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InternetNews November 19, 2007 |
New Push to Roll Back Online Gambling Ban? Lawmakers press U.S. Trade Rep for a second look at online gambling bans. |
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 November 8, 2007 |
EU Presses U.S. to Change Internet Gambling Law The United States must change an Internet gambling law that discriminates against European companies by preventing them from offering services in the U.S. market. |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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 February 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Follow-Up: The Stakes Get Bigger Before you know it you'll have an interstate poker network in the U.S. All gambling lawyers and pundits agree that it isn't a matter of whether it will happen next year, but when. |
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. |
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Some Bets Are Off The strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on Internet gambling. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 |
A Breakthrough In Trade Talks? Efforts to unblock stalled multilateral trade talks received a boost with a surprise May 10 offer by the European Union to do away with billions of dollars in agricultural export subsidies. |
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 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. |
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 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 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 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 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. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Microsoft Speaks Out About EU "Safe Harbor" Policy Earlier this month, the European Union undid its long-standing "Safe Harbor" policy, which allowed foreign tech companies to store data about European users in data centers outside of Europe. |
PC Magazine June 1, 2009 Chloe Albanesius |
Place Your Bets--Online New legislation could legalize Internet gambling in the U.S. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Jeff Hwang |
The State of Online Gaming An update on the state of online gaming from last week's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. |
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 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 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. |
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 November 15, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
Lawmakers Hear Protests Over Internet Gambling Ban Legal experts, professional poker players and Justice Department representatives square off on current and proposed laws banning online betting. |
Chemistry World February 17, 2012 Ned Stafford |
EU Innovation Position Slipping The growth of innovation in the EU is slowing, making it more difficult for the EU to close the gap with the global leaders for innovation. |
InternetNews May 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Indict Betting Site for Money Laundering The Department of Justice raised the stakes in its campaign against online gambling sites yesterday with money laundering indictments against Antigua-based Worldwide Telesports and its operators. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google. |
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. |
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 August 7, 2009 |
Senator Mounts New Push to Legalize Net Poker Revisiting testy online gambling fight, Robert Menendez looks to separate the legit sites from the scams in the eyes of the law. |
Fast Company Annelise McGough |
Google Cites Free Nature Of Search In EU Antitrust Defense Google has been the subject of a formal antitrust investigation in the European Union since April, over charges that it unfairly displays its own shopping service more prominently than competitors in search results. |
PC World November 21, 2006 Andy Sullivan |
New Law Won't Stop Internet Gambling Federal legislation bans credit-card payments, but sites have alternatives. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Dealt a Bad Hand This fall the House Financial Services Committee is finally expected to release its regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which was signed into law in 2006; banks are anxiously awaiting clarity on a number of fronts. |
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. |
Sports Central January 25, 2007 Kevin Beane |
Dealing with the UIGEA The effect the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act has had on the U.S. gaming public has been palpable, but not devastating. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Continuing Its Battle With Silicon Valley, The EU Will Probe How Ads Affect Search Results The EU commission is launching a separate investigation into how online platforms list search results and how they use customer data -- all as part of a general plan for a "unified digital market" announced last week. |
InternetNews August 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
BetonSports Still Stiffing U.S. Bettors Despite court order, American gamblers still holding losing hand. |
CFO May 1, 2004 Tim Reason |
Euro Clash Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard. |
BusinessWeek December 5, 2005 |
Hurdles Still Ahead For "Open Skies" U.S. and European Union negotiators on Nov. 18 agreed on a plan to give airlines on both continents far greater flexibility in flying transatlantic routes originating outside their home countries. |
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. |