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Gambling and the Law

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Gambling and the Law®:
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed
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2006 NFL Season Is Here

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

The NFL season - bread and butter for many bettors - starts tomorrow and Pinnacle’s razor-thin 8-cent lines make football very beatable by charging 60% less juice than traditional sportsbooks. The early part of the season provides some great opportunities for astute players as it’s the time of year when the juiciest sign-up incentives are [...]

The 37th World Series of Poker

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

The 37th World Series of Poker is winding down after six exciting and dramatic weeks. Today, the Final Table of the Main Event is being staged. The lucky nine will grind it out for the television cameras, and poker history. Each of them is guaranteed over a million dollars. That’s pretty good for a few [...]

Morgan Stanley waits and wonders about fate of BetonSports PLC

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The British born CEO of BetonSports.com sits in a dank Dallas prison awaiting his fate while 10 others involved to some extent with the second largest online gambling company catering to North American citizens were either arrested or await extradition back to the United States.  Amid all this mess sits Morgan Stanley.  The investment house [...]

Is party over for online gambling?

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

When PartyGaming, an online gambling company based in Gibraltar, went public on the London Stock Exchange in June 2005 in one of the most ballyhooed initial stock offerings of the year, the shares soared, lifting the company’s market value to more than $10 billion. A little more than a year later, however, the shares have [...]

World Cup Fever

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

BetCRIS Sportsbook is an online sports betting, casino gambling, horse racing and poker room - Sportsbook with great betting lines, efficient customer service and fast payouts.
This week was the start of the much anticipated Soccer World Cup. Living here in Costa Rica and having Costa Rica kick off the world cup against Germany was quite [...]

Internet Online gambling outlawed in Washington

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

One of the new laws taking effect today in Washington makes online gambling a Class C felony, carrying penalties of a ten-thousand dollar fine or up to five years in prison.
The director of the state Gambling Commission, Rick Day, says it is unlikely that individual gamblers will be targeted for arrest. But he says agents [...]

2006 Hurricane Betting Odds

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Over the past week, Gambling911.com has been contacted by nearly every major media outlet under the sun inquiring about hurricane betting odds.  Everyone from the Gainesville Sun to the Miami Herald to the Washington Post to Reuters has become fascinated with this story.
The 2006 hurricane season begins today June 1, 2006.

“We had to wrestle with [...]

Report urges Congress to study online gambling

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Millions of ordinary Americans gamble online on a daily basis, despite the official prohibitions against such gambling, declares a new policy study by the American Gaming Association.
“By driving all Internet gambling business to foreign entities,” said author, lawyer and association consultant David O. Stewart, “no jobs are created for American workers, no returns are earned [...]

Las Vegas: Sands to unveil mobile gambling

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Thursday it will be the first Nevada company to introduce mobile gambling devices at its casinos.
The owner of The Venetian hotel-casino said it would introduce games such as black jack, roulette, poker and slots as early as this year on handheld devices provided by Cantor G & W (Nevada) LP, [...]