Update 1: Racetracks Sue Calif. on Indian Gambling
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California racetrack officials who want to add slot machines to their gambling offerings sued the state over gambling compacts with five American Indian tribes.
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Stock car racing was built by those trying to beat the system.
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A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruled today that US prohibitions on Internet gambling are unfair trade practices and that the country should open its borders to international casinos.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have agreed to pay a total of $31.5 million to resolve claims that they promoted illegal gambling, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.Microsoft will pay $21 million, Google will pay $3 million, and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million, the DOJ said in a news release. The three companies neither contest nor admit that they promoted illegal online gambling by running advertisements for gambling Web sites between 1997 and this year.The settlements stem from an investigation into illegal online gambling by U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway of the Eastern District of Missouri, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service. Hanaway&#39;s office indicted the founder of Betonsports.com, 10 other people, and four companies on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and fraud in a crackdown on online gambling on June 1, 2006.Hanaway filed a new indictment against Betonsports, three other companies, and 12 people on June 28 of this year.Unregulated online gambling is illegal in the United States, the DOJ said. The three companies were accused of procuring participants via the advertisements they ran for illegal activity. Those actions fall under the U.S. aiding and abetting statute, the agency said.The Microsoft settlement includes a $4.5 million fine and a $7.5 million contribution to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The company also agreed to create a $9 million online advertising campaign, focused on young people, saying that online gambling is illegal under U.S. law. The campaign will run for three years, beginning in early 2008, the DOJ said.Yahoo has paid $3 million to the U.S. government, and it will provide $4.5 million worth of online advertising to a public-service campaign designed to inform users that operators and participants in online or telephone-based sports and casino-type gambling in the United States may be subject to arrest and prosecution.&quot;These sums add to the over $40 million in forfeitures and back taxes this office has already recovered in recent years from operators of these remote-control illegal gambling enterprises,&quot; Hanaway said in a statement. &quot;Honest taxpayers and gambling industry personnel who do follow the law suffer from those who promote illegal online behavior.&quot;Google said, in a statement, that it has cooperated with the investigation. &quot;While we did not admit any wrongdoing, the Department of Justice has advised that online gambling is illegal in the United States and ads to promote it are improper,&quot; the company said. &quot;Google voluntarily discontinued running such ads, which were a very small part of our AdWords business, in April 2004.&quot;Yahoo said it stopped running ads for gambling sites &quot;years ago,&quot; according to a statement. &quot;After the U.S. Attorney&#39;s Office contacted Yahoo with its concerns, we worked cooperatively over several years to reach this settlement,&quot; the company said.Microsoft was preparing a statement Wednesday afternoon.
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The operator of a gambling news site on the Internet has asked a federal judge to declare that advertisements in U.S. media for foreign online casinos and sports betting outlets are protected by free-speech rights...
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One of Gov. Jim Doyle's biggest campaign contributors was indicted Thursday on federal charges that he funneled more than $100,000 in donations to Doyle to secure approval for a planned Indian casino.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have beaten back ballot measures aimed at expanding gambling in California, but he hasn't succeeded in striking deals with a majority of casino-owning American Indian tribes to share revenue.
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An unusual battle is being waged against Whole Foods in Burbank, Calif., not over its business practices, but the threat it poses to the communityâs horse owners.
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Three betting firms are in talks with racetracks over funding for the horse racing industry, a report claims.
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The New York attorney general&#39;s investigation into abuses in the insurance industry escalated yesterday with a lawsuit accusing a California broker of fraudulent practices that led to higher
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A gambling addict who says he told bookmakers to stop taking his bets is suing William Hill for allowing him to lose 2 million pounds.
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A federal Internet gambling ban poses threats to lawful gaming online and must be amended right away, players argue in a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz.
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In a landmark expansion of gambling operations in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced agreements with five Indian tribes to add thousands of new slot machines statewide and create one of the world's largest casinos in the heart of the Bay Area.
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A gambling industry group argued in federal court Wednesday that a new federal law against transmitting online bets outside the United States violates people's right to gamble in the privacy of their own homes.
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The winner of a $315 million lottery jackpot has been ordered to honor a settlement he reached with a racetrack worker who accused him of assaulting her.
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Several California cities and counties, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, have sued Microsoft Corporation, accusing the software giant of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the personal computer