Anyone that knows me knows that I’ve been speaking out against the UIGEA before it was ever even signed into law by former President Bush. One way I’ve been doing that is by writing my Congressmen on a regular basis, and just yesterday I received another reply back from Senator Graham. I’ll give the Senator [...]
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U.S. Takes on Online Gambling: Huge Fines to Microsoft, Yahoo, & Google
Something happened recently to the big 3 of the internet: Google, Microsoft (MSN), and Yahoo. It all ties together with online casino gaming. All three lost big money because of it. These three giants of the world of computer technology paid fines for advertising online gaming entertainment industry companies without performing proper process. The Department [...]
UIGEA Focus on Gambling Addiction Proven to be Wrong
From Bill Rini: A few days ago I did a post which was a response to Focus on the Family’s talking points against legalizing online gaming. Many of their points harp on sensationalistic claims about how many problem gamblers are at risk. While I took the position that problem gambling was a medical condition which [...]
Focus on the Family: Anti-Gambling Group Gets Slammed
From Bill Rini: I recently posted a letter that Focus on the Family sent out to members. Unfortunately it was so full of complete crap that in an attempt to replay to each and every issue I was not very thorough in my responses. Here are their talking points. We should make my responses the [...]
Politics: A Poker Playing Vice President
Is it possible we might have a poker playing Vice President on the WSOP tour? Poker Pro Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, who won the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), is making his case for a vice presidential run in 2008 for the Libertarian Party in the United States. I can only assume he’s against the [...]
Poker Gets Talked About in Harvard Law School
Harvard got a taste of poker. Crandall Addington and Howard Lederer appeared at Harvard Law School, making their case for the full legalization of poker. And yes, they want legal online poker too. The gathering at the university was arranged by the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS). This group was begun by Harvard Law [...]
Online Casinos Banned at Second Life
Online casino gaming is illegal even in video games. Second Life, a virtual world created by Linden Lab, has shut down all casinos and gambling establishments in the virtual reality game world. What is Second Life? Second Life (SL) is an Internet-based virtual world that was launched in 2003 – think of it like a [...]
