July 29th, 2008
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There’s no cash to be won.
The chips are free and each night is as much a social gathering as anything else.
Still, that doesn’t mean the various weekly Texas Hold ’Em poker tournaments in Loveland don’t get tense.
July 25th, 2008
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It’s taken some time, but the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki has finally signed off on the National Gambling Amendment Bill, which was approved on May 9, 2008 to license and regulate online gambling. But for reasons that are not yet clear, the legislation will not be implemented “until a date chosen by the President.”
July 25th, 2008
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Lawmakers from across the suburbs, and across the aisle, reacted to the series by saying the state should do more to keep an eye on the casino industry and provide help for gambling addicts.
“It is shameful,” said state Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Hinsdale Republican. “If we are raking in billions of dollars in revenue from compulsive gambling, we need to take care of those people who need our help.”
July 24th, 2008
California may become the first state to legalize online poker after the federal government banned online gambling, taking advantage of a loophole in federal law. Andrew Luria reports.
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[CA] CBS13 – Video: California May Legalize Online Poker (07/22/08)
July 24th, 2008
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The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), which oversees numerous online poker sites using Kahnawake-based Internet services in Canada, has released an official statement regarding the unfolding situation on UltimateBet Poker. The statement follows by several months the KGC’s earlier involvement in the resolution of a similar scandal at Absolute Poker.
July 24th, 2008
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As the chairman of the Poker Players Alliance, former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Republican of New York, has been outspoken about his distaste for the manner in which Congress has handled — or mishandled — legislation dealing with Internet gambling in the United States.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which Mr. D’Amato calls “preposterous,” kicked off a bevy of bills to counteract its effect. But none has had the success that the gambling enforcement act had in Congress in 2006.
July 23rd, 2008
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A proposal to legalize online poker in California made its way through the Senate Governmental Organization Committee last month and is now on its way to the Senate Appropriations Committee to be voted upon in August.
July 23rd, 2008
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Normally, the most vociferous calls for legalizing Internet gaming come from the growing online poker-playing community, offshore gambling site operators, civil libertarians and a handful of select members of Congress.
Add UNLV associate professor Kathryn LaTour to the chorus.
LaTour, who teaches in the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, has co-authored a study that says the legalization and regulation of online gambling in the United States and Canada could help reduce some of the activity’s harm. Gambling addiction, she said, could be curtailed while regulation would keep underage gamblers out of the virtual casinos.
July 23rd, 2008
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In the United States,residents of 48 states can gamble legally, and no major city in the continental U.S. is located more than a short drive from a gambling venue. Yet a number of laws continue to restrict Americans’ ability to gamble on the Internet. The three main laws are:
July 22nd, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently has gone after Internet poker businesses with a vengeance—even though it may not have the authority to do so—driving many of them overseas. Now the House of Representatives is considering legislation to tell the Justice Department to leave Internet poker businesses alone. So would that constitute a needed clarification of jurisdictional authority? Sadly, no. The same statutory ambiguities that the Justice Department is now using to drive Internet poker out of America are in the proposed bill.
