The latest round of hearings initiated by Barney Frank regarding his continued effort to repeal the UIGEA and legalize and regulate internet gambling were certainly not at the top of any legislators ‘to do’ lists yesterday. The lightly attended and...

Barney Frank has managed to find time amongst the financial meltdown, health care and the global war on terror to arrange for a full hearing of the House Financial Services Comittee on his two ‘gambling bills’ - H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in...

Today, beleaguered BETonSPORTS players were sent an update from the corporate liquidator of the now defunct sportsbook. The process to pay back players who had a balance when the U.S. Department of Justice decided to arrest the CEO of the company has...

As banks in the US prepare for the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in December, customers of internet sportsbooks, casinos and poker rooms are growing nervous. Make that more nervous. We have gotten dozens of...

The online gambling community was widely optimistic last fall as voters in the U.S. bucked the previous 8 years of Republican rule and voted a democrat into the White House. Everyone, yours truly included, figured that Democratic majorities on both...