Online Gambling Archive - October 2006

U.S. Persists in its Policy of Banning Online Casinos

Tessa Jowell, Britain’s culture secretary, warns that U.S. anti-online gambling legislation will lead to the modern day equivalent of speakeasies in the online gambling industry.
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Republican Jim Kasper Thinks Online Casinos Should be Regulated

Not all republicans in the U.S. are in favor of the latest anti-online gambling legislation as evidenced by republican Jim Kasper who is trying to establish a licensing agency for online poker sites in his state of North.
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Firepay Will No Longer Process Payments to Online Casinos from U.S. Residents

Online payment processing company, Firepay, has informed U.S. customers that they must transfer any funds they have in an online casino account back to their U.S. bank account due to the recently passed  Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
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Internet Poker Companies Tribeca and Tain Sign Merger Agreement

As a result of the merger agreement between online poker companies Tribeca Tables and Tain, Tain will soon  be switching all of its poker companies and brands to the Tribeca platform.
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Poker Players' Association Argues Online Poker is a Game of Skill not Chance

Poker Players’ Association seeking to distance itself from standard online gambling sites, arguing that poker is a game of skill and not a game of chance and therefore should be legal on the net.
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