January 1, 2012, marked the beginning of a new era in Denmark for online poker. The European Union member gave the green signal for regulated online gambling!
The Danish Gambling Authority granted 33 operators a total of 55 licenses, which was the first lot of licenses. Among the operators that have been granted licenses include nine [...]
In April, a number of online poker rooms in the USA were seized. Yet, another advocate stepped in to continue the fight for Internet gaming: the American Gaming Association (AGA), the association of the land gambling trade.
Fahrenkopf’s article
The chief executive of AGA, Frank Fahrenkopf, had an article published last week in Washington D.C.’s The Hill. [...]
It seems that authorities in the US states are simply not ready to learn anything from past mistakes. United States has prohibited casinos for many years now and prosecuted a lot of violators, even as the overseas casinos keep making a lot of money from their US based clients. The land-based casinos in the country [...]
The US Government, in its initiative to do away with internet gambling, has adopted strict measures to prohibit the military from indulging in online gambling. The “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA)” passed way back in 2006 had also blocked internet access to the Army. Because of this, military personnel stationed outside in remote areas [...]