Like ripping off a bandaid, the worst may be over for large public onlinegaming companies that have shut down their United States Web sites. OnHalloween, the UK government announced it has designs to regulate Internetgambling. Critical of the U.S government decision to effectively ban gamingtransactions, UK officials said the gaming law made in haste will […]
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BUDGET airline Ryanair has struck a deal that could take online gambling onto all of its flights next year. The Irish carrier, Europe’s fastest growingairline, announced yesterday it had formed a partnership with internet bingogroup Jackpotjoy.com. The gambling deal will initially offer an inflightlink to the Jackpotjoy website, with more than 80 online games availablewhen […]
Ontario politicians may be trying to pass legislation banning onlinegambling adverts in the province, but elsewhere in Canada there’s a morewelcoming attitude to the industry. The Kahnawake First Nation Mohawks inQuebec province, home to well over 300 online gambling brands and host to amultitude of company servers will soon have competition from The AlexanderFirst Nation. […]
The research was commissioned ahead of the first ever online gamblingsummit, hosted by Great Britain at Royal Ascot today. The summit will seekto secure international standards for the regulation of online, interactiveTV and mobile phone gambling. The research shows: there are nearly onemillion regular online blers in Britain alone;> they make up nearlyone-third of Europe’s […]
The government today began pimping Britannia out to online gambling firms.The Department for Culture Media and Sport is hosting a conference at RoyalAscot aimed at bagging a lovely slice of pork as the industry realises itsdays of Wild West tax dodging are behind it. Or, if you believe TessaJowell, it’s all about protecting the kids. […]
What was intended as a forum on table gambling turned into a discussion onvideo gambling, its journey and its impact on the region’s future. ”I thinkit was a very good forum, and the participants asked all of us very goodquestions,î said state Sen. Ed Bowman, D-Hancock, following the forum heldMonday evening at West Liberty State […]
The online gambling industry is undergoing a seismic shift just weeks aftera new law cut off much of the business in the United States. Big publiccompanies have lost billions of dollars in market value and millions ofcustomers as they shut their United States Web sites for sports betting,poker and other games. Those companies are anxiously […]
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is to seek an international agreement on howto regulate the internet gambling industry. She will make the bid at thefirst international summit on the global impact of the industry. It alreadyboasts one million regular punters in this country. Ms Jowell will urgedelegates to act to protect children and other vulnerable people […]
Over the past several weeks I asked have asked dozens of professional pokerplayers their reaction to the recently passed internet gaming law. What Iactually asked each player was: “Do you have a sound byte comment on theUnlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act?” Here is a summary of the player’scomments in categories that collectively represent their various […]
The Methodist Church in Great Britain has reiterated its concern about thealarming increase in gambling through the internet, and has urge the UKgovernment to press forward with a global agreement to restrict itsunfettered growth. Speaking in advance of today’s International Summit onOnline Gambling, hosted by the Department for Culture Media and Sport,Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary […]
UK culture secretary Tessa Jowell will this week urge 32 nations to back acode of principles on internet gambling, the first major internationalmeasure to regulate the industry as the US imposes a ban. Britain, France,Germany, Spain, Italy, South Africa and other nations will tomorrow meetoutside London for talks hosted by Jowell to agree on a […]
Two leading online poker and casino firms, PartyGaming and 888 Holdings,have held talks about a £1.6bn merger as the industry scrambles to replacerevenues lost through the United States’ crackdown on internet gambling. Theonline gambling industry has been devastated by legislation passed inWashington this month preventing banks and credit card firms processingpayments for bets. Analysts reckon […]
I don’t gamble online. I’ve seen too many of my friends get so addicted topoker that they’ve got no time left for Internet porn. And I’m not going tolet that happen to me. But I didn’t expect Congress to pass the UnlawfulInternet Gambling Enforcement Act, treating people who spend all day atpartypoker.com like criminals. Maybe […]
Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a newInternet-gambling ban won’t keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them onto overseas 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 means […]