US Regulation

How horse racing avoided new US internet betting law

• Oct 5, 2006

US Bill on Internet gambling: Morality or Protectionism?

• Oct 5, 2006

If the United States was not the main centre of the world for gambling, the Bill, ostensibly adopted on the basis of morality, may have been acceptable...

Antigua Directorate Chief Holds to New Hope for Gaming Sector

• Oct 4, 2006

Director of Gaming Kaye McDonald has identified the probable impact of recent US legislation on Antigua & Barbuda’s WTO dispute.

H.R.4954, SAFE Port Act; Unlawful Internet Gambling

• Oct 3, 2006

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling...

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed

• Oct 3, 2006

Whittier Law School Professor, I Nelson Rose, breaks down the Latest US Gaming Law into understandable terms.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...