Gambling and the Law
October 11, 2006
In the wake of news from Party Poker, Boss Media and CryptoLogic that US customers would no longer be allowed to make wagers on their sites, cries of "the sky is falling!" are still echoing through the online poker community. While several companies released statements explaining why they would cease US activities, several other key players in the online poker industry have come out saying clearly that they would continue to allow US players, or urging a "wait and see" approach to the new legislation.
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October 6, 2006
With the Unlawful Online Gaming Bill passed, many online poker rooms have turned to their lawyers to explain the impact this legislation will have on their revenues and policies. Several of those, most notably Party Poker and Pacific Poker, have issued statements saying that they are suspending their business in the USA.In the background of legal online poker room panic, one of the most authoritative gambling law specialists, Professor I.
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October 6, 2006
After the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on September 30th, the majority of online poker sites providing services to US residents were forced to revise their policies toward American players. As some rooms, including such online poker grands as Party Poker, Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker, have issued direct statements, declaring their reactions to the legislation, others are silent on the issue, saying that they are still analysing the online gaming bill and are still to be heard from in the future. We at PokerWorks.
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October 3, 2006
A year ago, I reported on the troubled state of New York City's underground poker scene. At the time, the widely-reported visit by Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez to the Broadway Club, a small poker room in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, led to the police raid and closure of the club, along with the arrest of 13 dealers, on October 14th, 2005. Soon after, six of the smaller poker rooms that had sprung up during the summer of 2005 in the wake of police closures of the city's two largest clubs in May were raided and shut down.
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October 3, 2006
In more heartening news on the online gaming front, former SportingBet CEO Peter Dicks was released to return to Great Britain from custody in New York after NY Governor George Pataki found no legal right to extradite Dicks to Louisiana to face charges of gambling by computer, a felony which carries possible sentencing of up to five years in prison and up to a $25,000 fine.Dicks was arrested by US customs officials at Kennedy Airport in New York on September 6 when a Louisiana arrest warrant was discovered.
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October 2, 2006
The recently passed online gaming legislation, known formerly as the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, resulted in an outrageous reaction from poker lobbyists and their support groups. The legislation was strangely merged with the absolutely unrelated bill regarding American port security, making it an easy pass through the Senate. The results were obvious: by a vote of 409 vs. 2, the bill passed through the Senate on a voice vote, with no records regarding the Senator's view on the matter whatsoever.
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October 1, 2006
"'Unlawful internet gambling' means to place, receive or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, received or otherwise made" Late on Friday, September 30, 2006, US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) pushed through pet legislation banning internet gambling for citizens of the United States.
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