Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Husband and wife, Daniel Clarin, 32, Melissa Clarin, 31, of Miami, pleaded guilty last Thursday to felony charges (in a Queens NY courthouse) to participating in an operation that processed bets through offshore computer servers and the Web site Playwithal.com.
The couple helped to operate a $1.4 billion /year online gambling ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
An online gambling savior maybe here! Rep. Barney Frank stated that in the coming week he plans to provide details on possible legislation to repeal a ban imposed last year on online gambling. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said he is in no hurry and ...
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Alberta's Alexander First Nation, Canada is studying whether or not to legalize online gambling but Canadians are up in arms about the prospect.
According to reports, “"Alberta's top cop is warning a Cree band to halt plans to set up an Internet gambling haven on their reserve near Edmonton."
Solicitor General Fred ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
The US government ban on online gambling took a big bite out of PartyGaming profits. The company reported today annual profits dropped by 57 per cent. Ouch!
The company stated yesterday that they took a one time hit of $243.2 million from exiting the US while pre-tax profits fell ...
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