Posts Tagged ‘UIGEA’
UIGEA Opposition Not Partisan
In America, the Chairman for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) non-profit poker advocacy group, Alfonse D’Amato, has reacted strongly to suggestions that the issue of regulating Internet gaming is partisan in nature.The former three-term New York Senator wrote a letter to The Hill newspaper last week criticising an April 2 article entitled [...]
Harrah’s Hires Garber
The world’s largest land-based gaming company, Harrah’s Entertainment Incorporated, has hired the former Chief Executive Officer for leading online gaming operator PartyGaming, Mitch Garber, to oversee its Internet operations.Harrah’s has annual revenues of around $10.8 billion and the appointment has set industry tongues wagging as to [...]
Ireland Threatens UIGEA-Style Ban
In Ireland, the Minister for Arts, Sport And Tourism has threatened to ban online betting unless bookmakers contribute more money to the Exchequer for the controversial Horse And Greyhound Racing Fund.According to a report from The Independent newspaper, Martin Cullen revealed that the Government was planning to cease subsidising the Fund, which [...]
PartyGaming Signs Non-Prosecution Agreement
Leading listed online gaming operator PartyGaming has announced the finalisation of a deal with American authorities that will see it escape prosecution for its past activities in the US in exchange for paying a fine of $105 million.Gibraltar-based PartyGaming is the firm behind popular online poker domain PartyPoker.com and saw its shares jump 14 [...]
888 Creates Dragonfish
Gibraltar-based online gaming operator 888 Holdings has announced the creation of a separate division for its business-to-business activities in order to address the concerns of clients that did not want a rival brand on their sites.Gigi Levy, Chief Executive Officer for 888, revealed that its new division would be called Dragonfish and be run by [...]
