Posts Tagged ‘UIGEA’
Repealing the UIGEA | A Lawyer’s Analysis
Repealing UIGEA is not a realistic possibility. Now that the regulations have finally been published, we see that they are mainly designed to protect American financial institutions from being blamed for Internet gambling’s inevitable growth. The UIGEA in its final form is a beached whale; it is not only unintelligible -- thanks to its own [...]
Cantor Closing Online Casino
Online casino CantorCasino.com has announced that it has ceased providing retail services to customers in the UK following the approval of its eDeck mobile gaming device by authorities in the western American state of Nevada. Las Vegas-based parent firm Cantor Gaming is an affiliate of global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald and [...]
Latest Brief Filed By iMEGA
In America, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) has filed a response brief with the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals in its action questioning the Constitutionality of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). This is the latest step in the non-profit group’s suit, iMEGA v Keisler, against UIGEA [...]
Harrah’s Optimistic For Online Poker
In America, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Harrah's Entertainment has revealed that odds on the legalisation of online poker have improved following last week’s national elections. According to a piece in the Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper, Gary Loveman stated that the prospects were ‘relatively good’ although the [...]
White House Finalising UIGEA
In America, the Bush Administration is working to finalise regulations that would enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) despite pledging that it would not introduce any rules after November 1 except in ‘extraordinary circumstances’. The Republicans lost control over the White House in last week’s elections but [...]
