PayPal settles gambling allegations
News PayPal will pay the US government $10m (£6.16m) to settle allegations that it knowingly transferred funds to unlawful offshore gambling sites. Raymond Gruender, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, said in a statement that "offshore...
[July 28, 2003, 12:21]
US agrees ban on offshore casino access
News The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday evening to slap broad restrictions on Internet gambling by targeting credit cards and bank accounts that Americans use to pay offshore casinos. Michael Oxley, chairman of the Financial Services...
[June 11, 2003, 10:32]
US commission to recommend ban on Net gambling
News Even with an outright ban on Internet gambling, it may be difficult to prevent offshore casinos from taking bets from American citizens. Rather than recommend the aggressive prosecution of offshore gambling sites, the panel has focused on a...
[June 17, 1999, 9:27]
Schneier: Cyber-extortion on the rise
News Primarily it's against fringe industries — online gambling, online gaming, online porn — operating offshore in countries like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave...
[January 23, 2008, 16:28]
Opinion: Does the Net belong to America?
News Another example was when the United States decided to outlaw online gambling. But it wouldn't hurt if we had a new internationalism to go with our new economy -- if the umpteen regional and national legislatures around the globe passing harebrained...
[March 27, 2000, 11:43]
UK bookies toe the US government line
News Most US states remain strongly anti-gambling and many Americans have to register with offshore services in order to place a wager. UK bookies are this week ruing a US decision to press on with attempts to stop Americans accessing overseas betting...
[May 9, 2003, 14:50]
MSN UK partners with gambling site
News Microsoft's UK portal has inked a two-year marketing deal to provide advertising and promotions for an online casino, Web-based gambling company Gaming Internet said Friday. Online gambling has caught the attention of everyone from Web users to...
[June 11, 2001, 9:32]
High-tech gambling predicted to boom
News The popularity of gambling on the Internet and through digital TVs in the UK is set to boom over the next few years, according to analysts on Thursday. Datamonitor predicts that by 2005 there will be 1.4 million Britons betting through their...
[June 14, 2001, 14:30]
First Net gambling case goes to trial
News If Cohen loses, it's an additional piece of case law (following decisions in state courts that Internet gambling is illegal)," said Sue Schneider, co-chair of the Interactive Gaming Council, an industry trade group, and publisher of Interactive...
[February 16, 2000, 13:10]
