The 149 operators who applied for German gaming licenses to offer sports betting may have to wait until 2014 for approval thanks to a recent ruling from an administrative court. According to a report in EGR Magazine, the Ministry of the Interior of Hesse has been chided by the court for bungling the gaming licensing…
[caption id="attachment_34028" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Tax revenue is the measure's main motivation."][/caption] A new UK gambling bill could shake up current licensing and taxation plans for bookmakers in a major way. The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill would introduce a point of consumption (POC) tax on UK operators and require a UK gaming license for anyone…
A new Pennsylvania online gambling bill being consider by lawmakers goes well beyond online poker. It's a big step for the nation's second largest gambling market, and a potential threat to New Jersey's dreams of online gambling supremacy. HB 1325, introduced by Rep. Tina Davis, is the most detailed Pennsylvania igaming bill to date and…
[caption id="attachment_33562" align="alignright" width="276" caption="It sure looks like Wall Street"][/caption] Nevada's legal sports betting monopoly is facing serious competition for the first time in decades and the Silver State isn't taking the challenge lying down. This week state lawmakers are debating a law that would allow investor to pool their money and bet as a…
[caption id="attachment_33492" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Former Full Tilt CEO, Ray Bitar"][/caption] Former Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar will be pleading guiltyto charges relating to his role in the fraud case that brought down the American online poker industry. Bitar is in poor health and in need of a heart transplant and that's what motivated the…
Google's privacy policies are under fire from European privacy regulators who aren't happy with the company's one-size-fits-all privacy policy. The move was sparked by Google's decision to implement a European-wide privacy policy, rather than having different policies for each country. Last October the Europeans gave Google three-four months to fix issues with the policy, specifically…
The Romanian online gambling market is coming out of the dark after years of legal limbo. That news comes as the Romanian Government announced the formation of a new National Gambling Office to oversee the regulation of legal gambling both online and at land-based operations. Online gambling has flourished in the former Communist country but…
[caption id="attachment_33219" align="alignright" width="183" caption="How you livin' Calvin Ayre?"][/caption] On February 28, 2012 Bodog founder and all-around bon vivant, Calvin Ayre was indicted on money laundering charges by the US Department of Justice. The indictment claimed that Ayre engaged in money laundering by routing player payments through international processors, circumventing US law against sports betting.…
[caption id="attachment_33209" align="alignright" width="274" caption="Cypriots protesting a plan taxing smaller accounts."][/caption] The Cyprus banking crisis has felt pretty far away for most of the world, but it may come crashing down on the online gambling industry. CalvinAyre.com is reporting that several large, US-facing financial processing services and affiliate programs have accounts in the small country's…
888 Holdings has been awarded a Nevada Online Gaming License. They're the twentieth company to be awarded the opportunity to develop online poker in the Silver State. The company has already entered a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corporation and is expected to have a product online by May of this year. As part of that…
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