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According to UK Independent, bookmakers and online casinos will be able to advertise on Google, the world’s most popular internet search engine, from today. The company, which yesterday received royal approval when the Queen visited its British headquarters near Victoria station, was condemned as “irresponsible” by MPs and church leaders for lifting its four-year ban [...]

For those living under a rock, for at least the last month the internet gaming world has been abuzz with a development in Kentucky, where the Governor has recently tried to take control of the domain names of online gambling sites that are operating legally outside of the United States because “gambling devices” which are [...]

Kentucky is an imperfect agent for any type of gambling crackdown. Horse racing is one of its signature industries, and its governor is eager to legalize casinos. Nonetheless, Gov. Steve Beshear is right to try to shut down Internet gambling sites that, by his estimate, attract “tens of millions of dollars” each year from Kentuckians. [...]

U.S. poker players have anted up for another high-stakes game — lobbying. Trying to overturn a 2006 U.S. ban on online poker, gamblers have started a lobbying group, established a political action committee, and promoted their effort to politicians by holding poker tournaments at the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions. “Up until this point, the [...]

We recently stumbled upon an older Christian Science article Some SL businesses already may be operating outside current law. Casino gambling and sports betting are pervasive in SL. The fact that bets are made in lindens, not dollars, won’t shield gamblers from possible prosecution under federal laws banning Internet gambling, says Jaclyn Lesch, a spokeswoman [...]