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Dutch Banks Asked to Implement Home Grown UIGEA in Netherlands

May 12th, 2008 1 Comment

According to Reuters, Dutch authorities intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and are calling on banks to stop providing financial services to them. “It is illegal to offer gambling services in the Netherlands without a permit. These companies know they break the law,” Justice Ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.
The ministry has made a [...]

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Barney Frank, Ron Paul Introduce Bill to Suspend Internet Gambling Ban

April 12th, 2008 2 Comments

Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) have introduced new legislation The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI), H.R.5767, that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet [...]

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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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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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