The allure of gambling calls out to Matthew Bowles-Roth wherever he goes.When he drives on the freeway, casino billboards entice him with riches.When he buys cigarettes at the convenience store, lottery tickets shineunder the glass counter. When he flips through TV channels, guys his ageappear in high-stakes poker tournaments, beaming like movie stars. Eachtime, Matthew […]
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Jay Melancon hunkered down in an auditorium chair for his morning psychologyclass at the University of Minnesota, flipped open his laptop and logged on.The instructor yammered on at the front of the room, but Melancon wasn’tlistening. He was exhausted from staying up all night playing online poker.And now, sitting in the back of the class, […]
Survey of UK consumers finds broad public support and little opposition togovernment plans to license and regulate online gambling as part of newCasino Act.Results show consumers find licensing and regulation of gambling sites arekey in inspiring consumer confidence and trust. 22nd January 2007 –Controversial government plans to license and regulate online gambling havestrong public support […]
TWO FORMER NETELLER executives who were just passing through the UnitedStates on a flight transfer have been arrested by the FBI.Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre, who are British and have not broken anyUK law, were arrested in connection with what the FBI claims was launderingbillions of dollars of Internet gambling proceeds. According toCardplayer.com, NETELLER allows […]
Though payment processor Neteller PLC is the latest and largest such companyto pull out of the lucrative but illegal U.S. online gambling market,industry observers said other e-wallet sites would come forward to take itsplace. The arrest of its founders Monday on U.S. soil on money launderingcharges and the company’s delicate position as a publicly traded […]
Neteller was by far the most popular online gambling payment method, butthere are many excellent online payment methods now that Neteller hasdecided to no longer facilitates gambling transactions…The followingonline gambling payment methods will be accessible from the cashier functionin most online casinos, poker rooms and sports books. They are allalternatives to Neteller for US-based players. […]
A lawmaker who supports efforts to legalize and regulate video gamblingmachines in taverns and bars says he will not push such legislation thisyear – but that doesn’t mean the issue is dead. Rep. Win Moses, D-FortWayne, says regulating and taxing illegal video gambling machines, sometimescalled ”Cherry Masters,” could generate $200 million in tax revenue forthe […]
The two founders of the British “virtual wallet” group Neteller, whichprovides gambling accounts to online punters, have been arrested in Americaand charged with money laundering offences which carry penalties of up to 20years in prison. Neteller’s former chairman, Steve Lawrence, 46, wasdetained in the US Virgin Islands on Monday and his co-founder, JohnLefebvre, 55, was […]
A key state lawmaker says he won’t push for legalization of video gamblingmachines this year. Fort Wayne Democratic Representative Win Moses saysregulating and taxing the state’s 20 to 30,000 illegal video gamblingmachines could bring the state 200 million dollars in tax revenue. TheIndiana Licensed Beverage Association has tried to drum up support for thelegalization of […]
The manager of a 23,000-member private card club in London was convictedtoday of violating Britain’s gambling laws after a jury decided poker is agame of chance, not pure skill. Derek Kelly argued that he didn’t need agambling license to take a share of profits from players at his club becausethe U.K.’s Gaming Act 1968 covers […]
AIM-listed mobile phone gambling specialist Probability PLC said it haslaunched a pilot of Lady Luck’s, its proprietary mobile phone gamblingservice, in South Africa following a successful technical and marketingtrial in 2006.The service offers South Africa’s 34 mln adult mobile phoneowners the ability to play the full range of Probability’s Bingo, Slots andCasino games including Roulette, […]
Good news for the online gambling industry. Online gambling and online pokeris getting legalized in more and more countries According to and interestingonline gambling article from casinogamblingweb: After the Unlawful internetGambling Act was passed for US poker site and casino players, many Mac usersfound all their favorite rooms were closing up shop. In light of […]
A South Hall gambling raid has resulted in the arrests of 24 people. Thebust followed an investigation into complaints from people about a house inthe 4200 block of Winder Highway. Lt. Scott Ware, MANS commander, saidagents received additional information “from several cooperating sources”and were able to confirm through their own surveillances a large number ofvehicles […]
Officials have found that age limits on the use of gambling machines arerarely enforced in Finland. Finnish law forbids children under the age of 15from using slot machines. Young players are rarely asked how old they are,and it is even rarer for them to be asked to prove their age. It is veryunusual for anyone […]