Author: Nathan

July 28, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – As Barney Frank’s Internet gambling regulatory bill, HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, gets farther in Congress, the media is speculating more and more on the potential impact the bill would have. The UK’s The Independent, one of the world’s most widely respected…

July 28, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – There’s been a lot of talk lately over Google’s acquisitions, both real and speculated. After announcing its plans to acquire travel software firm ITA, Google was seen as taking steps to launch itself into the travel industry in a big way. Now, with speculation that Google is “in…

July 28, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – Weeks after the implementation of what’s been called North America’s first fully legal online gambling system — and the subsequent, near-instant crash of that system — the media in Canada is still hotly debating the topic. And the repercussions of all this could affect online gambling regulation in…

July 27, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – In a pretty major sign that the online gambling industry — and those companies that do business with the online gambling industry — are starting to feel much more confident about the prospects of regulated online gambling in the U.S., PayPal has begun returning to the Internet gambling…

July 27, 2010 (CAP PR Wire) -- Dragonfish, the award-winning independent B2B division of 888 Holdings Plc, has signed agreements with ad Astra and Full Fun to join the joint liquidity poker network recently established in France with Microgaming.This follows the announcement that 888 has been awarded a licence by Autorité de Régulation des Jeux…

July 26, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – As hinted at during last week’s House Financial Services Committee hearing for Barney Frank’s online gambling regulation bill (H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act), the bill now seems to be moving quickly through the initial stages of voting, with a markup already scheduled…

July 26, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – Just over a month old now, the newly opened market in France allowing online gambling and betting is already posting huge revenue gains, reports Reuters. That’s the good news for French online gambling authorities. The bad news? Despite the new laws, many online gamblers are still using foreign,…

July 23, 2010 (CAP News Wire) -- CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com, the Internet’s longest-running online casino and Internet poker affiliate marketing resource, has announced the loss of Royal Apollo as a CAP Listed Program. In connection with this, the company is advising affiliates to exercise caution when selecting affiliate program partners, due to the new industry uncertainties responsible…

July 23, 2010 (CAP News Wire) – A recent study conducted by the University of Melbourne has found that there is “no link between internet and gambling addictions”, refuting a claim commonly made by anti-Internet gambling legalization advocates. The study focused on university students and came up with the results that there is no discernible…