When an offshore web gaming casino in the Caribbean put Senator John Kerry as a slight favourite to win the United States presidency in November, it thrust the multi-billion industry and its fight with the United States into the spotlight...
Read More . . .AUGUST 04, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A handful of leading online content providers, including Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., are being sued for accepting advertisements for illegal Internet gambling, a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday states.
The lawsuit alleges that the companies are accepting money to promote illegal Internet gambling sites on their search engines through paid or sponsored entries <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,95025,00.html" target="_new"> Full Story...</a>
The United States and Antigua have suspended litigation over Internet gambling and want to resolve the World Trade Organization dispute through negotiations...
Read More . . .Electronic Arts Inc., whose "Madden NFL" games sell more copies than any other sports video game, said it will stop posting online casino advertisements in its Web site, the New York Times reported...
Read More . . .Federal law enforcement officials routinely seize money they suspect is connected to activities like money laundering, terrorism or drug smuggling. But in early April, United States marshals seized $3.2 million from Discovery Communications, the television and media company, in an aggressive effort to crack down on a new target, Internet gambling.
Read More . . .Despite the sluggish economy and little proliferation in the gaming industry, 2 million more Americans visited a casino in 2003 than in 2002, a new report released Thursday by the American Gaming Association suggests...
Read More . . .The Nevada Gaming Commission and the Gaming Control Board will hold a rare joint meeting on Friday morning to discuss the ramifications of "remote gaming," an up-and-coming technology...
Read More . . .TRENTON -- Legalized sports betting in Atlantic City would be a financial windfall for New Jersey and allow casinos to compete with flashier Las Vegas counterparts...<a href="http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1083663337118290.xml" target="_new">Full Story</a>
Read More . . .Developments in other industries have experts debating whether the gaming industry -- with its deep pockets and dramatic growth into a national economic force -- may face a new wave of individual and class-action lawsuits.
Read More . . .When it comes to sports betting, the federal government has stacked the odds against New Jersey. The state passed up its chance to lure the popular wagering to Atlantic City more than 10 years ago, shortly before Congress banned the practice in all but four states.
Read More . . .Nuff respect to Antigua & Barbuda! One of the smallest countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Antigua & Barbuda, like the biblical character David, was not afraid to take on the US Goliath in a trade dispute.
Read More . . .Google and Yahoo, two of the most widely used Web search engines, have decided to stop running advertisements for online casinos, a shift that could thwart the growth of Internet gambling.
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