WSOP FEVER Sponsored seats galore for 2008 event With the 2008 World Series of Poker only months away, there has been a marked increase in seat sponsorship promotions...and not just at the top independents like Poker Stars and Full Tilt who as usual are offering a slew of WSOP entries as tournament prizes. This week Ultimatebet was offering tournament…
HAVE THE DANES FOLDED ON GAMBLING MONOPOLY? Danske Spil's exclusivity days could be numbered The Danish government has apparently responded positively to a European Commission 'reasoned opinion' issued over a year ago regarding the monopolistic gambling nature of the state-owned Danske Spil organisation. This week European media reports under the header 'Unibet Welcomes the Danish Tax Minister’s Will to…
BIG BROTHER REALLY DOES WANT TO WATCH YOU FBI's Internet surveillance proposal raises privacy, legal concerns CNET News writers Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache wrote an excellent article this week on the extent of FBI Internet surveillance ambitions, reporting that the FBI director and a Republican congressman have a far-reaching plan for warrantless activity in monitoring Internet…
TITAN INCREASING INVESTMENT IN ONLINE POKER TOURNEYS Online poker site ups its guaranteed prize-pool treasury to $16 million a month Online poker visitors to the Playtech-powered Titan Poker.com website will have more and bigger tournaments in the future following the annoucement this week that the company is to up its investment in tournaments to $16 million a…
ANTI-UIGEA CONGRESSMEN KEEP UP THE PRESSURE Letter sent to senior government officials asks for a freeze on regulationsHouse Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank and other anti-UIGEA politicians kept up the pressure on federal officials this week following the introduction of their bill HR 5767, which seeks to prohibit the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve…
ONLINE GAMBLING COMPANIES PULLED UP BY UK ADVERT CONTROL BODY Advertising Standards Authority unhappy with Paddy Power and Intercasino adsThe United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority has taken exception to ads from gambling companies that it claims linked online gambling with increased sexual prowess. The Paddy Power and Intercasino ads will probably be withdrawn as a…
INTERNET GAMBLING OPERATOR ARRESTED IN FLORIDASting operation results in arrest of 40 year oldPolice detectives in Tampa, Florida have reported the arrest this week of an Apollo Beach resident for illegal Internet gambling activity at his business address in Sun City Boulevard.Jon P. Monson (40) was charged with the third degree felony of running…
