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WSJ Europe: US Needs To Rethink UIGEA

April 10th, 2008 No Comments

The following opinion piece ran in today’s Wall Street Journal, European edition:
A trans-Atlantic spat over online gambling may help rewrite the rules of the game for Internet commerce across borders. For a change, the Europeans stand on the side of free trade, while America dabbles in regulatory overreach.
The European Union last month launched an [...]

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Massachusets Once Again Tries to Ban Online Gambling and Gaming

April 7th, 2008 No Comments

No sooner than has the dust settled over Massachusetts Governor’s Casino Bill which contained anti-online gambling provisions, State Rep. David Flynn is promoting another bill to allow slot machines at racetracks, however, this bill AGAIN contains the same anti-online gambling clause as the Governor’s bill. Representative Flynn is “the dean” of Massachusetts Legislature the [...]

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Ron Paul on UIGEA and Online Gambling

April 5th, 2008 5 Comments

Edit: As it has been pointed out by numerous commenters, Ron Paul  has not actually dropped out of the race, he just can’t win because of the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination. Please see comments for wealth of information dealing with this.
While Ron Paul has long dropped out of the Republican Primary [...]

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Barack Obama on Video Gaming and What it Means for Online Gambling

April 3rd, 2008 1 Comment

While speaking in Wikes Hall in Pennsylvania, US Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, has told American parents that they need to curb the amount of time their kids spend playing video games. “Turn off the television, turn off the video games”, he said adding that “Government can’t do everything”. In fact one of [...]

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UIGEA Hearing Highlight

April 2nd, 2008 1 Comment

The Congress held the hearing about online gambling and the UIGEA which currently prohibits online gaming by forcing the financial institution to block financial transactions that are going toward internet gambling. Today’s hearing, a summary of which is available in all it’s glory by PPA including videos, supporting materials and even transcript coming shortly.
We however, [...]

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