It took a backdoor move by the Senate Majority leader, but the bill designedto curb online gambling in the United States has passed. Sen. Bill Fristhelped get the Internet gambling ban attached to a defense bill designed toboost security at nation’s ports. The bill passed Saturday. The bill callsfor banks to work with the federal […]
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Ligue 1 club Toulouse protested against a French ban on advertising forgambling by wearing the slogan “.com, censored” on their shirts during agame at Olympique Marseille on Sunday. It replaced the name of Toulouse’sshirt sponsors, online casino and poker firm 888.com. The FrenchProfessional Football League (LFP) on Friday banned its clubs fromadvertising any form of […]
AMERICA’s $6 billion (£3.2 billion) internet gambling industry is facingmeltdown after the US Senate pushed through a Bill at the weekend outlawingthe processing of bets by banks and credit companies. The surprise move,which is expected to spark a massive share sell-off, will promptLondon-listed 888 Holdings to announce this morning that it is halting itsentire US-facing […]
“This last minute deal reeks of political gamesmanship” says PPA, but thehorseracing business is delighted with its carve out. Most posters deploredwhat was seen as the “stealth” introduction of the measure by RepublicanSenator Bill Frist, who pulled political strings to attach a compromiseversion of a stalled anti-online gambling proposal to an essential portsecurity act, which […]
The internet gaming industry breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when PeterDicks, the former chairman of Sportingbet, was released from US custody andallowed to return to Britain. Mr Dicks became the second UK internet gamingexecutive to be arrested when he was held in New York three weeks ago undera warrant issued by the state of […]
Congressional Republicans attached a measure cracking down on Internetgambling to a bill aimed at enhancing port security that passed Saturday.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.,pushed for the gambling provision to be added to the larger bill. Onlinegambling is generally illegal in most circumstances, but it is somethingthat is difficult to […]
The Port Security Bill, which will increase security along all United Statesports, overwhelmingly passed both the House and Senate in the midnite hoursof Friday night early Saturday morning. Attached to the quality securitybill is a a completely unrelated measure that directly affects internetgambling. So what exactly does this bill do to the state of internetgambling? […]
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement last night on legislation totighten maritime and port security regulations and, in a last-minute move,added an unrelated measure that seeks to ban Internet gambling. At the sametime, House negotiators prevailed in their fight to strip out $4.5 billionin rail and mass-transit security funds included in the Senate provision.The port […]
Most forms of internet gambling would be banned under a bill that receivedfinal US congressional approval on Saturday. The House of Representativesand Senate approved the measure and sent it to President George W Bush tosign into law. The bill, a compromise between earlier versions passed by thetwo chambers, would make it illegal for banks and […]
Utah consumer protection officials have cited four companies for sendinge-mail solicitations to minors for Web sites promoting gambling, alcohol andpornography. It was the second time this year state investigators issuedcitations under the state’s controversial Child Protection Registry law,which requires adult-oriented Web sites and e-mailers to screen outaddresses on the list from their distribution databases. Named […]
This week, Youth Eastside Services launched the first state-funded programto help teens battle gambling addiction. The program is funded by a new taxapproved last year by the Legislature to pay for prevention and treatment ofproblem gamblers. The tax is paid by the Washington Lottery, WashingtonHorseracing Commission and groups with recreational gaming licenses. So far,much of […]
LOUISIANA governor Kathleen Blanco has voiced support for the state’scrackdown on online gambling and renewed an extradition request for PeterDicks, former chairman of Sportingbet. The governor’s intervention came asMr Dicks prepared to attend a court hearing in New York yesterday to learnwhether he will be sent to Louisiana to face illegal gambling charges.Lawyers for Mr […]
PARTYGAMING experienced a late flurry of buying on an apparent proceduralsetback in Congress over America’s anti-gambling legislation.Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader, has been seeking to attach theanti-gambling measure to one of two “must-pass” Bills before Congress shutsdown this weekend ahead of November’s mid-term elections. But withlegislators keen not to hold up the progress of […]
Hoosiers who sit at their computers gambling online may be subject togreater restrictions in the near future. State Rep. Joe Micon, D-WestLafayette, and Republican candidate Connie Basham both believe restrictionson the practice are necessary. Micon commented on state law, stating“Currently, participating (in online gambling) is not illegal.” Indiana lawallows such participation but prohibits the operation […]