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Get all the latest news pertaining to the online gambling industry and gaming sector as well as sports and other related fields of interest. (period February 1, 2007 to....)

50KSports.com
18 Arrests in Offshore Bookmaking Operation Run by Police Officers

888.com
PartyGaming and 888.com About to Write Blank Checks to US Government?
888 Holdings Initiates Talks With DOJ Following The Lead of Party Gaming
888 Holdings Trading Within Expectations
Stocks Surge Following Hopes that Charges Will be Dropped Against NETeller
Former 888.com Director Summoned to France for Questioning
888 Holdings, Pacific Poker Sales Rise 12%

Alberta
Alexander Gaming Commission Offers Rebuttal to Alberta
Mohawks Lash Out at Alberta
Alberta's Alexander First Nation Warned About Becoming Online Gambling Haven

Alberto Gonzales (Attorney General)
Alberto Gonzales Has a Friend in Senator Jon Kyl
Alberto Gonzales Lawsuit Could Set Precedent
Lawsuit Filed Against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Alderney
Alderney Gambling Questions how "Popular" GIGSE Will be

Alexander Gaming Commission
Alexander Gaming Commission Offers Rebuttal to Alberta

Alfonse D'Amato
Online Poker Ally Alfonse D'Amato: Part II of Our Interview
Online Gambling's Closest Ally: Alfonse D'Amato (Interview)
Alfonse D'Amato Hits the WSOP Circuit
Fred Thompson Opens at 20 to 1 Odds - Alfonse D'Amato Endorsement
Poker Players Alliance Explodes to Nearly 500,000 Members
Alfonse D'Amato to Conduct Unprecedented Poker Webcast
Kreidler: D'Amato shows poker face
Online Poker: Alfonse D’Amato a Powerful Ally in Washington
Internet Poker: Former NY Senator to Chair Poker Players Alliance

America's Card Room
BookMaker.com acquires AmericasCardRoom and launches new Online Poker software

Ameridebt
AmeriDebt Founder Jailed  

Andris N. Pukke
AmeriDebt Founder Jailed
Sportingbet One Time Partner was Very Silent: Ordered to Pay Millions
Sportingbet Predecessor in Contempt of Court

Antigua
Antigua, Curacao Confident Regarding UK Gambling Ad Law
US Would be "Compliant" by Banning Online Horse Racing
Antigua Wants Sanctions Imposed Against US for Internet Gambling Matter
Banks Clamp Down on Internet Gambling
CARICOM Supports Antigua's Online Gambling Initiative
Antigua And Barbuda Readies Sanctions Against US
US Concedes Defeat in WTO Online Gambling Case with Antigua
Antigua Disappointed with US Response to WTO Online Gambling Decision
Internet Gambling: Antigua to Revamp Regulations
WTO Antigua Ruling Verses US: Online Gambling Bill Illegal
Antigua is the Smallest Country to Successfully Litigate WTO Case
Antigua Helping to Settle Online Payment Debts of BetonSports .....But....

Arnie Wexler
Online Gambling Shouldn't be Outlawed Says Compulsive Gambling Expert

Arrests
Gambling Ring Leader Giordano Won't Plea: Others Start Serving Time
Gambling Scandal: Rick Tocchet Pleas to Charges
Clive Archer, Other BetonSports Directors to Testify Against Kaplan, Carruthers
Latest Arrests Should Have Little Impact Upon Online Poker Community
Gambling Ring Used Intimidation, Violence, Teen Steroid Peddlers
Another Bookmaking Operation With Ties to Costa Rica Quashed
WagerWeb, Others Mentioned in Online Gambling Bust
TradeWinds Sportsbook Implicated in Phoenix, Arizona Bust
BetonSports Founder Gary Kaplan Arrested in the Dominican Republic
Online Gambling Defendants Looking at Hard Time
New Jersey Mayor Wanted re: Gambling Ring
New York online gambling racket goes postal
More than 64 People Arrested in Online Gambling Stings
Online Gambling Ring Charges Carry Max 25 Year Sentences

Asia
Asia The Next Big Online Gambling Frontier?  Think Again

Australia
Australia, Macau Now Want Compensation from US in Online Gambling Dispute

Banks
Banks Clamp Down on Internet Gambling

Barclays
Barclays Bank Declining NETeller Wires According to Online Poker Room

Barney Frank
Barney Frank Calls for "People Power"
Barney Frank - Past Articles related to Barney Frank

Bellagio
Kirk Kerkorian wants the Bellagio

BetCRIS
Online Gambling End of an Era: BetCRIS.com, BetGrande Coming Off Don Best

Betfair
Betfair Voids All Bets on ATP Amidst NBA "Rogue Ref" Scandal

BetFred
BetFred Could Go Public

BetOnline/BestLineSports
Amy Winehouse Working for BetOnline?
BetOnline.com - Acquiring all new signups from Bestlinesports
BetOnLine.com Joins Don Best
BetOnline Gambling Site Weathers Storm....Literally
BestLineSports Merges with BetonLine.com
Online Gambling: BestLine Sports Looks to Capitalize

BetonSports
BetonSports Founder Legal Team May Offer US Solid Fight
BetonSports Founder Speaks to Federal Judge
The Rise and Fall of BetonSports
BetonSports Founder Gary Kaplan Treated Like a Captive Animal
Having BetonSports Testify May Help Kaplan, Co-Defendants
BetonSports Attorney Says Board of Directors will not Testify Against Kaplan, Carruthers
BetonSports Canary Could Start Talking About Former Employer: Microgaming
Clive Archer, Other BetonSports Directors to Testify Against Kaplan, Carruthers
David Carruthers Calls on Colleagues to Rally Support
BetonSports Founder Gary Kaplan Pleads Not Guilty
BetonSports Ready to Settle
BetonSports Accounting Exec Now Under Fire by Feds
Defendant in BetonSports Case Refutes Financial Times Story
Gary Kaplan Spends Passover Behind Bars
Co-Defendant in BetonSports Case Likely to Remain in Costa Rica
Gary Kaplan had Been in Talks With IRS Prior to Indictment
DOJ May Drop Charges Against Gary Kaplan Family Members
BetonSports Founder Gary Kaplan Arrested in the Dominican Republic
BetonSports Failed to Disclose Investigation to Ad Venues
BetonSports and Lord Glentoran Give US Justice Dept the Finger
Antigua Helping to Settle Online Payment Debts of BetonSports .....But....

BetRoyal
BetRoyal Sold to SBG Global

BetUS.com
Calvin Ayre Beds BetUS Girl
BetUS rogue employees
Daytona Bike Week With Andrea Lowell and Bull
Let Them Eat Cake

Bodog
No Gambling Site is Immune: Bodog is Just the Beginning
Bodog Will Suffer Massive Damage from Lost Google Rankings
No Online Gambling Site is Immune: Bodog is Just the Beginning
Bodog Patent Infringement Case Could Set New Precedent
Bodog Plans Assault on Europe with Poker, Martial Arts
Bodog Conquers MySpace
CNBC Chimes in on Disappearing BillionAyre
Ayre Vows to be Number One in World of MMA
Billionaire Ayre Said to Have Lost $500 Mil
Film "300" a Smash: BodogFight Capitalizes
Poker Reality Show to Award Biggest Prize Ever
BodogFight, NETeller: Readers Speak Out
Bodog Launches 'Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker II
Swashbuckling Calvin Ayre Maintains his "Top Bachelor" Status
UFC 68 Does $3 Mil at Gate: Couture Earns Cool 250K

Bookmaker.com
BookMaker.com acquires AmericasCardRoom and launches new Online Poker software

British Bookmakers (General)
British Bookmakers Under Fire

BWIN
Sportingbet BWIN Deal Dead
BWIN Earnings Report: Number of Active Customers Falls
bwin Posts 2006 Financials
BWin to Take Over Sportingbet?

CAC
Gambling911.com in Amsterdam
Online Gambling Conferences:  Which are "Must Attends" in 2007

Cake Poker
Online Poker: Credit Card Acceptance Rate All Time High at Sportsbook.com
Let Them Eat Cake

California
Online Poker to be Legalized in California?

Calvin Ayre
Calvin Ayre Beds BetUS Girl
Can't BAyre it Any Longer: Calvin Ayre Stops China Bear Farming
Calvin Ayre: I'm Too Sexy
CNBC Chimes in on Disappearing BillionAyre
Ayre Vows to be Number One in World of MMA
Billionaire Ayre Said to Have Lost $500 Mil
Swashbuckling Calvin Ayre Maintains his "Top Bachelor" Status
Calvin Ayre No Longer Among the Richest

CAC
Woo'nt Say a Word: Gag Order Place On Jenny Woo Regarding "Sex" Tape

CAP
Poker Tournament Raid in Bahamas... But The Event Must Go On
Online Gambling Conferences:  Which are "Must Attends" in 2007

CAP Spring Break Bahamas 2007 (See Here)
CAP Spring Break Bahamas   Full Event Coverage
CAP Spring Break Bahamas - Lead Up Coverage

CARICOM
CARICOM Supports Antigua's Online Gambling Initiative

Cascade Sports
Cascade Sports Problems

China
China Lashes Out at Bush Administration Over WTO Complaint
China Cracks Down on Internet Gambling, Follows US Lead

CNBC
CNBC Chimes in on Disappearing BillionAyre

Connecticut
Connecticut Threatens to Sue New York State Over Online Gambling

Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Support of Online Gambling Industry Something Long Awaited
Costa Rica Will Join Antigua, Japan, India, EU re: US Online Gambling Case
Costa Rican Online Gambling Operators Suffer from Gambling911 Withdrawal
Costa Rica to Assist US with Apprehension of Online Gambling Operators?
Costa Rica Crime Rate Out of Control: Gambling911 Associate Left for Dead

Cryptologic
Cryptologic: The Future is Uncertain
Cryptologic Lays Foundation for Growth in Q1
Cryptologic Reports Record 2006 Financials

Curacao
Curacao Government Working With United Kingdom to Approve Gambling Ads
Online Gambling Friendly Bank in Curacao Warned

David Carruthers
David Carruthers Calls on Colleagues to Rally Support

Don Best
Online Gambling End of an Era: BetCRIS.com, BetGrande Coming Off Don Best

DoubleClick
Google Buys DoubleClick and Could Affect Online Gambling

Doyles Room (Doyle Brunson)
SEC Drops Investigation of Online Poker Room, World Poker Tour
Doyles Room US Accounts May Transfer to Full Tilt Poker
Online Poker: Doyles Room Clears Up Confusion
Online Poker: Doyles Room Will Not Stay in US Market After all
Online Poker: Tribeca Pulls Plug on All US Customers
Online Poker: Doyle Brunson Keeps on Chugging Along

EcoCard
Online Gambling: EcoCard the Way to Go?

E-Gold
E-Gold: Online Gambling Processor in Trouble

ePassporte
ePassPorte Problems Persist for Online Poker Players
Merchant Claims ePassporte Held Over $250K Funds Hostage
Online Gambling: ePassPorte Security Flaws Have Customers Worried

ESI
U.S. Crackdown on Internet Gambling Costly for Vancouver Firm

European i-Gaming Conference
Gambling911.com Publisher to Speak at European i-Gaming Congress

European Union
US Could Save Billions by Electing Not to Fight iMEGA Online Gambling Challenge
EU Service Firms Could Gain U.S. Access Thanks to Internet Gambling Case
European Union Seeks Compensation from US in Online Gambling Matter
EU Hands Down Decision in Italian Online Gambling Matter

Everest Poker
Should We Believe Everest Poker?

FirePay
FirePay to Block Canucks

Forbes
CNBC Chimes in on Disappearing BillionAyre
Ayre Vows to be Number One in World of MMA
Billionaire Ayre Said to Have Lost $500 Mil
Calvin Ayre No Longer Among the Richest

Full Tilt Poker
Online Poker Bots Probe
OnGame Creeps Up on Full Tilt Poker as Euro Brands Gain Steam

Gaming Stocks
Party Gaming, 888.com Sportingbet, Shares Watched Closely Thurs
Faith in Gaming Stocks
Stocks Surge Following Hopes that Charges Will be Dropped Against NETeller

Gambling911.com
Ron Paul Talks to Gambling911: "The Internet Should Not be Regulated"
Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett of CNBC Duke It Out While Wall Street Crashes (Cat Fight?)
CNBC Report on The 2007 World Series of Poker Now Up
World Series of Poker 2007: Gambling911 Presents Climatic Event
Jenny Woo Gets Down With Akon at Michael Jordan Charity Poker
Gambling911.com in Amsterdam
NETeller Equals NOteller as Payment Processor Changes Banks
Did You Think That Was It?  More Gambling911.com Super Bowl Party Pics
Gambling911.com to Help with American Idol Gives Back Campaign

Gift Cards
Online Poker: Virtual Gift Cards to the Rescue
Online Gambling: US Customers Best Valentine's Day Gift

GIGSE
GIGSE Tries Convincing Industry They are in for a Great Show
Online Gambling Conferences:  Which are "Must Attends" in 2007

Golden Palace
Online Casino Pays for Piece of Paris Hilton Dental Floss

Google
Google, YouTube Should Fear Ramifications of UIGEA
Google Updates Policy on Internet Gambling Ads
Google Buys DoubleClick and Could Affect Online Gambling

Hard Rock Casino
Anna Nicole Smith Death May Be Exploited by Hard Rock

Holland
Holland Government Approves Online Poker

Horse Racing
US Would be "Compliant" by Banning Online Horse Racing

HSBC
HSBC to Write Off $11 Billion as NETeller Customers

Hurricane Betting (2007)
No Hurricane Betting Odds Offered in 2007 as Tropical Storm Barry Forms in Gulf

Indian Casinos
Washington State Tribal Casinos hit by Scam

Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming
US Could Save Billions by Electing Not to Fight iMEGA Online Gambling Challenge
US Justice Department Asks for Extension in Challenge to UIGEA
Fed Acknowledges Online Gambling Case re: Challenge to IMEGA
iMEGA the Only Game in Town Right Now for Internet Gambling Freedom
iMEGA Hopeful to be Granted TRO for Internet Gambling Dispute
Online Gambling: It's All Over Without iMEGA
Online Gambling News: UIGEA Hearing Set
Online Gambling: What the Public Needs to Know About Government Regulations
iMega Responds to "Really a Friend of Online Gambling?" Article
Is iMEGA Really a Friend to the Internet and Online Gambling?
Court Date for Injunction Hearing Regarding UIGEA to be announced shortly
Online Gambling Lawsuit Verses Alberto Gonzales Making Waves
Politicians Want to Police the Internet: Barack Obama Among Them
US Government Receives Summons Regarding UIGEA Complaint
Internet Freedom Site Pushes Forward With Online Gambling Agenda
Internet Gambling Prohibition has Long Term Ramifications for World Wide Web
Alberto Gonzales Lawsuit Could Set Precedent

Italy
EU Hands Down Decision in Italian Online Gambling Matter

James Giordano
Gambling Ring Leader Giordano Won't Plea: Others Start Serving Time
Giordano Co-Defendants Plead "Guilty" in Gambling Case
Lawyer for James Giordano sees "flaws" in Queens DA case

Jenny Woo
Woo'nt Say a Word: Gag Order Place On Jenny Woo Regarding "Sex" Tape
Jenny Woo Gets Down With Akon at Michael Jordan Charity Poker

Jim Kasper
Representative Dismayed Over Online Poker Community's "Lack of Cohesiveness"

Jon Kyl
Alberto Gonzales Has a Friend in Senator Jon Kyl
Ron Paul Leads in Fantasy Congress Rankings, Jon Kyl Featured Member
Celebrating the 4th of July and What America Used to be
Jon Kyl Continues to Make Enemies in Washington
Jon Kyl Opens Doors for Race Track Owners
American Idol Betting a "No No" When it Comes to Home Grown Talent
Attorney General Gonzales Questioned About Internet Gambling Regulations
Internet Gambling: Mystery of "Jon Kyl" Letter Continues
Jon Kyl, NETeller and Paula Abdul: It's All in the Mail Bag
Jon Kyl Celebrates Wall Street, London Stock Exchange Losses
Online Poker: George Bush and Family Values According to Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl Internet Gambling Bill Irks Everyone But Fantasy Baseball Players
Jon Kyl Wants Even More Secrecy on Heels of Patriot Act Debacle

Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian wants the Bellagio