777 Online Gambling

Most of the Americans would like to see online gambling legal, or at least the UIGEA repealed.
Rep. Barney Frank initially claimed he would do just that, but soon we found out that his proposed bill was just dust in the wind. The simple fact that discussions if Internet gambling could be regulated are scheduled to start around the time when the regulations for UIGEA should be finalized, speaks enough about how far is this bill going.

We should still give the tip of the hat to Rep. Barney Fra…

When 19 racehorses are captured as part of an online gambling “sting” operation that have nothing at all to do with the case, then something just doesn’t add up to me. It appears we have an overzealous bureaucrat looking for attention and certainly getting exactly that.

The East Valley tribune is reporting today that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seized 19 racehorses Friday as part of an ongoing take-down of an illegal Internet-based sports gambling ring busted earlier this week.

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WASHINGTON, April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a grassroots organization of more than 400,000 poker-playing members, supports House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank’s introduction of sensible Internet gambling legislation.

“Congressman Frank’s bill is a common sense approach to Internet gambling,” said Senator Alfonse D’Amato, PPA Chairman of the Board. “Licensing and regulation will allow us to sort out the most responsible sites — those who are go…

Patience runs out with all the hype on slow pays

After many weeks of ongoing slow-pay complaints from players, with accompanying tales of conflicting information from support reps and ignored emails, it looks as of Hype Casino.com is in the “not recommended” dog box at top online gambling portal Casinomeister.

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UK trade association more interested in Europe, it appears

The US market for online gambling may be worth billions, but it is not worth fighting for seems to be the conclusion reached by the British trade association the Remote Gaming Association this week.

According to a report in E-Gaming Review, the Association has admitted that it refused to put its weight behind the moves this week by Congressman Barney Frank to put forward legislation to regulate online gaming in the United States.
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Fair comment from mainstream press on the US online gambling position

The strange and hypocritical posture of the United States government on Internet gambling was squarely under the spotlight again as the week ended, with massive international media coverage of the launch of Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007.
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Barney Frank explained in an interview that he initiated his new bill because he realized, along with many others in Congress, that there were many unhappy voters out there who like to gamble over the Internet.

“My colleagues have discovered that there are a lot of our fellow citizens who like to gamble over the Internet and they are very angry,” Frank explained, “they used to be watching Texas Hold’em poker instead of CSPAN and now they are watching CSPAN and they are angry at the people who…