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Read 'The letter' purported to be authored by Jon Kyl
A letter purported to have been written by Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, and circulated throughout Congress last week is circulating on various Internet sites.
Cyprus looks to introducing online gambling laws
CYPRIOTS gambled more than £28 million over the internet in 2006, according to figures presented to the House Institutions Committee of Cyprus, by credit card company JCC. Other estimations believe the figure is closer to £1.5 billion.
NETELLER Announces Service Changes to Canadian and Turkish Market
A press release on the NETELLER Plc Group website on 26th March announced several significant changes to its services in a number of markets. Press release as follows:
Bingo Entertainment welcomes back US players
An announcement today from Bingo Entertainment NV spokesperson Harry Christodoulou;
“We are extremely happy to announce that we can now welcome back our US players, whom have been very much missed, not only by Bingo Entertainment, but also by our expanding network of players in other countries”.
Gambling firms not encouraged by UK betting tax
Gambling firms and casino operators were left disappointed by Wednesday’s budget after Chancellor Gordon Brown slapped higher tax on large casinos and did little to tempt Internet gambling onshore
Louisiana drops warrant on former Sportingbet chairman
Emerging on many reliable news sources, is the news that the State of Louisiana, which led the crackdown on internet gambling last year, has unexpectedly backed down, dropping all warrants against former Sportingbet chairman Peter Dicks and ‘all related warrants’.
NETELLER plans return of US Customer's Funds
The NETELLER Plc Group (LSE: NLR), the leading global independent online money transfer business, today announced that it has signed agreements with each of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (“USAO”) and Navigant Consulting, Inc. (“Navigant”).
New EC Ruling Could Have Effect on US Internet Gambling Laws
On 21st March, The European Commission (EC) took the next step towards removing gambling restrictions in a number of EU states.
French court fines Partouche 40,000 Euros
A court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France has handed Patrick Partouche, the chairman of French Groupe Partouche, a 12-month suspended prison sentence and a 40,000 Euro on 15th March, for his involvement with Cyprus-registered online poker site, Poker770.com.
Two plead guilty in US e-gambling case
On 16th April, a Miami executive and his wife pleaded guilty in court to participating in a massive $1.4 billion-a-year Internet sports gambling operation in New York. The Queens District Attorney’s office said that Daniel Clarin, 32, and Melissa Clarin, 31, pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption and conspiracy charges for taking part in the operation that ran over a 28-month period.


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