When James Giordano and 24 others were indicted by the Queens DistrictAttorneys office last month, many in the online gambling world immediatelyfeared the worst. The first “take down” of a “significant” internetgambling business since President Bush signed a bill into law that wouldattempt to prevent some forms of gaming transactions. The Queens DA himselfthrough spokesperson, […]
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A 40 minute debate raised by a Brit Labour MP in the House of CommonsThursday on football shirt sponsorship, mobile gambling and the absence ofprosecutions for breaches of current gambling regulations, grabbed theheadlines the following day. During the forty minute sitting, also attendedby Minister for Sport Richard Caborn, Labour MP Ben Chapman said that he […]
It’s been a tough year for online gambling to say the least and now theBritish Gambling Commission is investigating the legality of shirtsponsorship deals for English Premier League football clubs. All bets couldbe off for companies such as Mansion and 888 Holdings to continue sponsoringPremiership clubs like Spurs and Middlesbrough. There are four premierleague teams […]
SPONSORSHIP deals between online gambling companies and football clubs couldbe banned in the UK if it is decided that they encourage children to gamble.The news comes after the Gambling Commission announced that it willinvestigate whether shirt sponsorship deals – such as those at Middlesbroughand Tottenham Hotspur – unfairly expose young fans to online casinos orgambling […]
Following the lead of Great Britain, Spain is the latest country to embraceonline gambling and it is only a matter of time before the United Statesdoes so to….or we can dream it does. According to IGamingBusiness,Madrid’s regional government is set to regulate gaming through theintroduction of licenses. “The move comes in the wake of Italy’s […]
There’s no denying it, punters in the UK love to have a flutter. Thatexplains why there are more than 8,000 bookmaking outlets huddling amongBritain’s clothes shops and restaurants. But you don’t even have to leavethe comfort of your own home to place a bet these days. The online world isquickly catching up with its high-street […]
It could also prove the defining event in his personal corporate andbusiness development — cementing his commitment to a Pacific and thenglobal gaming future. For the first time, we can reveal the full detail ofthis extraordinary resort casino proposal, dubbed “Harry’s Island”, onSingapore’s Sentosa Island. Ostensibly, the “Harry” is mid-20th centuryHoward Hughes-style adventurer Harry O’Brien, […]
Ontario gambling officials, already under critical scrutiny for questionable lottery retailer conduct and supporting political attempts to ban advertising for online gambling were facing further protests this week regarding the sale of already won scratch cards. Ontario media reported that a national gambling watchdog group has claimed that current scratch card sale practices are unfair […]
As reported by the South Africa Citizen: "Online gambling is still outlawed in South Africa, even though the service is offered from outside the borders of the country, a Pretoria High Court judge has ruled. "Judge Willie Hartzenberg decreed yesterday that an application launched by Casino Enterprises Swaziland, which runs Piggs Peak Casino in Swaziland, […]
A professional poker player accused of running a $3.3 billion illegal sports gambling operation was ordered held without bail Wednesday. The balding and bearded James Giordano stood silently with hands cuffed behind his back at his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Giordano, 52, was […]
A South African judge gave online gambling optimists pause for thought thisweek in a judgement that unlicensed gambling in the country was illegal.Online gamblers in South Africa could be fined up to Rands 10 million (GBP735 000) or jailed for up to 10 years in terms of current legislation, whichwill hopefully be reversed if the […]
A contingent of nearly a dozen New York City police offers arrived in MiamiBeach Monday morning to transfer several defendants being held in an “onlinegambling” bust back to New York for a Tuesday arraignment. The sophisticatedInternet-based gambling scheme took in $3.3 billion in cash wagers from40,000 bettors nationwide since 2004, authorities said. They announcedcharges against […]
Despite the potentially negative impacts of a federal online gambling law,profits at Tyler Hancock’s online poker Web site are almost back to wherethey were before the law passed in October. Hancock, an interdisciplinarystudies senior, runs FuturePokerPros.com, which makes its money by taking apercentage of thewinnings of each player it recruits for other online poker sites. […]
An online gambling site called Gambling Portal recently published a pressrelease claiming their site was responsible for saving a couple’s marriage.The couple, “Debora and Mike from LA”, according to the report, had nocommon interests after 17 years of marriage. After Debora stumbled acrossGambling Portal and started playing online poker, she introduced it to herhusband, and […]