[caption id="attachment_28356" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="San Jose, Costa Rica"][/caption] CAP sat down with Stephanie Wynters of the Wager Web affiliate program and discussed the industry in Costa Rica and all the changes throughout the years and what to expect in the future. Stephanie has been in the Costa Rican gaming industry for several years and provided…
[caption id="attachment_28100" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="The Nevada Gaming License Requirements"][/caption] Now that the Nevada online gaming jurisdiction is in full force, it's important to know what’s involved, including all of the current updates and companies that have licenses. As Jon Friedberg explained in his exclusive interview about getting his affiliate license, the licensing process is quite…
[caption id="attachment_28044" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Unibet Sends Tax Money To Spain"][/caption] Unibet is on the verge of closing a financial phase of its tax issues with the Spanish tax authority and will make one lump sum payment of £2.6 million so they can put this episode behind them. Even though Unibet has agreed to pay back…
[caption id="attachment_27968" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Greece Gets Much Needed Extension On OPAP Monopoly"][/caption] Good news for the Greek government. The European Commission has given them approval to extend their betting monopoly as being offered in the tender for its 33 percent stake in the betting business OPAP SA. The EU commission has ruled that an “adequate…
Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. isn't betting on Congress' chances of passing a Federal online gaming bill in 2012. That was the gist of the chief executive of the American Gaming Association's remarks to industry leaders at the annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this week. In his address, Fahrenkopf said that the Feds weren't likely to…
Nederlands government officials are readying a draft set of gaming laws that could be released early year. According to a recent article, the Dutch Ministry of Justice has been working furiously to get the, oft-postponed, new regulations in place. While the various factions of the Dutch political parties hash out their differences, igaming businesses are…
[caption id="attachment_27685" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Spain Clarifies Just How Online Players Will be Taxed"][/caption] The Spanish Government has submitted its new tax code and it explains how it’s going to tax players on gambling activities. Over the summer, the Spanish Government finalized their online gaming laws and it was determined that online gamblers will be taxed…
When politicians talk about online gambling, they're not fishing for votes from the public; they're fishing for campaign contributions from the casinos. That's the conclusion of a very interesting Las Vegas Sun article on campaign finances and the gaming industry by Karoun Demirjian. [caption id="attachment_27605" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Nevada Senators Reid and Heller, at your service."][/caption]…
ARJEL, the French gaming regulator, has announced their plans for reimbursing Full Tilt Poker players under their jurisdiction. It's just the latest in a frenzy of action coming ahead of Full Tilt's anticipated November 6 relaunch. Under the ARJEL plan, French players will be allowed to move their long-frozen FullTilt.Fr money to a PokerStars.Fr account.…
[caption id="attachment_27480" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Political Showdown in Nevada!"][/caption] Even the politicians are starting to battle over the proposed Federal online gaming bill that is trying to makes its way to Capitol Hill. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, there's a rift brewing between Nevada Senators Dean Heller and Harry Reid. The fight is now over…
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