Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel community, has announced its gambling survey of more than 1,600 travelers worldwide and the lucky seven gambling destinations, according to TripAdvisor travelers and editors.
Thirty-six percent of worldwide respondents, and 42 percent of Americans, plan to go gambling while on vacation in the next 12 months. ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The banking industry is cheering the assault on the 2006 federal crackdown on Internet gambling by House Financial Services panel Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
Frand and Paul introduced their bill on Friday, less than two weeks after federal officials testified to Frank’s committee that they were ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
ePassporte has stopped processing transactions with online poker sites which was another blow to American Internet poker players and online gambling affiliates.
A letter was sent by ePassporte to Pitbull Poker and posted on compatiblepoker.com which indicated that pressure from the Department of Justice forced them to cut ties with online ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
When IntertopsCasino.com, of Antigua, launched one of the first online casinos back in 1998, sceptics asked the same thing they’d asked two years before when the pioneering company launched the very first online sportsbook. Those who wondered if anyone would ever trust an online casino with their money underestimated the ...
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