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Internet Gambling Act: D Day is Approaching Online Sports Books

written June 27, 2009

In the waning moments of the 2006 Congressional session, the UIGEA was attached to the SAFE Port Act, an unrelated port security bill, and passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. On Wednesday, the regulations of the UIGEA were finalized as part of so-called midnight rule-making by the Bush Administration and will be implemented on January 19, 2009, one day before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

Utah on online gambling: deal us out

December 29, 2008

Worried that national and international deals could force Utah's hand to accept online gambling, state lawmakers are pushing a resolution that urges Congress to ensure all bets are off in the Beehive State. "Talks for the next round are in limbo," Rep Sheryl Allen, R-Bountiful, said of World Trade Organization negotiations in 2009. "It's very important that states give input and get involved before agreements get signed by 153 countries."

Online Gambling: Betonline, indicted, charged with Mafia crimes

Online Gambling Site, Betonline, indicted, charged with Mafia crimes

written December 19, 2007

Attorney General Milgram Announces Arrests of Two Top Bosses of Lucchese New York Crime Family and Top New Jersey Capo On Gambling, Money Laundering And Racketeering Charges

32 Charged in Investigation by NJ Division of Criminal Justice That Also Uncovered Alliance Between Lucchese Family and Bloods Gang to Distribute Drugs and Cell Phones in Prison.

Online Gambling: Harry Potter Book Leak Has Bookmakers Shifting Odds

July 18, 2007

Does Harry Potter die? Fictional or not, the question of what happens to the boy wizard at the end of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the seventh and final book in the series, is on millions of lips five days before it goes on sale.

Publishers have spent a small fortune protecting the secret, thousands of Potter readers have voted in online polls, and bookmakers are shifting odds to reflect what gamblers think.

Book six left many questions unanswered: What and where are the remaining Horcruxes? What are the Deathly Hallows? Who is the mysterious R.A.B.? Where do the true loyalties of Severus Snape lie? Will Ron and Hermione get together?

Internet Gambling: WTO, Antigua, Escalate Need for Regulation

written June 20, 2007

Statement by Jeffrey Sandman, spokesperson for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, on how the European Union’s request for compensation from the U.S. for banning non-U.S. based Internet gambling operators from accepting bets on horse racing, a WTO trade agreement violation, will build support for regulated Internet gambling to bring the U.S. into WTO compliance.