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Is a Comeback Even Possible?
Full Tilt Poker made a bold announcement today that has a lot of people in the industry scratching their head and wondering if this latest move is folly or genius. There is no denying the fact that Full Tilt Poker was once one of the top respected poker brand names in the gambling industry. But [...]
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US Poker Strengthening
The United States’ online poker gambling industry was completely flushed down the toilet in April of 2011 when the US Department of Justice decided to extend the UIGEA to cover internet poker activities. Up until 2011, it was largely unclear whether the UIGEA extended its powers to internet poker, or just the online casinos. In [...]
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Liquidating to Expand
The latest news out of the European market is that the Entraction Poker Network is shutting down all operations by the end of 2012. Entraction has been a strong poker network over the years, and had some major growth at the height of the poker gambling heyday a few years ago, before the major global [...]
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Heading to the Black Market
The harsh restrictions against online gambling in the United States over the past several years has forced some gamblers to turn to the black market for their kicks. The US is one of only a handful of Westernized countries that has chosen to fully block all efforts to legalize and regulate federal level gambling. The [...]
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A Risky Move for Sportsbook
One of the largest US facing sports book operators is still in a pretty precarious and risky position in the United States. Last year, the US government took action against the handful of online gambling sites that were violating US laws and accepting US citizens to their offshore gaming site. At the time, Sportsbook.com decided [...]
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Huge Growth for 32Red
While 2012 might not go down in the history books as a banner year for the global online casino gambling industry, it certainly is a good year for many established gambling groups. 32Red in particularly is one of the top gambling sites in the world. Not only does the site offer a wonderful gaming experience [...]
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Massachusetts Cafes to Pay Government
Cyber cafes are getting a bit more daring in the United States lately as the debate over federal legislation of the online casino gambling industry continues to wage on in the hallowed halls of Congress. But at the citizen level, the most basic fact is that gamblers really want access to internet based gambling. And [...]
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Serious Penalties for Match-Fixing
Match fixing has become a very serious issue facing the global gambling industry in recent years. It’s so unfortunate that these types of issues are marring sports teams – and it’s important to know that this is not a new issue. Match-fixing in all sorts of sports is carefully monitored and has been a flaw [...]
Tags: Europe, match-fixing, Sports, United Kingdom
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OPAP to Hire GTech G2
OPAP recently decided to expand into Internet betting and online casinos, certain of the fact that internet based betting would help the company grow even more rapidly. OPAP is considered Europe’s largest Internet gambling group. The company is based in Greece, and has, in fact, for some time now been considered a monopoly in the [...]
Tags: Greece, Greek, Italy, monopoly, OPAP, Poker, sportsbetting
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Cease and Desist Ordered for Cafes
Recently, a cease and desist order was issued by the Bakersfield, CA District Attorney’s office to several internet cafes that have been operating online casino and Internet gambling from their cafes. So far, there are nine establishments that were issued with the order and they are a part of the government’s recent major crackdown. In [...]
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