Archive for June, 2009
EU Expects US to Open Trade to Foreign Online Gambling Operators
For some time now, many different groups within the United States have been battling the Internet gambling ban imposed by the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act).¬† A number of other countries have also tried to convince the United States to change their policies towards online gambling.¬† The European Union, one of the US’s trading [...]
Victory for Internet Casinos, Minnesota Withdraws the Ban
Minnesota recently attempted to force Internet service providers to block a number of domain names for Internet casino sites.  The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) took the state of Minnesota to court over this move, challenging the validity of the order. This past weekend came with false [...]
EU Says French Online Casino Draft Must Change
The European Union requires that EU member countries comply with certain standards and agreements as far as trade is concerned.  France has not been complying with these agreements with regards to their Internet gambling industry, and are now trying to make the necessary changes in order to comply. France has presented a draft copy of [...]
90% of Poll Respondents Want Legal Online Gambling
Barney Frank and Spencer Bachus are once again in the news, both commenting on the bill regarding legalization and regulation of online casino gambling in the United States.  On June 1st, the U.S. News & World Report website showed their readers the opinions of both Frank and Bachus, which was followed by a poll. The [...]
Prominent Danish Figures Object to Online Casino Ban
A number of prominent Danish figures, with different backgrounds and different outlooks on life, joined together to put pressure on the government of Denmark regarding the proposed online casino ban.  There are representatives from the Confederation of Danish Industries, the Telecommunications Industry Association, the Bar and Law Society and the Danish Energy Association. The leading [...]
iMEGA’s Brief Received by the Kentucky Supreme Court
The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association’s (iMEGA) attorneys have given their written arguments to the Kentucky Supreme Court regarding the Internet domain name forfeiture case. The Kentucky Circuit Court had given the state permission to seize the 141 Internet gambling domain names, stating that they could be seized as gambling devices according to state [...]
New Software for Parental Online Casino Blocks
A Canadian company, the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation has developed new software which parents can use to block online gaming sites.  The software has shown itself to be more effective than other software of a similar nature. BetStopper, designed specifically for parents to use in order to prevent underage children from accessing gambling sites, has [...]