in the country. The closure follows last week’sarrest of the two founders of the UK-based online money transfer company.NETeller founders Stephen Lawrence, 46, and John Lefebvre, 55, were arrestedlast week in the US and charged of handling billions of […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Southwest Airlines, the largest U.S. domestic carrier, says it has decidedagainst luring passengers with in-flight gambling to revive revenue growth.Other innovations will be tried, the Dallas-based carrier said, but declinedto be specific, the Financial Times reported Thursday. Low-cost airlinesRyanair and EasyJet are pioneering efforts to introduce onboard gaming andmobile phone calls. Gary Kelly, Southwest’s chief […]
Eight men face more than 100 charges in Wise County for allegedly operatingillegal gambling houses along the town of Appalachia’s Main Street.While the buildings were vacant by day, prosecutors allege, they were a hiveof clandestine activity at night as card players and gamblers looking toplace bets on sporting events made their way to the back […]
Jeff Coy has been named to another two-year term on Pennsylvania’s GamingControl Board. Speaker of the House Dennis O’Brien, R-169, signed a letterreappointing Coy on Friday, and the letter was to be delivered Tuesday toCoy and gaming board chairman Thomas A. Decker. O’Brien spokesman BillPatton says the speaker made the appointment before receiving a letter […]
Federal prosecutors are keeping up the heat on the two founders of a companythat processes Internet gambling transactions. The two former heads of theNeteller P.L.C. company have been arrested and charged with launderingbillions of dollars in gambling proceeds. The charges against John DavidLefebvre and Stephen Eric Lawrence are contained in a pair of criminalcomplaints unsealed […]
One of the three officers in court this week for having allegedly gambled atthe Chickasha Elks Lodge has been allowed to go free. While Special DistrictJudge Ken Harris found that there was probable cause that illegal gamblinghad occurred at the Elk’s Lodge between August of 2005 and September of2006, Harris did not have sufficient evidence […]
A lawmaker who supports efforts to legalize and regulate video gamblingmachines in taverns and bars says he will not push such legislation thisyear – but that doesn’t mean the issue is dead. Rep. Win Moses, D-FortWayne, says regulating and taxing illegal video gambling machines, sometimescalled ”Cherry Masters,” could generate $200 million in tax revenue forthe […]
The state Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on whether the CatawbaIndian Nation’s land settlement with the state allows it to offer videogambling on its York County reservation. A lower court ruled in favor of thetribe, but the state is appealing. The Catawbas say their 1993 land dealallows video gambling, despite South Carolina outlawing it […]
The recent arrests of Neteller ex-directors Stephen Lawrence and JohnLefebvre whilst visiting the United States highlights once again that ifAmerican officialdom can get its hands on Internet gaming executives, it isprepared to bring charges that stride over international boundaries. Anyonereading the press release from the US Attorney General’s office thatreported the arrests can have little […]
District attorneys statewide plan to use a recent Supreme Court decisionoutlawing a type of video gaming machine at Birmingham’s dog track to shutdown adult arcades and casino-like operations across Alabama, a keyprosecutor said Tuesday. The ruling, which overturned a lower court orderthat allowed so-called “sweepstakes” machines operated by Birmingham RaceCourse owner Milton McGregor, means that […]
The two founders of the British “virtual wallet” group Neteller, whichprovides gambling accounts to online punters, have been arrested in Americaand charged with money laundering offences which carry penalties of up to 20years in prison. Neteller’s former chairman, Steve Lawrence, 46, wasdetained in the US Virgin Islands on Monday and his co-founder, JohnLefebvre, 55, was […]
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning on whether theCatawba Indian Nation’s land settlement with the state allows it to offervideo gambling on its York County reservation. A lower court ruled in favorof the tribe, but the state is appealing. The Catawbas say their 1993 landdeal allows video gambling, despite South Carolina outlawing […]
A state lawmaker who favors legalizing and regulating the video gamblingmachines now common in bars and social clubs has decided against filinglegislation to make that change. Rep. Win Moses, D-Fort Wayne, saidyesterday that he instead is seeking to create a committee to study theissue this summer and consider such matters as how much to tax […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear yesterday said he wants togive people a chance to vote next year on whether to legalize expandedgambling at racetracks and to open some casinos in Kentucky. Beshear saidexpanding gaming would generate $500 million a year for the state, help thehorse industry and stop Kentuckians from going to Indiana and other […]