Germany considers online gambling ban
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States want to protect their lotteries German states have postponed a decision on whether or not to ban online gambling. The federal states met today to discuss the plan to outlaw the activity in a move that could destabilise a Europe-wide plan to harmonise gambling.â¦
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By Matt Richtel and Thomas Crampton  Al Baker contributed reporting. *  Broadening the U.S. attack on Internet gambling, law enforcement agents in New York have arrested the chairman of Sportingbet, which offers online sports betting and is traded on the London Stock Exchange.
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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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The European Commission is set to step  up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign  competition in the country's gaming markets, sources with  knowledge of the decision said on Thursday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union's top court Thursday backed a German ban on laser tag games in which players simulate killing each other in a maze.
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Shares in online gambling companies listed in London, have lost more than half their value after a dramatic move by US authorities to ban gambling on the Internet.
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Hackers may want to avoid Germany, after the approval of a law that makes their activity a punishable crime.
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The U.S. governmentÂs move to criminalize the processing of online wagers led to a Black Mondy for the online-gambling industry.
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A bill to ban Internet gambling  faces opposition in the U.S. Senate, but backers still hope to  win passage of it within a few weeks, a top aide to U.S. Senate  Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Thursday.
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Some banks prepare to enforce U.S. ban on online gambling, but site traffic remains strong.
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German football federation officials said Wednesday they were investigating possible match-fixing in the second division after suspicious betting patterns.
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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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Under the Wire An attempt to sneak a US bill banning online gambling into law has run into trouble. Supporters of the bill had attempted to attach the bill to a defence bill being passed this week, but the move has been blocked by the Armed Services Committee.â¦
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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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Computing Which? hack gets skinned With the UK's 2005 Gambling Act coming into force tomorrow, and online gambling hugely more popular than it was*, is it time to assess the landscape of internet betting for British consumers? Computing Which? magazine says yes, and publishes the result of its painstaking investigation today.â¦
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Of bread and games - is skill gaming for money the next big thing? GIGSE 2007 Could skill gaming be the next big forum for online gambling?â¦
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Online gaming group 888 Plc (888.L) is  close to signing deals with some of Europe's bigger mobile  phone operators to offer their customers gambling over their  handsets, a source close to the company said on Thursday.