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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. |
Search Engine Watch August 19, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Lawsuit Filed Over Search & Gambling Ads Yahoo, Google and other major web sites have been hit with a lawsuit saying they carry online gambling ads in violation of California law. This comes after two of the major search companies earlier this year made moves that were supposed to remove online gambling ads entirely. |
InternetNews May 24, 2007 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges BetonSports, the British-based online gambling company that ran afoul of U.S. authorities last summer, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering charges. |
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 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 March 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Feds Nab Fugitive BetonSports Founder Gary S. Kaplan, one of two fugitive founding co-owners of BetonSports sought by U.S. authorities, was arrested Wednesday night in the Dominican Republic. |
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 August 1, 2006 Roy Mark |
Former BetonSports CEO Pleads Not Guilty Court extends retraining order barring online gambling site from taking U.S. bets. |
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. |
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Some Bets Are Off The strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on Internet gambling. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Spencer E. Ante |
High Stakes For Casino City CEO Michael Corfman is suing the Justice Dept. over online gambling ads. The Justice Dept. has sent letters to Web sites and broadcasters that accept such ads, informing them they "may be aiding and abetting these illegal activities." |
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. |
InternetNews October 6, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo, Google Delay Ad Deal Amid an ongoing antitrust investigation of a controversial advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo, the companies have agreed to postpone the deal to give regulators more time to complete their investigation. |
InternetNews August 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Still Stiffing U.S. Bettors Despite court order, American gamblers still holding losing hand. |
Information Today May 2004 Dick Kaser |
Green Eggs and Spam A commentary on the new Can Spam Act, and the need to effectually enforce it. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Lorraine Woellert |
Can Online Betting Change Its Luck? The feds are keeping the heat on offshore Web sites, but a global backlash is building. And the $7.4 billion online industry is fighting back against what execs say is a heavy-handed and possibly unconstitutional assault on a free-market enterprise. |
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Bet on New Online Gambling Ban The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act proposes to make it illegal for Americans to use the Internet for gambling and would authorize law enforcement officials to stop credit card payments and other forms of electronic payments. |
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 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 10, 2008 |
AOL, News Corp. Add New Twists to Yahoo's Saga Alliances keep forming just as Yahoo appears out of aces in its effort to thwart Microsoft. |
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 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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 April 26, 2007 Roy Mark |
Lawmaker Bets on Legalizing Online Gambling A new bill proposes to allow Americans to wager online through licensed sites. |
InternetNews April 9, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo to Test-Drive Google's AdSense Yahoo announced that it was conducting a trial of Google's AdSense for Search product to place ads alongside Yahoo's search results. |
InternetNews September 7, 2006 Roy Mark |
U.S. Detains Another Gambling Site Exec Peter Dicks, CEO of London-based BettingSports, held on Louisiana arrest warrant. |
InternetNews January 24, 2007 Roy Mark |
BetonSports ID Thief Sentenced to 34 Months Beleaguered gambling site fell prey to identity theft shortly before indictments closed its U.S. operations. |
InternetNews April 10, 2008 |
Wall Street Still Likes Microsoft to Win Yahoo Yahoo Inc may have played its top two cards by pulling out possible deals with AOL and Google, but it does not seem to have changed Wall Street's view that Microsoft will eventually win the takeover battle. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2004 Tom Taulli |
Yahoo! the First Winner in Google IPO Yahoo!'s once-questioned acquisition of Overture appears to have been a huge coup. The company was clearly in a position of strength and was not shy in exacting a great deal. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Tim Beyers |
Quick Take: Bring Back Digital Poker A comeback for Internet gambling may be in the works. The House Financial Services Committee said it will hold hearings to determine whether Internet gambling can be regulated in a way that balances individual freedom with consumer protection. |
InternetNews October 28, 2010 |
Verizon Settles With FCC for $25M The $25 million settlement resolves charges that Verizon profited from millions of dollars in accidental data charges to customers over the past three years. |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
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 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. |
Search Engine Watch July 16, 2008 Kevin Ryan |
Google's Path to Domination And you may ask yourself, 'how did we get here?' Today's search landscape is a result of Yahoo trying to integrate large acquisitions too fast, while Google focused on core disciplines, small complimentary acquisitions, and smart build-outs. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 12, 2008 Benjamin G. Edelman |
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising A proposed advertising deal between Internet competitors Google and Yahoo would reduce competitiveness in the Internet advertising market, likely resulting in higher advertising rates. |
InternetNews November 6, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Where's Yahoo Left After Google Breakup? With Yahoo's planned advertising partnership with Google now in tatters, industry observers are left wondering what happened - and what's next for the embattled Web pioneer. |
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. |
InternetNews August 4, 2010 |
HP, DoJ Reach Deal to Settle Kickback Case Without admitting guilt, the computing giant has reached a settlement with authorities at the Department of Justice to resolve allegations that it provided kickbacks to win government contracts. |
InternetNews September 30, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Fighting for Hearts, Minds in Google-Yahoo Deal Things are finally getting serious in the industry-wide debate over the Yahoo-Google deal. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 |
"American Citizens Want To Gamble On The Internet" And they do. One off-shore gambling Web site claims that last year Americans accounted for 98% of its $1.25 billion in revenue. In this Q&A, BetonSports CEO David Carruthers speaks out against the Justice Department's move against him. |