European Union regulators are not impressed with the details of Germany's new gambling treaty. The European Commission (EC) made its case in a letter to German officials that went out this week. EC Not Impressed In particular, EC regulators were not impressed with Germany's justifications for banning online table games including poker. In the letter…
The battle for European Union gaming law liberalization is turning to the Balkans as Bulgaria approves a new set of regulations that include IP blocking measures. Under the new measures, internet service providers (ISPs) would be obligated to block unlicensed gaming sites. Additionally, a black list of blocked sites that ISPs can reference will be…
[caption id="attachment_18455" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Spain; home of cathedrals and would-be online gambling"][/caption] Spanish gaming license applicants could hear word on their status in as little as two weeks, according to recent reports in Electronic Gaming Review. But the sudden resignation of Spanish gaming boss Juan Carlos Alfonso Rubio could throw a wrinkle in the process.…
[caption id="attachment_18516" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Denmark has been a role model for liberalization."][/caption] Danish gaming officials cleared three more gaming sites to operate in the country. Betsson, Bet 24 and Ladbrokes all cleared regulatory hurdles and received the okay from the Danish Online Gambling Authority this week and can provide online gaming to citizens of Denmark.…
Life just got a little more interesting for American bettors with Bovada.lv accounts. Money transfers through MyPaylinQ are now suspended for players in Maryland, Washington, New York and Utah. MyPaylinQ is a processor used as middleman between players and gaming sites. This latest bit of bad gaming news seems clearly related to the recent indictment of…
The US Government has a blunt message for webmaster: We can seize .com domains whenever we want, no matter where the domain was originally registered. This directive comes in response to widespread criticism of the Feds' seizure of the Bodog.com domain name last week as part of their prosecution of gaming magnate Calvin Ayre. Ayre…
According to eGR, as well as numerous other outlets, New Jersey is set to offer regulated online gambling by September 2012. State Senator Raymond Lesniak has announced that he expects his bill to be approved in both houses and signed by Governor Chris Christie – all within the next couple of weeks. If the process…
[caption id="attachment_18111" align="alignright" width="253" caption=""What, me worry?""][/caption] Calvin Ayre's indictment and the seizure of Bodog.com by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week came as (somewhat) of a shock to most of the iGaming world. Few insiders knew what to make of the charges since most of Ayre's sites operate outside the US and Bodog.com…
April 7, 2011: Washington DC Legalizes Online Poker Online poker is currently well on its way to legalization in a number of US states including Nevada, Iowa and Washington; and plenty more look to follow. But the whole intrastate-poker movement started in a Washington DC, which isn't even a state at all. Last April the…
Ryan Lang entered a guilty plea to charges of financial wrongdoing in connection with the Black Friday investigation that crippled the online poker industry. Lang, a Canadian citizen, is facing as much as 30 years in prison for his part in masking the movement of gambling proceeds from site including Poker Stars, Full Tilt, and…
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