Even though the starting gun of the 2010 World Series of Poker was fired last week, the most interesting storyline in poker took infant steps Tuesday with the official start of federal enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
The UIGEA has received a lot of attention from the poker world since it was voted [...]
A man who created counterfeit poker chips in order to cheat his local casino, was sentenced in an Oklahoma Court this week. Fifty year old William Reece Lancaster, a sign maker by trade, used his professional skills to make these chips in a bid to play at the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe’s Grand Lake Casino in Oklahoma [...]
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For the past decade, the rate of people who gamble online has increased dramatically. While it has remained very popular, it is in fact illegal to gamble online if you are in the United States. Unfortunately for the US, controlling the rate of online gambling is next to impossible. While the country has avoided making [...]
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Starting July 1, online poker sites wishing to operate in Denmark will require a licence. The snag is that these licenses won’t be available to the foreign sites until January 1, 2011; meaning that the government backed Danske Spil site will have free reign for six months.
According to Danish magazine Ace, the government has warned [...]
A key Congressional hearing that could impact the efforts to regulate online poker is scheduled for May 18th. Headlining the poker news, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a full session to hear tax proposals related to legislating and regulating of Internet gambling.
Originally scheduled at 10:00am ET, the hearing has been moved to [...]
Federal prosecutors are again indicating they mean business in going after the online poker business. Their strategy is focused on the industry’s payment processors, the folks who move the money among players, banks and poker companies.
The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan struck a big blow on Tuesday by getting Douglas Rennick, 35, a Canadian payment processor, [...]
The Poker Players Alliance has petitioned the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Board to clarify the regulations pertaining to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which is about to be fully implemented on June 1st 2010. The Poker Players Alliance is making a point of noting that legally the Act does not mention peer [...]
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Following amendments to the Gambling Act 1991 made just several months ago, Hungarian casino players have turned to online casinos to play their poker games.
The amendments were made in the effect that 1.) poker winnings will have heavier levies; 2.) the same higher taxes will also be imposed upon poker clubs in the country, thirty [...]
Governor Charlie Crist has finalized the signing of a bill with the Seminole Tribe, thus assuring millions of dollars in revenue for the state. The governor’s support for this bill was obvious from the start, as it was the third time that he had entered into a pact with the tribe in an attempt to [...]
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