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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
I’ve been getting a lot of email from people about the gambling ban. Much has come from people who ran a few Google searches, found one of my artricles on the ban, and are now pretty honked off about it all. At risk of falling victim to the pundit’s fallacy, I think this is going […]
We regret to announce that from Friday October 13th Kiwi Gaming (www.kiwigaming.com) no longer accepts wagers from US Residents. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, recently signed by the US President, will prevent US banks from handling gambling transactions. Kiwi Gaming deeply regrets having to take this action but we have been left […]
PUBLISHING & Broadcasting Ltd executives spent Monday putting the finishing touches to plans to spin off the company’s media assets, but executive chairman James Packer was not orchestrating proceedings from his Park Street headquarters. Mr Packer was on the Singaporean resort island of Sentosa helping present his consortium’s bid to build a $US3.5 billion ($4.7 […]
A roster of 130 “electronic games of skill” — with names such as Sizzling 7 ‘s, Double Black Tie and White Hot Aces — met with Arkansas Racing Commission approval Monday for installation at the state’s two pari-mutuel racetracks. The gambling games join seven others the commission accepted last month, for a total authorization of […]
VERNON, N.Y. An upstate harness racing track is set to become the next New York track to offer video gambling machines. The long-suffering Vernon Downs in central New York’s Oneida County is scheduled to open its video gambling facility on October 26th. The track’s owners hope it will bring in (m) millions of dollars in […]
Several operators of Internet gambling sites in Costa Rica known as "sportsbooks" say their businesses will not be significantly affected by a new U.S. law prohibiting bank and credit card payments to the sites. U.S. President Bush signed legislation Friday aimed at prohibiting the credit card and electronic fund transactions U.S. players often use to […]
According to reports the bill, passed in congress on Friday, bans internet gamblers from using credit cards, checks and electronic fund transfers to settle their wagers in the US, and is part of a larger bill aimed at bolstering US security. Aljazeera, a news agency, said US analysts believe the industry is one of the […]
Gambling promoters are putting at least $13 million on the line to see if Ohio voters will welcome slot machines on Nov. 7, the third proposal since 1990 to expand gambling. Voters that year and in 1996 refused almost 2-to-1 to allow casino gambling in some Ohio cities. Backers are optimistic they will fare better […]
AUSTRALIAN online gaming company Betcorp has suspended its United Statesoperations after the enactment there of restrictions that effectively bansome forms of internet betting. Melbourne-based Betcorp said it hadsuspended its US operations after the Unlawful Internet Gambling EnforcementAct of 2006 was signed into law by US President George Bush. The act makesit illegal for US banks […]