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the law and the net
Lawyers and lawmakers trying to understand the law of Internet gambling often make the job more difficult for themselves by starting with two unstated, and incorrect, presumptions: 1. Because the Internet obviously involves communications, it is assumed that gambling on the Internet is controlled by communications law, in particular that is protected in some way by the United State...
May 23, 2004, 8:40 am - your wrong

State lawmakers bet gambling can help with budgets
State lawmakers bet gambling can help with budgets Published - Jan 25 2009 02:24PM EST | AP By GREG BLUESTEIN - Associated Press Writer...
Jan 25, 2009, 4:57 pm - Tenaj

internet gambling bills
Three bills aiming to "prohibit" Internet gambling are now winding their way through Congress. Internet gambling is already prohibited, at least in most forms. The companies that operate casino, sports betting, and poker websites are all based offshore, and most of their executives risk arrest if they ever step foot on American soil. But web-based gambling is still a $12 billion industry. And so just as has happened every other time our government has attempted to ban v...
May 18, 2006, 6:24 am - LOTTOMIKE

britain criticizes american gambling ban
Britain's culture secretary on Friday compared the U.S. crackdown on online gambling to the failed alcohol ban of the Prohibition as she prepared to host an international summit on Internet gambling next week. Tessa Jowell warned that the U.S. ban on Internet gambling would make unregulated offshore sites the modern equivalent of speakeasies, illegal bars that opened in 1920s America when alcohol was banned. U.S. Congress caught the gambling industry by surpr...
Oct 28, 2006, 7:46 am - LOTTOMIKE

legal landscape of online gaming has not changed
Legal Landscape of Online Gaming Has Not Changed Analysis From CardPlayer's Legal Counsel Misleading news stories abound both online and in print regarding the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The completely incorrect interpretation states that the new bill essentially outlaws most forms of Internet gambling. The new bill absolutely does no such thing. I have been analyzing legal issues fo...
Oct 5, 2006, 11:30 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Prohibition II
Prohibition II: Good Grief When government restricts Americans' choices, ostensibly for their own good, someone is going to profit from the paternalism. By George F. Will Newsweek Oct. 23, 2006 issue - Perhaps Prohibition II is being launched because Prohibition I worked so well at getting rid of gin. Or maybe the point is to reassure social conservatives that Republicans remain...
Oct 26, 2006, 7:01 am - LOTTOMIKE

congress shouldn't throttle internet gambling
Congress shouldn t throttle Internet gambling By Frank Catania For decades, successful young companies looked to Wall Street when they were ready for an initial public offering of stock. But an unintended consequence of Congress s effort to prohibit rather than regulate the...
Sep 27, 2006, 10:36 pm - LOTTOMIKE

"Gamblin' Man
Gamblin' Man By Keith Taylor Source Tech Central Station Daily The House of Representatives voted passed -- by a margin of 317 to 93 -- a...
Jul 29, 2006, 6:29 pm - konane

the crackdown on internet gambling continues
Crackdown on Internet Gambling continues with Sportingbet and bill Only a couple of months ago, arguably the largest crackdown against online gambling began with the arrest of the CEO of BetonSports. Apparently, we haven't seen the end of this nightmare for those who enjoy Internet gambling. And now today,Online bookmaker Sportingbet said its chairman, Peter Dicks, had been detained by U.S. authorities, causing shares across the...
Sep 8, 2006, 12:40 am - LOTTOMIKE

Cocaine/Drug Traffiking Vs. Betting/Gambling
Cocaine/Drug Traffiking Vs. Betting/Gambling Cocaine Traffiking Vs. Betting/Gambling : I believe Betting/Gambling draws more money than cocaine traffiking...The only difference is that cocaine is quick money...Let's put an example...Cocaine you sell cocaine and you beging to make more money, but then if you think about it, how many people cosume cocaine on an average neighboorhood? Not many, Ho...
Jul 29, 2007, 3:24 pm - pumpi76