US Representatives Steve Israel and Pete King published an engaging editorial in the NewYork Post yesterday outlining why they are such staunch supporters to regulate and tax online poker and online gambling instead of banning it. The article, "Web Gambling: Tax, Don’t Ban", helps readers understand whey these two Long Island Congressmen were original co-signers of Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA), HR 2046.

Concerned casino workers are seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Patrick Manning to once and for all resolve issues relating to the regularisation or proposed elimination of the local gaming and gambling industry. The union representing the workers, Union of Members Clubs and Lottery Workers, said this request comes on the heels of several meetings with Minister in the Ministry of Finance Conrad Enill which they saw as inconclusive.

Pubs will be able to host games of poker for stakes of [[GBP]] 5 and a maximum prize of [[GBP]] 100 from 1 September. The Gambling Act regulations also remove the requirement for pubs to seek permission from local authorities, provided children and young people are not allowed to play. Daily and weekly limits on stakes and prizes for games of chance played in individual premises have been set at GBP 100 and GBP 700 respectively.