Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee has become the latest congressman to sign up to Republican Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, a bill that was introduced last year to create an exemption to the current ban on online gambling for properly licensed operators. Congressman Miller is a member of the Democratic Leadership and chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee...

British culture secretary Andy Burnham told MPs today that he would introduce legislation forcing licensed gambling operators of all types to donate more funding to problem gambling at the end of the year unless operators voluntary contribute more. At the moment, only about 380 of the country’s 3,800 gambling companies have been paying into the Responsibility in Gambling Trust.

The online gambling jurisdiction of Malta has released a statement rebutting claims that the industry on the Mediterranean island is unregulated and unscrupulous. According to the Malta Remote Gaming Council (MRGC), online gambling is frequently portrayed in an alarmist and negative manner at odds with the facts with complex issues treated superficially without sufficient research into the industry on the island, its regulation or its participants.

Brussels (Reuters) - The European Commission is expected to step up legal action against the Netherlands and Greece over restrictions to competition in their gaming markets, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. "They are expected to pursue the cases against Greece and the Netherlands for restrictions in sports betting services, barring any last-minute change of mind," the source said.

The Sikkim Government has come up with an innovative plan to lure more hospitality players to develop five-star hotels in the state. It will be the first Indian state to offer casinos at five-star hotels license for in-territory gambling. According to latest reports, Royal Plaza managed by Sarovar Hotels Pvt. Ltd. and a five-star resort built by DLF Hotel Holdings have already received a nod from the government for the Casino license.

The tide of public opinion regarding casino gambling is changing. Now, more Jamaicans want the Government to legalise gambling of outlawed casino games, such as roulette and blackjack, than those who are against the controversial amusement. In comparison to a similar survey conducted in 2006, the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, conducted on January 12 and 13, 2008...

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) - February 20, 2008 -- For more than a year, the teenager lived the life of a high roller at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, buying tens of thousands of dollars worth of gambling chips, and earning more than USD 1,000 worth of free merchandise and services for the level of his Blackjack and poker play. But what the casino didn't know - and didn't ask about for more than a year - was that he was only 19, two years below the legal gambling age in Atlantic City.

Die Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) nimmt immer mehr Fahrt auf. Nachdem in diesem Monat schon GPSTS-Gründer Professor Charles Nesson auf einer Podiumsdiskussion in London zu Gast war, finden auch an amerikanischen Hochschule weitere Vorträge im Rahmen der GPSTS statt. Gestern hatte die Harvard Law School den Journalisten Vin Narayana eingeladen, um über den Massachusetts Casino Gambling Bill zu diskutieren. Vin Narayana arbeitet als Kolumnist für USAToday.com, CNN und Capital News Service.

Macau may not be hitting the astronomical growth targets set by excitable financial analysts, but the Chinese gambling enclave is still growing much faster than Las Vegas, the US gambling capital. The tiny former Portuguese colony - the only legal place to make bets in China - has posted a 47% increase in annual gambling revenue, outpacing Las Vegas and pushing it even further ahead of the Las Vegas strip in terms of total gambling revenue.

Bulgaria's three-way ruling coalition is to allow the online gambling through introducing some amendments in the law they agreed on at the two-day closed debates held in the resort town of Hisarya. The structural plan of the country's state lottery will also be changed to result in expanding the distributing network - more companies will be allowed to sell tickets but not only the now existing stations.

Changes to gambling supervision should set the Island in good stead when the IMF visit in September. Gambling Supervision Commission chairman Claire Milne told members of the Association of Corporate Service Providers that new measures and the change to a non-governmental licensing authority are likely to be viewed positively by the International Monetary Fund.

Eine vom renommierten Wirtschaftsprüfungsinstitut Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) durchgeführte Studie hat ergeben, dass der US-Finanzminister allein in den nächsten zehn Jahren zwischen 8,7 und 17,6 Milliarden Dollar an Steuern für Online-Poker einnehmen könnte. Voraussetzung: Eine Lizenzierung, Regulierung und Versteuerung, die von PWC auf zwei verschiedenen Basis-Ansätzen berechnet wurde. Sportwetten sind in dem Zahlenwerk noch gar nicht nicht enthalten.