• Denmark regulate online gambling| Leave a Comment

    The country is just one in a series of European Union countries that have come under intensive scrutiny for their stance related their monopolistic gambling practices.  France, Holland and Germany are just a handful of nations under fire. Denmark has one of the largest concentrations of online gamers! The Danish minister for taxation - Kristian Jensen [...]

  • Barney Frank – USA – UIGEA| Leave a Comment

    It is nice to know that no one has forgotten about the online gamblers of America. The House Financial Service Committee’s (HFSC) Bill currently has 48 co-sponsors fighting against the online gambling ban. Frank also announced that – The ban is - one of the stupidest things” he has ever seen. His battle seems to be [...]

  • U.S. warned not to implement UIGEA| Leave a Comment

    Barney Frank and his pals have sent an official letter to U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials telling them *not to waste any more time trying to implement a ban on online gambling*. In other words - they are giving a direct order not to enforce the UIGEA! (UIGEA = Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) This [...]

  • Calvin Ayre has quit at Bodog| Leave a Comment

    Calvin Ayre announced Monday on Bodog’s website that he has quit…..!!!!???? Calvin Ayre - now 47, became involved in the online gambling industry in the late 1990-s, and introduced Bodog in 2000. By 2006 - Bodog-company was generating more than $7 billion US in wagers, making it the seventh-largest online gambling company in the world. (That same [...]

  • Block Internet Gambling Ban| Leave a Comment

    A bill just introduced in the House of Representatives would effectively block the federal government from enforcing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. Stating that the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act infringes on two basic rights of importance to Americans, “the ability to do with their money as they see fit, and the freedom [...]

  • Can anything stop the UIGEA| Leave a Comment

    The bill to ban online gambling - the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), rocked the online poker world when it was introduced in late 2006. Although many online poker players felt the bill would not be able to impose a total ban on Internet gambling, it did do damage to the industry. The year before the [...]

  • Bodog poker room play for free or for real money| Leave a Comment

    Bodog Online Poker is one of the most U.S.  friendly poker site today. 110% bonus up to $500 including a 10% instant bonus – money is deposited straight into players account with no qualification required and then the additional 100% bonus is paid as you generate rake. (So if you deposit say $400, you will get [...]

  • Make gambling legal — so it can be taxed| Leave a Comment

    More and More Republicans seem to be supporting online gambling as Jerrold Nadler (R-NY) has become the 48th co-sponsor of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA). Due to his respectable statues in congress, Rep. Nadler brings greater hope along with his support of the IGREA. Nadler is currently serving his 9th term as [...]

  • March Madness Surprising Results| Leave a Comment

    The surprising results of the NCAA tournament games have ruined numerous brackets in office pools and Online contests across the country. However - for the first time ever, all four number one seeds in the tournament, North Carolina - Kansas - UCLA and Memphis, are among the final four teams competing for the Division I basketball championship. North [...]

  • Antigua and Barbuda battle with the United States| Leave a Comment

    As Antigua and Barbuda awaits a resolution to its World Trade Organisation (WTO) battle with the United States, a related battle is being waged on another front. A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Financial Services is scheduled to conduct a hearing on the proposed Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The UIGEA was passed [...]

  • Online gambling legalization takes a big step| Leave a Comment

    Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. - has called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 -*one of the stupidest things*- he has ever seen. On Tuesday - Frank will get a chance to further push that message in Washington when a Congressional hearing will be heard at 10 a.m. ET by the Subcommittee on Domestic and [...]