PokerPages has found an interesting lawsuit that was filed by Public Citizen to force US Trade Office to release details of WTO internet gambling deal. According to the lawsuit, the Bush administration is illegally withholding the details of its offer accepted by the European Union to bind more sectors of the U.S. economy [...]
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Lawsuit To Release WTO Gambling Terms Filed Today
May 20th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: european union · foia · ustr · WTO
US and Antigua, Barbuda Could Settle WTO Dispute by Next Week
March 27th, 2008 1 Comment
According to the Antigua Sun a settlement proposal due by the end of the month could put an end to the five-year trade battle over Internet gaming between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States.
According to Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney in its World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute, the US is scheduled to put [...]
Tags: · antigua · barbuda · WTO
FBI Investigating The Facebook For NCAA March Madness
March 15th, 2008 2 Comments
According to the OnlineCasinoReports the FBI has began investigating the NCAA March Madness pools that Facebook hosts.
A violation of interstate wagering laws, the FBI calls it. That of course is against the controversial UIGEA law passed in late 2006, just before Facebook made its great leap and introduced such applications as the betting pools. Entry [...]
Tags: facebook · fbi investigation · march madness
UIGEA Will Be Challenged in Appeals Court
March 7th, 2008 1 Comment
U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper judge dismissed a challenge on the ban on Internet gambling law brought by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, but gave the group legal standing to challenge the law in an appellate court. The judge determined that the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association had not shown sufficient [...]
Tags: Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Associatio · US Legislation · US Litigation
