A Question of Authority
- Sep 5, 2006
Respected online gambling legal authority, university professor I. Nelson Rose published an interesting article this week...
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Judge extends court order against BetonSports
- Sep 1, 2006
A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday extended a temporary court order
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against BetonSports, an Internet sports gambling operation, in hopes the
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Fantasy sports, real-life dollars
- Aug 31, 2006
According to the National Law Journal, a lawsuit filed in New Jersey charges that fantasy leagues sponsored by ESPN, CBS and The Sporting News that offer cash and merchandise prizes are illegal gambling...
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Banks Balk at Congressional Plan To Cut Off Cash From Net Casinos
- Aug 31, 2006
A group representing 5,000 small banks is opposing a tool lawmakers hope to use to stop illegal online gambling, posing a challenge to what is widely seen as the government's best shot at cracking down on the activity...
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Will Congress Cripple Internet Poker?
- Aug 31, 2006
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill, HR 4411, which, if the Senate and President agree, will create the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. If the bill becomes law, online poker will be changed forever.
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Missouri judge extends U.S. BETonSPORTS ban
- Aug 31, 2006
A federal judge on Thursday extended for another 30 days an order preventing indicted online gaming company BETonSPORTS Plc from taking bets in the United States.
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US In Dispute With WTO Amid Cyber Betting Crackdown
- Aug 25, 2006
As the U.S. steps up its crackdown on online gambling, the legal murkiness of cyber horse-race betting is a source of a trade dispute within the World Trade Organization.
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Government anti-gambling hypocrisy at a glance
- Aug 16, 2006
We live in a country where the authorities don't hesitate to spark a trade war by arresting a man for operating an online sports betting parlor...
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Carruthers freed on $1 million bond
- Aug 16, 2006
Former online gambling executive David Carruthers was freed on $1 million bond Wednesday after spending nearly a month behind bars.
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A Good Bet
- Aug 15, 2006
"We talked about a business opportunity between our companies," Barlow remembers today. "I explained at the time that I couldn't do business with him because BetOnSports took U.S. bets." Carruthers had laughed in response...
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A little known website has taken a personal interest in the David Carruthers case.
- Aug 14, 2006
Freedavidcarruthers.com popped up shortly after the "detainment" of David Carruthers, the excecutive of BetonSports, plc. who was picked up at a Texas airport a few weeks ago. The mysterious webmaster of freedavidcarruthers.com poses many questions...
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Feds continue going after BetOnSports
- Aug 12, 2006
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Federal prosecutors said Friday they will continue prosecuting BetOnSports PLC even though the online gambling company is shutting down its operations that take bets from U.S. customers...
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