Posts Tagged ‘Online Gambling’

Legal online gambling in America

Posted by Nicolae on May 12th, 2008 under Business, Casinos, Companies, Events, Gambling industry, Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA, United States
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During July 29-30, 2008, will take place the conference Next Generation in Gambling (NGG) (Exploring multi-channel delivery of games to customers while complying with federal and state laws in Canada, United States and Latin America).
The event will target the casino, racing, and lottery companies working in North American jurisdictions, focusing to [...]

Who Owns the Internet?

Posted by Nicolae on May 9th, 2008 under Companies, Legislation, Online Gambling, Predictions, Software, UIGEA, United States
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An already tested method to defeat the online gambling companies started to act again, after Bodog.
1st Technology made a complaint against several companies including Digital Gaming Solutions SA, Costa Rica International Sports, Action Poker Gaming Enterprises and SBG Global; two Norwegian companies: Playsafe Holding AS and eCom Enterprises; and Digital Gaming [...]

South Africa will regulate online gambling advertising

Posted by Nicolae on February 5th, 2008 under Advertising, Gambling industry, Legislation, Online Gambling
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NCOP Economic and Foreign Affairs Committee wants to modify the National Gambling Amendment Bill, in order that only licensed interactive gambling providers may advertise  interactive gambling in its generally accepted form of remote gambling.
There it is still under discussions between the various provinces the way the online gambling [...]

Gambling Media: US elections 2008 from a gambling perspective

Posted by Nicolae on February 3rd, 2008 under Gambling Media, Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA, United States
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Californians energized by unprecedented primary election
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Propositions 94-97 are referendums that would repeal the gambling compacts with a no vote. Those measures have attracted by far the most spending of any of …
Gambling interests funded ad campaign
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Beshear said during the campaign that he [...]

Netherlands will act against the companies that infringe online gambling ban

Posted by Nicolae on January 30th, 2008 under Casinos, European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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The Dutch justice ministry introduced new regulations that will held criminally liable the banks and credit card companies that will facilitate online gambling on foreign sites for the Dutch citizens.
In accordance with Dutch News, in some months it will be published a list with the banned web sites (this decision [...]

UK white list for online gambling advertising, updated

Posted by Nicolae on January 17th, 2008 under Advertising, Business, European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect Sept. 1, 2007, restricting online gambling advertising to only those companies based in the United Kingdom or other countries in the European Economic Area. The EEA consists of the 27 countries in the European Union together with Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. Countries [...]

Finland strategy to ban online gambling

Posted by Nicolae on January 16th, 2008 under European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling, Predictions
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The new borders of the Internet started with the online gambling. Internet meant, at its beginning, freedom of information, products and services. Now, it keeps from less to less this initial meaning.
I am a fun of the online gambling, especially online poker, but now I see it like an animal in a [...]

My predictions come true: a new Las Vegas in Russia

Posted by Nicolae on January 10th, 2008 under Casinos, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Predictions, Projects, Russia
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My predictions about the boom of the gambling industry in Russia come true sooner than I expected. Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov set up a gambling zone, Azov-City, in the Scherbinovsky district of Krasnodar area and the Azov district of Rostov region. A budget of about 18 billion [...]

Mobile gambling redivivus?

Posted by Nicolae on January 3rd, 2008 under Online Gambling, Sports Betting
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Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe) is financing the UK-based gambling company betNOW. This way gamblers can place bets via text message, with the actual wagers charged to phone bills. Winnings can be picked up at local post offices. Balderton Capital invested also in Betfair. I know myself another [...]

Yahoo! and online gambling search

Posted by Nicolae on January 3rd, 2008 under Online Gambling, Search Engines
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It seems that Yahoo! already started the campaign against online gambling. For a search with the keywords “online gambling”, the first two positions belong to a same site that was shuted down by the web hosting company for the violation of the ToS:
#1:
Site Status Message
Site Shut Down. www.xanga.com. gambling72’s site has [...]