Monday Nov 17, 2008

4 days ago

Kentucky Court of Appeals Grants Stay in Domain Seizure Case

Appeals Hearing for Several Sites Will Take Place Dec. 12

A Court of Appeals in Kentucky has granted a motion to delay a forfeiture hearing that will determine the fate of 141 domain names related to online gambling and poker sites. The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), an Internet trade association based in Washington,...

Friday Nov 14, 2008

7 days ago

ACLU Joins PPA in filing Briefs in Kentucky Domain Case

Hearing Is Scheduled for Dec. 3

by Bob Pajich

The Poker Players Alliance joined the Kentucky office of the ACLU, Network Solutions, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology in filing Amicus briefs in the Kentucky Court of Appeals yesterday protesting a judge's that Kentucky has the right to seize domain...

Friday Nov 14, 2008

7 days ago

Governments Take Huge Bite out of WSOP Final Table Pool

Final Nine Collectively Owe about $14.7 million in Taxes

by Bob Pajich

The tax monsters that help feed governments from all around the globe feasted heavily on the World Series of Poker main event's final table participants. Out of the $32,731,585 collected prize pool that was distributed to the final nine players, about $14,793,416 went to governments from...

Thursday Nov 13, 2008

8 days ago

Online Poker Bills Will Be Reintroduced to New Congress

All Proposed Legislation Expires with Old Congress

by Bob Pajich

Soon, the 111th Congress will gather in Washington, D.C., to begin its work, and that means that all of the bills that were introduced to the 110th Congress will have to be reintroduced all over again. Several bills that were introduced that, if passed, would have changed the landscape of...

Monday Nov 10, 2008

11 days ago

UIGEA Regulations Being Fast-Tracked to Finalization

NFL, Bush Administration Want UIGEA Rules Finished

by Bob Pajich

As the Bush administration comes to a close, government agencies are being pressured by the outgoing party to iron up the technicalities on several passed bills so that they will be in place before Barrack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 20. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is one...

Monday Nov 03, 2008

18 days ago

Department of Justice Counterfiles Brief Against iMEGA

Brief Labels iMEGA as Trade Association, Attacks 'Unconstitutional' Charge Against UIGEA

by Shawn Patrick Green

The U.S. Department of Justice recently counterfiled a brief in its case versus iMEGA (the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association). The 24-page filing lays out several matters in the Department's defense of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). One of the...

Monday Oct 27, 2008

25 days ago

Kentucky Says Show Me the Money

Commonwealth Looking to Take More Than $1 Billion From Sites

by Bob Pajich

Kentucky is attempting to force 141 online gambling sites and companies, including online poker sites, to collectively pay it more than $1 billion or risk losing their domain names around the world. The commonwealth is attempting to use a law that allows officials to seize devices used to gamble...

Friday Oct 24, 2008

28 days ago

WPTE Now Has Until May to Increase Stock Price

WPTE Ends Partnership with CryptoLogic, Will Close WPT Gaming Site

by Bob Pajich

World Poker Tour Enterprises is getting a minor reprieve from NASDAQ and won't be delisted from the stock exchange until May 18, at the earliest . WPTE faced delisting as early as January because its stock price has spent 30 consecutive days trading at less than $1. By NASDAQ rules, companies...

Friday Oct 17, 2008

about 1 month ago

Banks in Holding Pattern While UIGEA Rules Fester

No Timeline as to When UIGEA Rules Will Be Finalized

by Bob Pajich

It's approaching two years since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was signed into law by President George Bush, and it's still not clear how much the law will cost the banking industry, nor if it will do its intended job and end online wagering in the United States....

Thursday Oct 16, 2008

about 1 month ago

Kentucky Judge Upholds State's Right to Seize Gambling Sites

Poker Players Alliance Says Governor Beshear's Seizure of 141 Sites is Unfounded

by Shawn Patrick Green

A Kentucky judge today moved not to deny the state the right to seize the domain names of 141 Internet gambling sites, despite motions filed by gambling associations, gaming websites, and even individual poker players to block the move. Judge Thomas Wingate had ordered to allow the state to seize...

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