With the exception of pari-mutuels and at sports books in Nevada, betting on sports in the United States has been illegal for nearly half a century. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank wants to change that -- at least on the Internet.
Read More . . .As the US moved the goalposts regarding Antigua and Barbuda’s WTO complaint regarding online gaming, supporters of Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s bill to the US House of Representatives calling...
Read More . . .Antigua & Barbuda's Baldwin Spencer government is expressing "disappointment" over the US's announcement Friday to maintain a ban on Internet gambling.
Read More . . .BETonSPORTS is ready to plead guilty to a range of racketeering and wire fraud charges against the company in a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice.
Read More . . .A bill before the House would change the nation's policy on offshore betting while the U.S. government is attempting a procedural maneuver to make the WTO go away.
Read More . . .Feisty Nevada politician Shelley Berkely has come through with her promise to propose an independent enquiry into the practicality of regulating and licensing online gambling in the United States...
Read More . . .The four major professional sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association are asking members of the House Financial Services Committee to oppose legislation by their chairman...
Read More . . .In making their unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals rejected the arguments to upend existing case law on poker and establish it as a game where skill -- not luck.
Read More . . .The operator of two gambling Web sites in Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for scamming dozens of people...
Read More . . .The UK's Remote Gaming Association said that it had declined to put its support behind Congressman Barney Frank's legislation.
Read More . . .The government of Antigua, which is home to dozens of online gambling operations and has brought a complaint against the US in the World Trade Organization, praised Frank's initiative in a written statement...
Read More . . .A Summary guide to what the INTERNET GAMBLING REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2007 means...
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