Topic - online gambling

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Computers, Security, Media, Communications, Internet

Kentucky Threatens to Forfeit Gambling Domains

Supporters of online gambling say Kentucky has no legal basis on which to seize domains and such a move will have no effect on underground web gambling.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Bailout Kills Online Gambling Bill

A bill that would blunt the impact of an online gambling ban will die because of the bailout hearings, but it could still benefit at Congress in 2009.
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Europe Quizzes U.S. on Online Gambling

EU submits a list of questions as to why its web wagering operators are shut out of the U.S. market. Answers are unlikely.
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Internet

DOJ Subpoenas Banks on Gambling

U.S. Justice Department investigates role of U.K. investment banks in online gambling.
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Internet

BETonSPORTS Cashes Out

In a rapid and spectacular fall from grace, one-time web wagering star plea bargains its end.
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General news

Microsemi Buys PowerDsine

Israel Roundup: Chip company acquisition; VC financing unaffected by recent war; Veraz Networks goes for Nasdaq IPO; 888 Holdings to lay off workers after Congress passes law against online gambling.
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Media, Internet

Gambling Firms Flee United States

Ugly scene as online betting ventures attempt to sell U.S. operations, firms urged to turn toward Asia.
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Internet, Finance

Gaming Firms Plan Counterattack

Tiny Antigua is center of international pressure on ‘protectionist’ U.S. online gambling law.
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Media, Internet

Gambling Trouble in Paradise

Curacao sees long-term problems with U.S. banking system in wake of gambling ban.
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Internet

Snake Eyes for Online Gambling

A new law makes online gambling illegal in the United States, forces firms to close their U.S. businesses.
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Internet

Gambling Exec Fights Extradition

Tiny St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, opens new front in U.S. war on online gambling.
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Media

Second Gambling Exec Nabbed

Chairman of Sportingbet is detained, creating near-panic in a beleaguered industry.
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Internet

Net Gambling Spins Wide Web

With the U.S. government targeting ‘facilitators’ such as banks, can tech startups be far behind?
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Media, Internet

BETonSPORTS Fires Jailed Chief

Wagering firm also distances itself from colorful founder and Costa Rica.
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Media, Internet

Net Gambling Feels Aftershocks

Tiny Antigua challenges the U.S., while concerned marketers seek legal answers.
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Internet

Feds Deal Web Gambling Blow

U.S. issues 11 indictments of online gambling company execs and arrests a CEO.
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Internet

US Tries to Stop Web Betting

Is online gambling legal in the U.S.? A new bill says no, but challenges await.
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Media, Internet

Gambling Law Likely Doomed

Exemptions and infighting will kill online gambling bill or give it little impact if it survives, an expert says.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Poker Site’s IPO Is Huge Hit

PartyGaming offering gives the online gaming site a $9 billion-plus market cap, making it London’s biggest IPO in five years
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Stacked deck

Online poker is sitting on a kitty worth $1 billion – but is the United States government poised to call its bluff?