A Miami, Florida, executive and his wife, charged with participating in anunlawful online gambling operation that booked more than $3.3 billion inwagers over a 28-month period, have pleaded guilty to felony charges in thecase. Daniel B. Clarin, 32, and his wife, Melissa Clarin, 31, both of Miami,Florida, both entered guilty pleas. He pleaded guilty to […]
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Patrick Partouche, the head of French company Groupe Partouche, has beenhanded a 40,000 Euro fine and a 12 month suspended prison sentence.Partouche's punishment relates to his involvement with online poker sitePoker770. France appears to be following in the footsteps of America bycracking down on online gambling and poker. Patrick Partouche and PartoucheInternational were handed stiff […]
Two Nevada lawmakers are working on legislation for an 18-month study ofonline gambling to determine whether online gambling can be effectivelyregulated in the United States. U.S. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and JonPorter, R-Nev. are expected to reveal the co-sponsored legislation withinthe next few weeks, and they hope to gain a powerful ally in Rep. BarneyFrank, […]
A Miami executive and his wife pleaded guilty to participating in a $3.3billion illegal Internet sports gambling operation in New York on Friday,the Queens District Attorney's office said. Daniel Clarin, 32, and his wifeMelissa Clarin, 31, pleaded guilty in court to enterprise corruption andconspiracy charges for taking part in the operation that ran over a […]
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial ServicesCommittee, said on Thursday that he plans to provide more details in comingweeks on possible legislation that would overturn the U.S. Internet gamblingban, Reuters reported. "I'm not ready to give you more details, but I willbe by next week or so.There's no urgency on it," Frank […]
The Evangelical Alliance, representing more than a million evangelicals inthe UK, has spoken out against the consistency of the government's stance inkey issues currently being debated in the UK. "New liberalised gamblingadvertising rules fly in the face of the Government's position on cigaretteadvertising and the debate around advertising unhealthy food to children",the Evangelical Alliance has […]
Reporting the theft of a large sum of money to the police, yet being unableto explain the source of the money in the first place led to a major onlinegambling bust in China, reports the Shanghai Daily this week. A Chinesecourt has sentenced six members of an online gambling operation in Shanghaito heavy punishments this […]
Gambling on campus has become a social event at fraternities and dormitoriesalike – even a "study break" for some – as one recent University ofPennsylvania graduate put it. Although gambling, particularly online, hasgrown rapidly in recent years, local universities say problems related tostudent gaming are few. At Temple University's counseling center, "gamblingaddiction issues are actually […]
A ban on TV adverts for gambling is being lifted under new laws. Casinos,betting shops and online gambling sites will be able to advertise ontelevision for the first time but the commercials must comply with a codewhich aims to ensure they are "socially responsible". This means the advertsmust not imply gambling can be a solution […]
Officials of two Northern Panhandle racetracks are betting local voters willsupport the addition of table gambling to their facilities. Ohio Countyofficials are working with Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center tohold a special election that could take place as early as June 20 – theMountain State's birthday – while Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort isaiming […]
GOING after alleged operators of Internet casinos seemed easy enough for theNational Bureau of Investigation (NBI). But in the real world, where lawenforcement and investigative tasks ought to be conducted "by the book,"such is one hard thing to do. Here's some background on the NBI's raid andfiling of illegal gambling case against an alleged Internet […]
Since the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA),online casino CEO's Calvin Ayre, founder of Bodog, and PartyGaming foundersRussell DeLeon and Ruth Parasol, did not make this years billionaire listfor Forbes Magazine. Calvin Ayre, the founder of online casino favorite,Bodog.com, was dropped off the list after being on the cover of ForbesMagazine for […]
Although the Chinese government recently announced a purifying moratorium oninternet cafes – the same week the Communist Youth League penned a contractwith leading gaming developer Playtech to provide software for large scaleinternet-based gambling tournaments – the cadres in Beijing know thatinternet cafes are only an embodiment of something much larger and morethreatening, according to the […]
Bill Frist, then Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and now ex-would-bepresidential candidate, designed the Unlawful Internet Gambling EnforcementAct ("Prohibition 2.0") to cover Internet poker. He defined "bet or wager"as including risking something of value on the outcome of a contest, sportsevent "or a game subject to chance." Is there any game, even chess, that […]