On Wednesday April 20, 2011 PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have reached a domain-name agreement with the US Department of Justice to get their domain back if they agree to stop providing online poker to US poker players. For example the actual agreement states: “The Agreement does not prohibit, and, in fact, expressly allows for, [...]
Today is being called the Black Friday of Poker. The US Department of Justice has seized the following domain names of the Top US poker sites: FullTiltPoker.com PokerStars.com AbsolutePoker.com UB.com UltimateBet.com In addition to the 5 domain names, a federal judge issued a restraining order against 76 bank accounts (payment processors) in 14 countries utilized [...]
Is Internet Gambling illegal? Depending on who you are and where you live, Internet gambling could be an illegal activity. While it is so easy to join an online casino and play the consequences of illegal gaming could be devastating. This is not only so for the individual player but also for the casino operator. [...]
Online Poker Legislation Introduce For United States Online poker within the United States of America was almost outlawed when legal legislation (UIGEA) keeps making it harder for poker players to deposit their funding into their online poker accounts. Since the passing of the UIGEA legal bill in 2006 the poker playing public have been teaming [...]
Online poker rooms and players where left with a bitter taste in their mouths after major credit card company MasterCard moved to block gambling transactions by online poker rooms and online casinos. The move caused uproar within the poker community, with players saying that they needed to add additional funding into their accounts in order [...]
Gambling History Gambling seems to be essential to human nature and traces of this activity can be found among the traces of most cultures long gone. The way we gamble today is not all that different from how they played games in ancient China or Egypt. It is mostly the tools that have developed into [...]
In a recent article by American Conservative titled “Coming Up Aces” state why there will soon be legal online gambling in the USA. First we have Barney Frank who introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation and Taxation Act to repeal or change the UIGEA and remove the online gambling gray area we are in. A hearing [...]
Most people want to know a few things: Is Online Gambling Legal in the US? Are the Online Casinos Safe? Can I really get into trouble? Professor I. Nelson Rose, a leading authority on gambling law states: “No United States federal statute or regulation explicitly prohibits Internet gambling, either domestically or abroad.” Still, the US [...]
Barney Frank Unveils Internet Gambling Legislation Representatives Barney Frank (Democrat-Mass.) and Peter King (Republican-N.Y.) introduced legislation May 6, 2009 to allow online gambling in the United States. This bill has support from Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., YouBet.com and the Poker Players Alliance. The legislation, if passed, will allow licensed gambling operators to accept online wagers from [...]
UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) Explained The UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) of 2006 was forced to the House of Congress by the House of Republics in the last minutes right before the recess of the election period. This is an act as per Sen. Frank Lautenberg there is no one from the [...]