France was likely to face a legal challenge from the European Commissionover its restrictions on gambling operators, Brussels said on Tuesday,warning it could target Paris as early as next month in a broader sweepagainst national governments. The threat was made following last week’sarrest in France of two senior executives of Bwin, an Austrian online sportsbetting […]
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The Web sites are getting some big numbers and young visitors, and therehave been reports of some servers just unplugging and taking people’s moneywithout ever being heard from again. In a one-week period, more than half amillion gamblers ages 14 to 22 go online to wage real-money bets. For many,it can quickly become an expensive […]
The People’s Republic of China have been considering legalizing onlinecasino gambling, according to Tony Tong, CEO of Pacific Net, a company thatsells Baccarat machines. Macau is already a casino capital, and that iswhere the government would more then likely license companies there.Currently, the government takes around 40 percent of the house winnings inMacau, which means […]
North Dakota Republican will not be lining up to support Frist onlinegambling ban attempt. Not all Republicans are lining up to support U.S.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s call to ban Internet gambling. NorthDakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says: “My fellow Republicans just don’t get it”when it comes to Internet gambling, reports Internet News.com. In July, […]
Police on Friday jailed the co-chief executives of Austrian online companyBWIN for allegedly violating French gaming laws, police and judicialofficials said. Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger were arrested at thetraining center of AS Monaco, a first division soccer club where they wereto hold a news conference, a police official said. BWIN has links to severalfirst […]
Louisiana has pinned high hopes on its casinos to play a major role in thestate’s economic recovery in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Yet this stream of revenue could well run dry if maverick Texangubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has his way. Kinky has pledged that,if elected Governor on November 7, one of his first […]
Although the Internet gambling bill is gaining momentum, politicians whovote in favor of banning online gambling may be in serious jeopardy oflosing their jobs come election time.A lobbyist told EOG that the Internetgambling bill is likely to pass.He states, “Disguised in a huge defensebill, do you want to try and be the one guy to […]
Leading shares closed flat, giving up earlier gains in the last few minutesof trade as investors took profits at the end of a volatile session and withanother chapter in the gambling sector saga overshadowing gains in mortgagebanking stocks, dealers said. The FTSE 100 index closed just 0.2 pointslower at 5,877.0 in a volatile session that […]
Peter Dicks has resigned his job as chairman of Sportingbet PLC, but heregained his freedom as New York authorities lifted the threat ofextradition to Louisiana hanging over his head and returned his passport.Mr.Dicks, 64, was detained last week after arriving at New York’s JFK Airportfrom London, where customs officers were alerted to an outstanding warrantfor […]
Asia Pulse reports this week that the South Korean authorities intend tounilaterally block Internet access of Koreans to some 128 “online gamblingrelated” sites this year.”As of the end of August, we have blocked localpeoples’ access to such illegal gambling sites which operate their serversoverseas and target Korean customers,” Information and CommunicationMinister Rho Jun-hyong told a […]
According to eog.com On September 12, 2006, the Poker Players Alliance,along with the support of other leading Poker forums who oppose anylegislation that would prohibit online poker, have organized a ‘Phone March’on Capital Hill.The Phone March definitely made a dent in the legislation atleast five thousand calls were made, since most of the phone calls […]
SENATE MAJORITY Leader Bill Frist is trying to use a bill authorising USmilitary operations, to prohibit people from using credit cards to settleInternet gambling debts. Frist, who might be having a crack at thepresidency in 2008, wants to make it illegal for punters who gamble onlineto use US credit cards to pay any gambling debts […]
The chairman of British online gambling company Sportingbet PLC, who wasarrested last week after New York customs officials discovered his name on aLouisiana warrant charging him with illegal online gambling, resigned onThursday, the company said. “Further to its recent announcements regardingMr. Peter Dicks, Sportingbet confirms that, with great reluctance … theBoard accepted the resignation of […]
The US Department of Justice has admitted that the 1961 Wire Act which ituses to prosecute executives of online gambling companies is “dated”. TheDepartment insists, though, that the law is sufficient for the prosecutionof gambling executives.Referring to the laws under which it prosecutes,including the controversial 1961 Act, Justice Department spokeswomanJacqueline Lesch told OUT-LAW: “They include […]