Children are buying knives, alcohol, tobacco, and pornographic films on theinternet, a report has warned. They are using debit cards issued by banks tochildren as young as 11 to buy items they would be denied on the highstreet. Some even use the cards for internet gambling. Children’s charitiesraised the alarm about this illegal trade in […]
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A girlfriend and I often argue about which is better? Online gaming or goingto the Brick and Mortar casino? For years I have been an online girl. But,it is the silly season, so I decided to jump into the car with her andsettle in my own head once and for all the answer to what […]
Jim Chanos of New York’s Kynikos Associates was bearish on internet gamblingsights long before Senate majority leader Bill Frist “ambushed” the industrywith a bill making most internet gambling illegal. Contrary to claimsdetailed on a website yesterday, it didn’t take an elaborate scheme ofinside information about the Senate’s legislative schedule to tip Chanos offon the dangers […]
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A Scottish MP has called for credit card companies to place a limit on theamount that online players can spend on Internet gambling. Mike Weir, theScottish National Party (SNP) MP for Angus, called for a limit to be set at£1,000 a week, and also called sites to limit players to using one creditcard each. The […]
The largest ever online gambling survey commissioned by eCOGRA has somesurprising results. With over 10 000 participants from countries all overthe world, this survey will represent the clearest picture about the onlinegambling industry from a players perspective. The results of the survey areexpected to be revealed at the upcoming ICE exhibition which takes place onthe […]
After months of work around the world, what is arguably the biggest surveyyet of online player attitudes and opinions is due to be presented at theInternational Casino Exhibition in London at a media conference scheduledfor the 23 January. The Global Online Gambler Report was devised by leadinggambling research teams at Nottingham Trent University supported by […]
Gambling group Ladbrokes, which operates Ladbrokes Online Casino, isexpanding its European operations by targeting the Spanish market. TheBritish bookmaker is starting an alliance with Spanish slot machine firmCirsa Slot, whose machines are found in bars and arcades. The new alliancewill apply initially for a betting licence in Madrid, which comes under newbetting regulations. The move […]
The Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported this week that a controversiallaw, Penal Code Article 301, is to be applied vigorously by Turkishauthorities against *Internet crimes* that include online gambling. Thelegislation is apparently targeted on “indecent broadcasting and onlinegambling”, and the Information Technology Security Agency will have the taskof blocking broadcasts and offending sites as defined […]
HSBC has joined the ranks of banks charging customers higher rates forgambling transactions processed on its credit cards. The bank will chargecustomers the cash advance rate of interest (up to 27.8 per cent) instead ofthe normal purchase rate (up to 22.9 per cent). A spokeswoman told BBC News:“This is one of a number of changes […]
According to a Turkish newspaper, new restrictions are to be vigorouslyintroduced by Turkish authorities against ‘indecent broadcasting and onlinegambling’. The new amendment to the existing censorship laws, Article 301 ofthe Penal Code, will see the Information Technology Security Agency, censorand block offending websites in the hope of contravening offending websitesthat are ‘denigrating Turkishness, the republic, […]
According to the BBC, although HSBC customers will now immediately payinterest of between 21.9% and 27.8% instead of the previous charge ofbetween 15.9% and 22.9%, they will not be charged the one-off fee applied toother cash transactions such as the purchase of foreign currency.AdvertisementThe BBC reported that, in the last year, all major banks haveprotested […]
Dozens of Costa Rican employees have been laid off by one of the onlinegambling industry’s larger companies, BetUS.com, according to a report fromsportsbook portal Gambling911 this week, which suggests that the company isthe latest group to significantly downsize its Costa Rica operations.Bodog.com announced similar plans last month. Costa Rica’s economy, in whichthe offshore gambling sector […]
Dozens of Costa Rican employees have been laid off by one of the onlinegambling industry’s larger companies, BetUS.com, according to a report fromsportsbook portal Gambling911 this week, which suggests that the company isthe latest group to significantly downsize its Costa Rica operations.Bodog.com announced similar plans last month. Costa Rica’s economy, in whichthe offshore gambling sector […]