Internet poker players to Congress: We have rights, too
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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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Funny money no longer such a joke House of Cards Although the Chinese government recently announced a purifying moratorium on internet cafes â the same week the Communist Youth League penned a contract with leading gaming developer Playtech to provide software for large scale internet-based gambling tournaments â the cadres in Beijing know that internet cafes are only an embodiment of something much larger and more threatening, according to the Financial Times.â¦
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As if the U.S. presidential contest wasn't enough like a horse race, Web users all over the world can now bet on the outcome through online futures exchanges that treat politics like corn, cocoa or other commodities.
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Before the Internet came along, vodka with cranberry juice and a bet over a six-pack of beer were tools of seduction in the hands of House members with designs on congressional pages.
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Free riders have hit the jackpot in the digital revolution, and we'd better deal with it.
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By staff. A deal to bring Major league Baseball to Washington has potentially been saved by a generous offer from an online poker site.
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Congress was pushing on Friday to finish legislation that would boost security at U.S. ports, but at the last minute lawmakers added provisions to prohibit Internet gambling.
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In the past 24 hours, around 180 million dollars was wagered in online poker rooms worldwide, and Boyd Leys wants a slice of the action.
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War-on-terror's poker face Shares in online gambling companies like Partygaming are in freefall this morning after the US Congress unexpectedly passed anti-online gambling laws late on Friday.â¦
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A former game programmer is running for the U.S. House of Representatives with a platform forcefully addressing tech industry issues like digital copyright protection. But he still lags far behind his opponent in the fund-raising department. By Jacob Ogles.
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The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online and could block access to gambling Web sites.
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Online Gambling : Affiliate Party&#8217;s Over Last weekend the US Congress passed a bill which will outlaw Internet gambling in the United States. The new law will ensure that gamblers who try to enter online gambling sites from American IP addresses will be blocked and that the online gambling companies can no longer accept bets placed [...]
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In a move engineered by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tenn.), the United States Senate on Saturday passed legislation that effectively makes it illegal for a bank or other institution to transfer funds to organizations that are involved in so-called "unlawful Internet gambling."
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Last weekend, when the U.S. Congress  passed a bill making it illegal for banks and credit-card  companies to make payments to Internet gambling sites, a legion  of online gamblers were sent scrambling to find new ways to  place their bets.
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It's illegal for US citizens to place bets on the Internet -- or is it? A Seattle attorney thinks he's found a million-dollar loophole.
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The Fair Use Act would free honest consumers to pick the electronic locks on their digital media, under certain circumstances. A congressman says it's a good first step.  Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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Fighting for survival and poker Analysis The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was rammed through Congress by the Republican leadership in the final minutes before the election period recess. According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill. The Act is title VIII of a completely unrelated bill, the Safe Port Act, HR 4954, dealing with port security - Professor I Nelson Rose of Whittier Law School, Gambling and the Law: The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzedâ¦