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In an effort to keep slot machines and gambling away from Maryland, the Washington Times ran an opinion piece with the following in it The Rev. Greg Hogan flew from Ohio to Maryland to tell the story of Greg Hogan Jr., his 19-year-old son, who had won an international piano competition and was president of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]