Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and House Financial Services Panel Chairman Barney Frank to present legislation that would block implementation of the anti-online gambling law. In another development to a rapidly developing story that might be entitled "gambling rights vs. government involvement," Republican libertarian Paul and Democrat Frank, who last year introduced legislation to legalize and regulate online gambling, are now working together to take a stand against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, this time from a different angle.

Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul have introduced new legislation in the United States to prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing or implementing regulations that would enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Earlier this month, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, heard expert testimony from the US Treasury, Federal Reserve...

A Congressional Subcommittee heard in US the testimony from banks, credit card companies and some Democrat Members of Congress, regarding the implementation of proposals for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which could ensnare innocent customers and threaten the viability of e-commerce. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology heard from the US Treasury, Federal Reserve, the American Bankers Association...

Ahead of a scheduled vote wherein Dutch legislators will consider UIGEA-style legislation designed to restrict access to the Dutch online gambling market for international court, a Netherlands Court denied an appeal in a related case by Unibet, admitting that its interpretation is different than that called for by European Union treaty. Unibet had been judged guilty of violating the Dutch Gaming Act and infringing upon the market rights of the Dutch state lottery, De Lotto (The Lotto).

Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2008) – Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group comprised of almost one million online and offline poker players nationwide, issued the following statement on today's hearing before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

According to a piece in this week's issue of the Christian Science Monitor, the United States should toughen its stance on online gambling by banning Internet betting on horseracing. Founded in 1908, the mainstream daily newspaper is published by The First Church of Christ, Scientist of Boston with a public-service mission but features both secular national and international reports.

U.S. District Court Judge Mary Cooper sent two very clear messages to the online gaming industry last week: 1. The courts are not going to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) because the law is either ineffective or unwise. 2. The iMEGA case has very little chance of overturning the UIGEA. The only glimmer of hope Cooper gave iMEGA was she granted it "standing" on certain issues.

Washington - Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, will hold a hearing in early April to explore the burden on U.S. financial institutions to comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). The law was intended to deter illegal Internet gambling activity. Meanwhile, support for legislation that would regulate Internet gambling continues to gain momentum...

Ein unbeliebtes Gesetz beeinflusst vielleicht sogar die Wahl des neuen amerikanischen Präsidenten. Schließlich hat die Pokerlegende Doyle Brunson in seiner Kolumne dargelegt, warum er, der konservative Texaner, für eine Wahl des Demokraten Barack Obama votiert. Ganz einfach: Weil er von dem erwartet, dass dieses unselige Gesetz zurückgenommen wird. Seitdem diese Bestimmung in Kraft trat, hat sie nur Ärger, Streit, Querelen, ja einen richtigen Kleinkrieg ausgelöst.

Der Online-Casinospielanbieter Party Gaming legte jetzt seine Geschäftszahlen für das Jahr 2007 vor. Zwei Drittel seines Umsatzes generiert der Onlineanbieter aus dem Pokerspiel. Ein wichtiger Grund, weshalb sich der Einbruch im US-amerikanischen Markt weiter so stark bemerkbar macht. Das Gesetz Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), das seit 2006 in den USA in Kraft ist, trägt sicher eine Hauptschuld an dem schlechten Geschäftsergebnis, auch wenn sich die Geschäfte in anderen Regionen der Welt durchaus positiv entwickelt haben.

Der US-amerikanische Finanzminister Henry Poulsen und der Chef der Zentralbank, Ben Benanke, bekamen mal wieder unangenehme Post in Sachen Poker. Genauer gesagt: wegen Onlinepoker. Der Grund für dieses weitere Beschwerdeschreiben: Der Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Die Absender: Pete Domenici und John Sununu. Und die Verfasser dieser Zeilen sind nicht irgendwer. Die zwei Senatoren sitzen im Capitol in Washington.

The Ministry of Justice in The Netherlands wants to impose its own version of America’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) by holding banks and credit card criminally liable if they facilitate Dutch citizens in gambling on foreign online casino sites. Holland’s State-owned Holland Casino monopoly stated that some 400,000 people gamble online...