UIGEA

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• in Gaming
  US Recognizes Online Gambling Advantages
  An official US Government agency has recognized the advantages online gambling could bring to the US economy.
  by theshortstack / on Nov 2, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “UIGEA”

• New Poll: What Will Dec. 1 Bring?

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  That’s what we wanna know … do you think this UIGEA enforcement deadline is gonna pass with out much ado? Efforts to delay this by a year seems to be the current push … though that’s essentially running it through the executive branch … a lotta different interests in play there. And, of course, Congress is ...
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• Jeffrey Pollack Bids Farewell to the WSOP Harrah’s Interactive says no plans to replace Commish

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  photo: BJ Nemeth A shocker but not really … Jeffrey Pollack and Harrah’s are breaking up. The WSOP Commissioner, President, and Twitterer in Chief ’s last day with Harrah’s and the World Series is today. “I’ve made the decision after four years of successfully leading the WSOP as a global sports ...
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• Raising on Aces and Eights: The GOP’s Bad Bet Against Online Poker

  
  Big Government — Authority: 809
  The GOP has historically been the party of limited government and personal responsibility.  President Ronald Reagan said it best in his frequent citations of Thomas Paine’s famous axiom – “the government governs best that governs least.” Unfortunately, the party moved away from the limited government ...
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• RE: Banks Prepping for Kibosh (2) Old Congressional poker foes resurface

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  via the PPA … Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) have submitted their petition asking Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to ignore requests seeking to delay enforcement of the UIGEA. [DC] Bachus Kyl Letter (11/03/09) Related Posts Banks ...
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• RE: Banks Prepping for Kibosh

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  Another example suggesting that change is afoot unless Barney Frank & Friends can save American-friendly online poker sites in 25 days or fewer when you count Thanksgiving: Click above to see the full letter, and click below for my Google translation from corporate bank-speak to poker English: Dear ...
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• US Government Sets Up Sting Operation to Seize Casino Accounts

  
  Casino News - Slots News — Authority: 421
  The federal government is taking further steps to stop online gambling sites from making cash transactions with their customers. The threat of the government seizing online gambling funds at online casinos that belong to the players is now being used to scare online gamblers. Allegedly, the Feds are in fact seizing ...
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• Online Gambling Could Bring in $42 Billion

  
  Gambling blog and news by ixgames — Authority: 505
  Last week, a new Congressional report estimated that the regulation of Internet gambling could bring in up to $41.8 billion in revenue in the next 10 years. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), one of the co-sponsors of Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) legislation to explicitly legalize and regulate online gaming, announced the ...
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• Banks Prepping for Final Kibosh on Online Poker Payments?Letters sent to customers warning of changes

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  Not to get all Chicken Little, but while we’re a week away from crowning a new WSOP champion semi-live on TV … we’re three weeks away from at least a mini-A-bomb blowing up in the poker industry. Dec. 1 is the UIGEA enforcement deadline … and effective, appropriate policy wheels are supposedly in motion in ...
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• Letter From My Bank Regarding UIGEA--Oh NO!

  
  How To Win A Poker Tournament — Authority: 416
  Letter From My Bank Regarding UIGEA--Oh NO! My bank wrote to tell me that they will no longer process these transactions: "any wager which involves the use of the Internet, where such bet is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, ...
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• Utah Rep Warns: Fully Legal Online Gambling Is Coming!

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  Freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) fears online gambling, but hopes his TV show does as well as 2 Months 2 Million. I’m not sure how much we’re supposed to be sayin’ about this … it seems like a major change in online-gambling law could still be in play in 2009 … but if so, our peeps in DC may be trying ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Steam for Anti-UIGEA Measures?

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  I kinda thought interest in pushing through the Barney Frank bill (in 2009 at least) had waned … but the Wall Street Journal has an article on the tens of billions available to US coffers by lifting the perceived (if not ill-conceived) online gambling ban, theoretically keeping “our issue” on the table: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Online gaming company Party Gaming for sale

  
  Gambling blog and news by ixgames — Authority: 505
  The co-founder of PartyGaming, who faces sentencing next year for violating US gambling laws, is to sell his stake in the online gaming company. Anurag Dikshit’s holding company said yesterday it had sold two-thirds of his 27.6 per cent stake to institutional shareholders, taking his holding down to 9.4 per cent. A ...
  2 weeks ago

• Online Poker at Sixes and Sevens

  
  Hard-Boiled Poker — Authority: 126
  I continue to play mostly on PokerStars , from which I’ve had zero trouble when it comes to cashing out a chunk every now and then (via eCheck). Currently have some cabbage on both Full Tilt Poker and Bodog as well. Did take out a small chunk Full Tilt several months back (via paper check), but haven’t cashed ...
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• PPA Partners with National Horse and Dog Racing Associations In effort to delay Dec. 1 UIGEA enforcement deadline

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 529
  People may not realize this … because we have gotten along just fine even with the UIGEA for more than three years now … but December 1st is something of a D-Day for online poker. If no bill or procedural measure undoes the status quo in the next six weeks … well it’s not clear how the game will change, but it ...
  3 weeks ago

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