Posts Tagged ‘online gambling’
Push To End Online Gambling Ban Gains Steam (Slashdot)
The Washington Post updates a story we discussed last spring about a push in the Democratic-controlled congress to legalize some forms of Internet gambling in the US. "Partly bankrolled by offshore gambling companies, the campaign has already persuaded the Obama administration to delay enforcement of a 2006 law cracking down on Internet wagers. ... The federal government, which rarely prosecutes ...More in News (The Daily Reflector)
Complete fax and copy service available, along with Internet access, proclaims the window advertisement at H&L Business Centre, 609 S.E. Greenville Blvd.Rocky Mount Planners Concerned With Gaming Parlors (NBC 17 Raleigh)
An emergence of gaming parlors in one eastern North Carolina city has officials mapping out a strategy about how to regulate them as lawmakers and state courts debate whether the businesses are legal. The Rocky Mount Telegram reports that the shops sell customers phone cards or Internet time that also allows them to play sweepstakes games - mostly slots and card games. Customers can win prizes ...Lobbyists begin push to legalize online gambling in U.S. (Covers.com)
Backed by the online poker industry, U.S. legislators are gearing up for a big push to legalize Internet gambling before the end of a six-month reprieve, according to a report in the Washington Post. After Sen. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) successfully f...Internet poker backers all in on Hill push (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. backers of Internet gambling say they are pushing ahead with efforts to legalize and regulate online poker and other games.Internet Overuse Invites Depression, Study Says (PC World)
Analysis: So digital addiction is linked to depression? Sigh.Lobbyists push legalization of Internet gambling (Nevada Appeal)
WASHINGTON - Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents. Partly bankrolled by offshore gaming companies, the campaign already has persuaded the Obama administration to delay enforcement ...Rochester region at center of online gambling arrests (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
An Ontario County man and others were allegedly among the central players in illegal wagers connected to a multimillion-dollar offshore Internet gambling site, authorities say.China jails man 13 years for running porn Web site (MalaysiaNews.net)
China sharply rebuked the United States on Monday, denying involvement in any Internet attacks and defending its online restrictions as lawful after Washington urged Beijing to investigate an attack a...Internet gambling again in play (Washington Post)
Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents.
