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Vanguard sued for “illegal gambling” investments

September 1st, 2008 No Comments

Shareholders in Vanguard funds sued the Vanguard Group Inc on Friday, accusing fund managers of investing their money in illegal gambling businesses before the government cracked down on them in 2006. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said “these unlawful investments suffered significant losses when the government began arresting principals of the [...]

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Lawsuit To Release WTO Gambling Terms Filed Today

May 20th, 2008 No Comments

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 to World [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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