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InternetNews
May 24, 2007
Roy Mark |
BetonSports Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges BetonSports, the British-based online gambling company that ran afoul of U.S. authorities last summer, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering charges.   |
InternetNews
August 11, 2006
Roy Mark |
BetonSports Folds U.S. Hand With the British-based company named in a 22-count indictment for violating American gambling laws and its former CEO sitting in a St. Louis jail, BetonSports said Friday it was permanently cutting off access to its site for U.S. bettors. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2006
Roy Mark |
New York Hits Internet Gambling Operation Law enforcement officials claim Web site was generating more than a $1 billion a year. |
InternetNews
July 7, 2006
Roy Mark |
Online Gambling up For House Debate Members of the U.S. House of Representatives may get an opportunity next week to place their bets on banning Internet gambling. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2006
Roy Mark |
House Panel Calls For Broader Gambling Ban A House subcommittee has approved legislation banning all forms of online gambling in the United States. |
InternetNews
July 19, 2006
Roy Mark |
An American Hypocrisy? Bet on It. The DoJ refuses to wait for clarification of U.S. online gambling laws. Just ask David Carruthers. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2004
Roy Mark |
WTO Turns Up Heat on US Online Gambling Ban The office of the United States Trade Representative said it would "vigorously" appeal the "deeply flawed" decision by the World Trade Organization to open US borders to international Internet gambling casinos. |
InternetNews
July 18, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Arrest Offshore Gambling CEO U.S. authorities moved against one of the world's largest Internet gambling operations Monday, charging 11 individuals and four corporations with various counts of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Online Gambling Operation Betting on Congress BetonSports chief executive is leading campaign to change lawmaker attitudes about Internet gambling. |
InternetNews
January 24, 2007
Roy Mark |
BetonSports ID Thief Sentenced to 34 Months Beleaguered gambling site fell prey to identity theft shortly before indictments closed its U.S. operations. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2005
Roy Mark |
U.S. Wins Hand in Gambling Feud The World Trade Organization sides with the U.S. in its online gambling dispute with Antigua. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2007
Roy Mark |
Feds Nab Fugitive BetonSports Founder Gary S. Kaplan, one of two fugitive founding co-owners of BetonSports sought by U.S. authorities, was arrested Wednesday night in the Dominican Republic. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2007
Roy Mark |
Lawmaker Bets on Legalizing Online Gambling A new bill proposes to allow Americans to wager online through licensed sites. |
InternetNews
April 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Banks Rap Internet Anti-Gambling Proposal Legislation designed to put a dent in Internet gambling ran into opposition Wednesday from the banking industry and, surprisingly, the Traditional Values Coalition. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2006
Roy Mark |
BetonSports Fires Jailed CEO U.K.-based online gambling operation seeks to put distance between itself and U.S. indictment. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
The Business Of Bookmaking A look at how much money is changing hands -- both legally and under the table -- between bookies and people trying to make some quick, easy cash. |
InternetNews
August 28, 2006
Roy Mark |
BetonSports Still Stiffing U.S. Bettors Despite court order, American gamblers still holding losing hand. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2007
Roy Mark |
Antigua Takes Upper Gambling Hand Over U.S. Antigua has won its latest long-shot effort to force the U.S. to open its market to offshore gambling, according to a confidential report issued by the World Trade Organization. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Lorraine Woellert |
Can Online Betting Change Its Luck? The feds are keeping the heat on offshore Web sites, but a global backlash is building. And the $7.4 billion online industry is fighting back against what execs say is a heavy-handed and possibly unconstitutional assault on a free-market enterprise. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004 |
"American Citizens Want To Gamble On The Internet" And they do. One off-shore gambling Web site claims that last year Americans accounted for 98% of its $1.25 billion in revenue. In this Q&A, BetonSports CEO David Carruthers speaks out against the Justice Department's move against him. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2006
Roy Mark |
BetonSports Agrees to Permanent U.S. Ban BetonSports, the London-based online gambling firm enmeshed in a legal maelstrom with the Department of Justice, agreed Thursday to a permanent injunction barring the company from doing business in the United States. |
InternetNews
July 11, 2006
Roy Mark |
House Passes Ban on Internet Gambling In the sharpest attempt yet to curb Internet gambling by Americans, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to ban financial payments to offshore casinos. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Chris Mallon |
WTO Raises the Stakes A recent ruling could have serious effects on the U.S. gaming industry. |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2009
Chloe Albanesius |
Place Your Bets--Online New legislation could legalize Internet gambling in the U.S. |
Salon.com
October 22, 1999
Janelle Brown |
Gambling on the Net -- or not? As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Frist Pushing Internet Gambling Ban Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist targeted a ban on Internet gambling as a top priority for the U.S. Senate in the waning days of the 109th Congress. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2005
Roy Mark |
U.S. Ordered to Clarify Online Casino Rules The World Trade Organization has given the United States until April to clarify its laws permitting Internet betting on horse racing but banning all other types of online gambling. |
Reason
April 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Pirate Island The WTO rules in Antigua's favor, claiming that the U.S. did discriminate against foreign-based online gambling websites, but awards the island nation much less than they were hoping for. |
InternetNews
March 28, 2007
Roy Mark |
N.Y., N.J. Hit Internet Gambling Rings New York and New Jersey law enforcement officials busted two Internet bookmaking operations today that allegedly handled more than half a billion dollars in sports wagers over the last 16 months. |
Reason
June 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Some Bets Are Off The strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on Internet gambling. |
InternetNews
February 21, 2007
Roy Mark |
Feds Finally Extradite Alleged Warez Kingpin Hew Raymond Griffiths, an alleged warez kingpin, appeared in a U.S. district court and was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. |
InternetNews
October 2, 2006
Roy Mark |
Gambling Sites Folding U.S. Hand Before President Bush evens signs a new law aimed at curbing Internet gambling, online gaming companies are preparing to pull out of the lucrative U.S. market. |
InternetNews
July 19, 2007
Roy Mark |
Craps! Neteller to Forfeit $136M Neteller agreed today to forfeit $136 million in profits and return $94 million in American online gamblers' funds it is holding as part of a plea deal for violating U.S. gambling laws. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2006
Roy Mark |
North Dakota a Gambling Haven? Republican state lawmaker defying his party by pushing for state-sanctioned online casinos. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2006
Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Bet on New Online Gambling Ban The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act proposes to make it illegal for Americans to use the Internet for gambling and would authorize law enforcement officials to stop credit card payments and other forms of electronic payments. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2007
Roy Mark |
Online Pill Pushers Busted Doctors, pharmacists and credit-card processor all named in wide-ranging indictment. |
CFO
Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
InternetNews
July 22, 2004
Roy Mark |
E-Mail Operator Indicted for Record Data Theft Feds allege Florida man cracked company databases and downloaded almost 10 gigabytes of personal data. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2007
Roy Mark |
No Super Sunday For Online Gamblers U.S. campaign is making a dent in offshore operations and folding more than a few hands of online Texas Holdem. |
CIO
February 1, 2003
Tom Wailgum |
E-Bookies As NFL fans and the two football finalists geared up for Super Bowl XXXVII on Jan. 26, in San Diego, so too were online gambling sites. It's a safe bet that a good portion of the Internet gambling industry's 2003 revenue (about $5 billion) was at stake. |
InternetNews
April 8, 2005
Roy Mark |
Antigua Claims Its Share of WTO Decision Complicated ruling on Internet gambling has both the U.S. and Antigua claiming victory. In the end, though, some claim it doesn't matter at all. |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Safe Bet New regulations, issued in November, no longer insist that banks and other payment processors figure out the difference between legal and illegal online gambling, a distinction Congress deliberately left vague. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Lorraine Woellert |
A Web Gambling Fight Could Harm Free Trade America's stern approach to Internet gaming may lead to broader problems with the WTO. |
InternetNews
August 1, 2006
Roy Mark |
Former BetonSports CEO Pleads Not Guilty Court extends retraining order barring online gambling site from taking U.S. bets. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2007
Roy Mark |
U.K. Plans Gambling Ads Ban Britain plans to ban advertising from approximately 1,000 gambling Web sites located in countries that do not meet the U.K. government's regulatory standards. |
InternetNews
December 17, 2007 |
U.S. Budges (a Little) on 'Net Gambling The United States has reached a deal with the European Union, Japan and Canada to keep its Internet gambling market closed to foreign companies, but is continuing talks with India, Antigua and Barbuda, Macau and Costa Rica. |
Reason
July 2007
Radley Balko |
Pirates of the Caribbean A three-judge panel found that the recently enacted Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act runs afoul of global trade agreements. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Spencer E. Ante |
High Stakes For Casino City CEO Michael Corfman is suing the Justice Dept. over online gambling ads. The Justice Dept. has sent letters to Web sites and broadcasters that accept such ads, informing them they "may be aiding and abetting these illegal activities." |
InternetNews
December 20, 2007 |
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Pay up on Gambling Fines The U.S. had accused Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo of helping to promote illegal Internet gambling. |
InternetNews
March 16, 2006
Roy Mark |
House Seeks to Cut Cash Flow to Online Gambling Approved on a close voice vote by the House Financial Services Committee, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act requires financial institutions to identify and block payments to offshore casinos, sports book and other online gambling sites. |
