• Republican played high-stakes craps| Leave a Comment

    Barack Obama took a jab at John McCain on Monday over a report that the Republican played high-stakes rounds at a craps table at a Connecticut casino with a lobbyist for the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. Mr. McCain was a chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, which has influence over laws that govern Native American [...]

  • Kentucky Gambling Domains Case| Leave a Comment

    A Franklin County Circuit Court Judge has granted a one week continuance in the Kentucky internet gambling domains case to enable lawyers on both sides to file written arguments with the court. The case will now be heard on Tuesday 7th October. More than twenty lawyers representing the domain owners were present at the hearing [...]

  • Governor Steve Beshear Fucked Up| Leave a Comment

    Governor Steve Beshear may legally seize the domain names of online gambling sites as illegal businesses. Among the 141 websites listed are most of the major poker rooms, including PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, DoylesRoom.com, and CakePoker.com. Steve Beshear has campaigned as a pro-gambling candidate, but defending the profitability of his state’s horse racing industry is apparently more [...]

  • U.S. needs online gambling| Leave a Comment

    Will international pressure from the formidable: 27-nation European Union finally push the United States into legalizing Web bookies and online casinos? Maybe. And maybe sooner than later. A senior EU delegation was in Washington, D.C., last week to meet with representatives of Congress, the U.S. Justice Department and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, seeking [...]

  • WTO against U.S| Leave a Comment

    A dispute over U.S. enforcement actions against European Union online gambling companies could be headed to the World Trade Organization soon, an European industry group said on Wednesday. That would open the door for possible European sanctions on the United States, although it could take years for any case to make its way through the [...]

  • Online Gambling bill passed a critical hurdle in Congress today| Leave a Comment

    A bill that would relieve a significant burden on U.S. financial services companies forced to implement a ban on Internet gambling passed a critical hurdle in Congress today. The Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870), approved today by the House Committee on Financial Services, would direct the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System, [...]

  • Joe Bidens Son Lobbies for Online Gambling| Leave a Comment

    As you know - Hunter Biden is the son of Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running-mate, Joe Biden.  Hunter, is Joe’s second son, a well-known Federal lobbyist who created a lobbying company known as Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP. Joe Biden is currently too busy to worry about any specific issues. His focus these days is on traveling [...]

  • Barney Frank introduced the Payments System Protection Act| Leave a Comment

    A press release distributed by the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative late Thursday afternoon noted that the bill called for an *Administrative Law Judge* to be appointed. He or she would be ultimately charged with identifying which activities are legal and which arent under the UIGEA, which was passed in late 2006. The UIGEA [...]

  • Mats Sundin Signs With Poker Stars| Leave a Comment

    PokerStars - the world’s largest online poker room, is pleased to announce another high profile recruitment to its poker team of international celebrity ambassadors. National Hockey League (NHL) icon and former Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain Mats Sundin will play poker both live and online as part of his new brand ambassador role for PokerStars. Playing online [...]