The unanimous vote kept the bill from going to Gov. Ed Rendell. It alsocontinued a volley between chambers that has lasted for much of the pastyear over how to fix problems identified by critics of the state’s2-year-old gambling law, with one chamber often dropping pet provisionswritten by the other. House Majority Leader Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, […]
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Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internetgambling ban won’t keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on tooverseas payment services out of the law’s reach. “It has put a terriblescare into people,” said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law atWhittier Law School. “But it won’t by any […]
The unanimous vote kept the bill from going to Gov. Ed Rendell. It alsocontinued a volley between chambers that has lasted for much of the pastyear over how to fix problems identified by critics of the state’s2-year-old gambling law, with one chamber often dropping pet provisionswritten by the other. House Majority Leader Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, […]
Congress has passed a provision outlawing payments to Internet gamblingsites by banks and credit card companies. Congress approved a bill tobolster port security Sept. 30, and attached to this “must-pass” bill is aspecial provision that would make it illegal for credit card companies andbanks to transfer funds to online gambling companies. The law has beendescribed […]
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that she’s flattered to beconsidered a viable vice presidential candidate in two years, but for nowshe’s satisfied focusing on her re-election campaign before the state voteson Nov. 7. “I’m just focused on the next 19 days,” Sebelius said Thursday.“I think there are incredible opportunities in this state. I am […]
The United Sioux Tribes held a special meeting on Thursday to discussfrustrations with state negotiations over tribal gaming compacts in which anational media campaign against the state was considered. “I don’t thinkpeople across the country are gonna like what the governor is doing in thisstate, and I think this should go nationwide,” John Peebles, the […]
Congress has passed a provision outlawing payments to Internet gamblingsites by banks and credit card companies. Congress approved a bill tobolster port security Sept. 30, and attached to this “must-pass” bill is aspecial provision that would make it illegal for credit card companies andbanks to transfer funds to online gambling companies. The law has beendescribed […]
The below quote is from a Gonegambling.com newsletter written by John Abbott, sounds like a really good idea but polititions are so full of themselves I doubt they will even consider it."I believe in free trade and that governments should keep their noses out of what people want to do in the privacy of their […]
Sportingbet has warned that the US is encouraging the creation of a black market through its online betting ban, after announcing it is taking a hit of £210m on the sale of its business Stateside. Announcing its annual results this morning, the UK-based firm said its profits had risen by 75% to £71.5m, but that […]
Ontario is looking to quash Internet gambling by introducing a bill today that will ban such Web sites from advertising, a move legal experts say oversteps the province’s authority. Gerry Phillips, Minister of Government Services, will table a bill of amendments to Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, including a section aimed at banning media organizations from […]
Politicians planning online gambling regulation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNM) were regarding the new US anti-internet gambling law with some disappointment this week. The CNM House Speaker Oscar Babauta said that pending legislation in the region may face setbacks after President George Bush signed a bill that effectively criminalised the financial process […]
Politicians planning online gambling regulation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNM) were regarding the new US anti-internet gambling law with some disappointment this week. The CNM House Speaker Oscar Babauta said that pending legislation in the region may face setbacks after President George Bush signed a bill that effectively criminalised the financial process […]
Southern Baptist public policy specialist Richard Land, clearly delighted with the ban on online gambling financial transactions that passed into US law recently, has commended President Bush and Congress for their commitment in pushing the legislation through. In the process he painted a pretty extreme and unsubstantiated view on the industry. “All friends of families […]
Even though President Bush has signed a law to curb Internet gambling, investors in the handful of U.S.-listed Internet gambling companies may not want to fold their hands just yet. “There is growth in this industry even without the US,” said Blackmont Capital technology analyst Wojtek Nowak. “The drive into broadband Internet in Asia and […]