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EU COMMISSIONER BACK IN  WASHINGTON (Update) Meetings with top US officials scheduled to discuss discriminatory Internet gambling law The European Commission team flying to Washington soon to meet with US officials in an investigation into alleged discriminatory laws targeting online gambling companies (see previous InfoPowa reports) will be headed by senior EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson. The results…

GAMBLING ADVERTISING TO BE RESTRICTED IN THE UKRAINE Proposals open to discussion until July 9 Official notifications on the Ministry of Finance for the Ukraine website this week indicate an imminent clamp down on gambling advertising and casino registration in the Eastern European country. The Ministry has opened for public discussion a proposal to better control gambling in…

WORLD'S STRICTEST GAMBLING RULES? Norway tightens the screws again Norway's Minister of Culture and Churches, Trond Griske has introduced new regulations on gambling machines that will limit how much a player can bet per game, how long they can play and how much they can lose per day or month, making the country's gambling laws some of…

[B]EU OFFICIALS TO INTERVIEW U.S. POLITICIANS [/B]UIGEA probe moves another step forward European Union officials involved in the probe into the protectionist policies in online gambling of the United States are to interview senior members of the Bush Administration in July. The European Commission had previously sent questionnaires to several House and Senate committees and U.S.…

FINDING THE LOOPHOLE 26 year old entrepreneur claims a way to get around US legal constraints Webpreneur Victor Palmer (26) from College Station, Texas claims he has a business model that enables his Centsports.com website to circumvent US online gambling constraints, and it's interesting enough to have attracted the reportage of Forbes business magazine. Forbes summarises his model…

EPT PROGRAM RELEASED BY POKERSTARS French action is back in nine stop schedule The 5th Pokerstars European Poker Tour will this year start in Barcelona in September and end in May 2009 with a Grand Final in Monte Carlo, according to the schedule released by the company this week.  And the good news is that a French…

REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT - WHICH IS BEST FOR ONLINE GAMBLING? Internet gambling companies may get a fairer shake from Obama With Barack Obama now the uncontested presidential candidate for the Democrats, speculation is turning toward whether he would be a better proposition for the online gambling industry in the USA than his opponent, Republican John McCain. The Sports…

EU OFFICIALS TO INTERVIEW U.S. POLITICIANS  UIGEA probe moves another step forward European Union officials involved in the probe into the protectionist policies in online gambling of the United States are to interview senior members of the Bush Administration in July. The European Commission had previously sent questionnaires to several House and Senate committees and U.S. agencies…

FRAUD RAMPANT ON THE WEB A million fraud attacks stopped in Q1 of 2008...and that's by just one company! The fraud protection and device reputation authority Iovation reported the startling news this week that it has been instrumental in its customers killing more than a million online fraud attempts in the first half of 2008.   The company has…

RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING ALERT Online operators would do well to watch a developing class action in Canada Online gambling operators could regard a developing class action in Toronto, Canada as a wake-up call when it comes to enforcing responsible gambling provisions.  The class action is against land casinos, but the implications for online operators are clear. Thousands of problem gamblers…