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InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Banks Rap Internet Anti-Gambling Proposal Legislation designed to put a dent in Internet gambling ran into opposition Wednesday from the banking industry and, surprisingly, the Traditional Values Coalition. |
InternetNews May 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Calls For Broader Gambling Ban A House subcommittee has approved legislation banning all forms of online gambling in the United States. |
InternetNews July 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Passes Ban on Internet Gambling In the sharpest attempt yet to curb Internet gambling by Americans, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to ban financial payments to offshore casinos. |
InternetNews March 16, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Seeks to Cut Cash Flow to Online Gambling Approved on a close voice vote by the House Financial Services Committee, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act requires financial institutions to identify and block payments to offshore casinos, sports book and other online gambling sites. |
Salon.com October 22, 1999 Janelle Brown |
Gambling on the Net -- or not? As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online. |
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Roy Mark |
Online Gambling up For House Debate Members of the U.S. House of Representatives may get an opportunity next week to place their bets on banning Internet gambling. |
PC World November 21, 2006 Andy Sullivan |
New Law Won't Stop Internet Gambling Federal legislation bans credit-card payments, but sites have alternatives. |
InternetNews September 15, 2006 Roy Mark |
North Dakota a Gambling Haven? Republican state lawmaker defying his party by pushing for state-sanctioned online casinos. |
InternetNews April 26, 2007 Roy Mark |
Lawmaker Bets on Legalizing Online Gambling A new bill proposes to allow Americans to wager online through licensed sites. |
PC Magazine June 1, 2009 Chloe Albanesius |
Place Your Bets--Online New legislation could legalize Internet gambling in the U.S. |
InternetNews September 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Frist Pushing Internet Gambling Ban Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist targeted a ban on Internet gambling as a top priority for the U.S. Senate in the waning days of the 109th Congress. |
InternetNews April 7, 2005 Roy Mark |
U.S. Wins Hand in Gambling Feud The World Trade Organization sides with the U.S. in its online gambling dispute with Antigua. |
Reason February 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Follow-Up: The Stakes Get Bigger Before you know it you'll have an interstate poker network in the U.S. All gambling lawyers and pundits agree that it isn't a matter of whether it will happen next year, but when. |
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Some Bets Are Off The strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on Internet gambling. |
InternetNews June 8, 2007 Roy Mark |
New Deal For Online Gambling? From the courtroom to Congress, opponents of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 this week began playing their hands to undo the controversial legislation. |
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark |
WTO Turns Up Heat on US Online Gambling Ban The office of the United States Trade Representative said it would "vigorously" appeal the "deeply flawed" decision by the World Trade Organization to open US borders to international Internet gambling casinos. |
InternetNews November 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Top Dem Doubles Down in Online Gambling Fight Amid heated lobbying effort and sharp criticism, Bush administration races forward with Internet gambling rules. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Jeff Hwang |
Did Congress Kill Online Poker? Regulation, not prohibition, is the answer to online poker. Poker isn't a form of gambling any more than buying stock is, and it should be exempt from the new law, as horse racing and state-run lotteries are. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews October 2, 2006 Roy Mark |
Gambling Sites Folding U.S. Hand Before President Bush evens signs a new law aimed at curbing Internet gambling, online gaming companies are preparing to pull out of the lucrative U.S. market. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Dealt a Bad Hand This fall the House Financial Services Committee is finally expected to release its regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which was signed into law in 2006; banks are anxiously awaiting clarity on a number of fronts. |
InternetNews January 26, 2007 Roy Mark |
Antigua Takes Upper Gambling Hand Over U.S. Antigua has won its latest long-shot effort to force the U.S. to open its market to offshore gambling, according to a confidential report issued by the World Trade Organization. |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Roy Mark |
Online Gambling Operation Betting on Congress BetonSports chief executive is leading campaign to change lawmaker attitudes about Internet gambling. |
InternetNews November 15, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
Lawmakers Hear Protests Over Internet Gambling Ban Legal experts, professional poker players and Justice Department representatives square off on current and proposed laws banning online betting. |
InternetNews December 17, 2007 |
U.S. Budges (a Little) on 'Net Gambling The United States has reached a deal with the European Union, Japan and Canada to keep its Internet gambling market closed to foreign companies, but is continuing talks with India, Antigua and Barbuda, Macau and Costa Rica. |
InternetNews November 8, 2007 |
EU Presses U.S. to Change Internet Gambling Law The United States must change an Internet gambling law that discriminates against European companies by preventing them from offering services in the U.S. market. |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Tim Beyers |
How Evil Will Google Become? Gbuy is soon to be thrust upon the world, but will it do what PayPal won't? History says that Google's strategy will be to zig as PayPal zags, hoping to drag consumers along for the ride. |
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
Craps! Neteller to Forfeit $136M Neteller agreed today to forfeit $136 million in profits and return $94 million in American online gamblers' funds it is holding as part of a plea deal for violating U.S. gambling laws. |
InternetNews July 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
An American Hypocrisy? Bet on It. The DoJ refuses to wait for clarification of U.S. online gambling laws. Just ask David Carruthers. |
Reason September 2004 Jacob Sullum |
Aiding and Betting Federal prosecutors say helping Americans find online casinos or sports betting operations could amount to "aiding and abetting" illegal gambling, a crime punishable by up to two years in prison. |
Sports Central August 18, 2010 Diane M. Grassi |
U.S. Ban on Online Gambling on Way Out? A look at the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, and efforts to overturn it like House Resolution 2267. H.R. 2267 has numerous problems. |
InternetNews August 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Folds U.S. Hand With the British-based company named in a 22-count indictment for violating American gambling laws and its former CEO sitting in a St. Louis jail, BetonSports said Friday it was permanently cutting off access to its site for U.S. bettors. |
InternetNews July 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Arrest Offshore Gambling CEO U.S. authorities moved against one of the world's largest Internet gambling operations Monday, charging 11 individuals and four corporations with various counts of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. |
InternetNews November 19, 2007 |
New Push to Roll Back Online Gambling Ban? Lawmakers press U.S. Trade Rep for a second look at online gambling bans. |
Sports Central April 6, 2010 Diane M. Grassi |
States Rushing to Legalize Sports Betting Many U.S. states are on the precipice of bankruptcy and are desperate for that magic bullet to increase tax revenues without continually cutting services for their already over-taxed residents. |
InternetNews November 15, 2006 Roy Mark |
New York Hits Internet Gambling Operation Law enforcement officials claim Web site was generating more than a $1 billion a year. |
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Roy Mark |
Antigua Claims Its Share of WTO Decision Complicated ruling on Internet gambling has both the U.S. and Antigua claiming victory. In the end, though, some claim it doesn't matter at all. |
InternetNews December 20, 2007 |
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Pay up on Gambling Fines The U.S. had accused Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo of helping to promote illegal Internet gambling. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Tom Taulli |
Doubling Down on Online Gaming Stocks Despite the bad news regarding legislation for online gaming, there may be opportunities for investors. |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Chris Mallon |
WTO Raises the Stakes A recent ruling could have serious effects on the U.S. gaming industry. |
CIO February 1, 2003 Tom Wailgum |
E-Bookies As NFL fans and the two football finalists geared up for Super Bowl XXXVII on Jan. 26, in San Diego, so too were online gambling sites. It's a safe bet that a good portion of the Internet gambling industry's 2003 revenue (about $5 billion) was at stake. |
InternetNews August 7, 2009 |
Senator Mounts New Push to Legalize Net Poker Revisiting testy online gambling fight, Robert Menendez looks to separate the legit sites from the scams in the eyes of the law. |
Reason March 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Safe Bet New regulations, issued in November, no longer insist that banks and other payment processors figure out the difference between legal and illegal online gambling, a distinction Congress deliberately left vague. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Saving Ourselves From Gambling The FBI's unfounded obsession with the horrors of gambling. Should online gambling be outlawed, or legalized and taxed? |
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Bill Would Ban Connection Taxes Legislation calls for permanent bar on Internet access taxes. |
Reason July 2007 Radley Balko |
Pirates of the Caribbean A three-judge panel found that the recently enacted Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act runs afoul of global trade agreements. |
Reason May 2006 Greg Beato |
Sin Cities on a Hill How legalized gambling in America moved from the Strip to Main Street. |
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Fires Jailed CEO U.K.-based online gambling operation seeks to put distance between itself and U.S. indictment. |
InternetNews November 10, 2006 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Agrees to Permanent U.S. Ban BetonSports, the London-based online gambling firm enmeshed in a legal maelstrom with the Department of Justice, agreed Thursday to a permanent injunction barring the company from doing business in the United States. |
InternetNews November 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Top Turkeys of The 2006 Legislative Season As Congress departs for the Thanksgiving holidays, it's time for the first annual Legislative Turkey awards. |
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Roy Mark |
N.Y., N.J. Hit Internet Gambling Rings New York and New Jersey law enforcement officials busted two Internet bookmaking operations today that allegedly handled more than half a billion dollars in sports wagers over the last 16 months. |