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US Legislation Update
- Oct 2, 2006
No definite date has yet been set for President Bush to sign the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006. Meanwhile, a source at the White House said it was not scheduled for this week...
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Shares in online gambling sites around the world plummeted
- Oct 2, 2006
ongress passed legislation late Friday - its last day in session before November 7 Congressional elections - preventing US credit card companies and banks from seeking payment for bets made at online gambling sites...
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Congress Passes Curbs on U.S. Payments to Online Gaming Sites
- Oct 1, 2006
The measure, added to unrelated legislation providing $3.4 billion for U.S. port security, makes it unlawful for credit-card companies to collect payments for transactions with online-gaming sites...
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Sportingbet Ex-Chairman Dicks Set Free by New York
- Sep 29, 2006
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Former Sportingbet Plc Chairman Peter Dicks, facing extradition to Louisiana on illegal gambling charges, was set free today by New York authorities after having been arrested as a fugitive...
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Online gambling law put to test
- Sep 29, 2006
Louisiana officials will find out today whether they can extradite a British online sports-betting executive from New York on charges that his company, Sportingbet.com, violated Louisiana's Internet gambling prohibition...
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House of cards is unfairly stacked against internet
- Sep 28, 2006
Although internet gambling may provide the ability for minors to participate in unsupervised gambling, the truth is that the industry has long been able to demonstrate that it has the technology to mitigate such risks...
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William Hill Stops Taking Online Bets From U.S.
- Sep 27, 2006
William Hill Plc, the second- largest U.K. bookmaker, said it will stop taking online poker and casino bets from American customers until...
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Internet gambling bill revived in DoD measure
- Sep 26, 2006
Controversial language to curb illegal gambling on the Internet snuck back into the defense authorization bill over the weekend...
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Backdoor Move to Ban Web Gambling Fizzles
- Sep 20, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., tried to attach an Internet gambling ban to a defense bill last week but was rebuffed by two powerful senators, congressional sources said Monday...
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BETonSPORTS Working on a Settlement?
- Sep 19, 2006
BetOnSports, the billion-dollar global Internet gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in St. Louis and Washington, is negotiating a settlement of civil and criminal charges against the company, lawyers on both sides said in court this morning.
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North Dakota a Gambling Haven?
- Sep 16, 2006
North Dakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says, "My fellow Republicans just don't get it" when it comes to Internet gambling...
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Sportingbet boss returns to UK after extradition case falters
- Sep 15, 2006
PETER DICKS, the Sportingbet chairman arrested on gambling charges in America last week, was on his way back to Britain last night after a New York judged ruled that an extradition warrant issued in his name was not good enough to hold him in custody...
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