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Gambling911.com Here you will find all the latest gambling news from around the world with a special focus on the global online gambling market. "FARC You!" Say Costa Rican Bookies
 Last month Gambling911.com reported on how Costa Rica could find itself the center of an all out Latin American war, fueled by Iran. Since that time, news of possible F.A.R.C. insurgencies in the Costa Rican government has been traveling all over that quaint bookie haven. F.A.R.C. is the acronym for Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, the largest, oldest best equipped terrorist organization in the world, according to the U.S. Department of State. News reports began surfacing that F.A.R.C. may have had some influence over Costa Rican politicians. Oscar Arias, the Costa Rican president has released a statement saying that he has had contact from the Columbian Government that details that there isn’t any Costa Rica politician linked with FARC, after to the recent raids of the Columbian rebel group.
Prohibition on Internet Gambling a Failure
Posted
April 2 2008 3:29 pm
by Gambling911.com
News Wire
U.S. Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Financial Service Companies Call Proposed Rules Unworkable read more
News on Wednesday Morning UIGEA Hearing
Posted
April 2 2008 1:24 pm
by Gambling911.com
News Wire
Responses from Major Online Gambling News Portals:
Banks Rip Apart
Online Gambling Ban
The Federal Reserve
is carefully
considering all
comments received on
rules for a law
banning bank and
credit card payments
to illegal Internet
gambling sites, a
Fed official said on
Wednesday.
Poker Players
Posted
April 2 2008 1:24 pm
by Gambling911.com
News Wire
Former Senator
Alfonse D’Amato,
chairman of the
Poker Players
Alliance (PPA), the
leading poker
grassroots advocacy
group comprised of
almost one million
online and offline
poker players
nationwide, issued
the following
statement on today’s
hearing before the
House Financial
Services Committee
hearing on the
Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement
Act (UIGEA). Dutch Parliament Vote Against Online Gambling Bill
Posted
April 2 2008 6:38 pm
by Gambling911.com
News Wire
(Reuters) - The
upper house of the
Dutch parliament
defeated a bill that
would have allowed
monopoly casino
operator Holland
Casino to open a
gambling Web site on
a trial basis. Ron Paul Jesse Ventura Ticket? Don't Count This One Out
"I wish there was an option for 'none of the above', I bet that choice would win," Ventura said of John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Ventura ran for Governor of Minnesota in 1998 as the nominee for the Reform Party of Minnesota (he later joined the Independence Party of Minnesota when it broke from its association with the Reform Party of the United States of America). His campaign consisted of a combination of aggressive grassroots events and original television spots, designed by quirky adman Bill Hillsman, using the phrase "Don't vote for politics as usual." He spent considerably less than his opponents (about $600,000), and is widely regarded as one of the first candidates to effectively use the Internet as a medium of reaching out to voters in a political campaign. He won the election in November 1998, narrowly (and unexpectedly) defeating the major-party candidates: St. Paul mayor Norm Coleman (Republican) and Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III (Democratic-Farmer-Labor). Ventura went on to gain the highest approval rating of any governor in Minnesota history, with some polls ranking his public approval as high as 73 percent in 1999. Ron Paul meanwhile will take center stage along with Congressman Barney Frank on Wednesday. Ron Paul and Barney Frank have contacted Susan Schwab requesting the details of a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union, according to a report on Poker Pages. Both Congressmen have proposed legalizing Internet gambling, especially online poker.
Virgin Teams Up With Google to Form Virgle - An Effort to Colonize Mars
Posted
April 1
2008 6:38 pm by
Payton O'Brien
 Want to be a Virgle pioneer? Sergey Brin and Richard Branson were offering the opportunity all day Tuesday for the lucky few. Virgin, a Gambling911.com sponsor, teamed up with Google to form a joint venture that touts open-source development to establish Earth's first human settlement on Mars. Cassimir Medford of Red Herring points out, however, this was more than just a "space hoax", it was perhaps one of the most elaborate April Fool's jokes ever pulled off.
Clooney Girl Won't be in Amsterdam for CAC but Her Stud Muffin Will
Posted
April 1
2008 3:57 pm by
Payton O'Brien
With the premiere of George Clooney's latest flick, Leatherheads (which we hear is pretty good), the one getting all the attention is not Clooney, but his girl Sarah Larson. The Sun Newspaper out of London continues to publish provocative photos of the sexy siren, including more recent photos of Larson in LA. Ironically, one of Larson's first photo sessions on a sort of pseudo modeling type basis occurred in 2005 at the Casino Affiliate Convention That conference takes place once again this week, minus Ms. Larson. But guess who will be in attendance? Her former male "date" three years ago, one Michael Casselli - a magazine publisher who is pictured above left decked out in a mink coat (animal lovers can't be too thrilled seeing that). And speaking of animals, Casselli is known to bite....so beware ladies. His photo appeared in the Sun along side Larson's last year following her motorcycle crash. It was widely rumored that he bit Sarah Larson so hard on the neck (the friggin' vampire that he is), she bled for nearly 40 minutes.
 Gambling911.com has exclusively obtained iMEGA.org's written testimony for the hearing tomorrow (April 2, 2008) of the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology as it relates to Internet gambling. Earlier on Tuesday, Gambling911 reported that a letter from Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul has surfaced requesting details of the trade agreement brokered between the US and the EU related to a decision involving online gambling. They are questioning why the US government has cited national security as a reason not to reveal anything further of the deal. Both men will be testifying on Tuesday. Also, as background, the Supreme Court last week handed down a decision in Medellin v. Texas, No. 06-984, in which the Court held that with respect to the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), “[f]oreign judgments awarding injunctive relief against private parties, let alone sovereign [U.S.] states, are ‘not generally entitled to enforcement.’” As authority, the Court cited the Restatement (Third) of Foregin Relations Law of the United States, Section 481, Comment b, p. 595 (1986). http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-984.pdf
Reality Television Goes to the Storks as Mogul Impregnates 8 Women
Posted
April 1
2008 10:14 am by
Payton O'Brien
Calvin Ayre wants a baby! But being an ego maniac, traveling the world and sleeping with as many as 12 women in one week (sometimes in one night) hampers that goal. Throw him in front of a camera, yell "Action" and suddenly the starry eyed Bodog Life media mogul wants to be a daddy. Those within the Bodog organization had once suggested it might be wise to make Dancing With the Stars poker pro Shannon Elizabeth the mother of Ayre's next baby. She refused his advances, though the two remain friends. That's the concept of his latest reality television show that is slated to begin ayre-ing on either A&E or the Discovery Channel some time this summer. VH1 is rumored to be in discussions with Bodog as well to feature the series. Eight "dumb as doorknob" models compete to become mothers of Ayre's baby. Each sample his sperm. "The impregnation process occurs within the same hour," explains Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris, who will officiate the competition. "This way they all pop out around the same time. The first season will focus on the maternity process, how the girls handle their individual pregnancies and of course there will be cat fights." Of course. Once each of the newborns arrive on Earth, a selection process will take place. The baby that cries the most, throws the loudest tantrum, pees all over everyone's laps and looks most like Calvin becomes his heir. But there is a kicker. "Not all the sperm used will be Calvin's," Morris disclosed. "Three of the women will be carrying the sperm of competitors and another will be impregnated by a 'patent troll', all of whom will look to undermine the Bodog brand at a later date." Each of the women have been tested to ensure they can conceive. All will be blessed in Mohawk tradition. Ayre currently has a Bodog Fight MMA show broadcast on Canadian cable stations and potentially coming to HDNet in the Stations in the US as part of a Mark Cuban collaboration. His "Battle of the Bands" Bodog Music sponsored reality show is featured on the Fuse Network, popular within the recording industry. A Bodog Poker reality show has also aired on Fox Sports Net. That one included an infamous raid at Ayre's home. Preview the trailer below. May not be suitable for small children due to language and adult themes.
Ron Paul, Barney Frank Question How "National Security" and Online Gambling Coincide
A letter from Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul has surfaced requesting details of the trade agreement brokered between the US and the EU related to a decision involving online gambling. They are questioning why the US government has cited national security as a reason not to reveal anything further of the deal. Last year the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of tiny Antigua in its case against the United States. Antigua argued that actions taken by the US Government pertaining to a measure banning some forms of online gambling while protecting the powerful horse racing industry compromised the Caribbean nation's ability to trade freely. Online gambling had become Antigua's biggest industry over the last decade. Ron Paul and Barney Frank have contacted Susan Schwab requesting the details of a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union, according to a report on Poker Pages. Both Congressmen have proposed legalizing Internet gambling, especially online poker.
"Press reports
have indicated that
new trade
opportunities will
be provided in the
postal and courier,
research and
development, storage
and warehouse, and
testing and analysis
sectors, but no
dollar amount has
been attached to
these new
concessions, and
very few specifics
have been provided."
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Posted
April 3
2008 10:26 am by
Christopher Costigan
News flash!
Republican
Congressman Ron Paul
is still on the
Republican ballot
running for
President of the
United States.
Jesse Ventura would
like to run but said
"it's too late and
he doesn't have the
money". Like
peanut butter cups,
peanut and chocolate
perfect together,
Ventura spoke highly
of Paul on Tuesday
night's episode of
Larry King Live.
There was an implied
suggestion that
Ventura might like
to be Ron Paul's
running mate.
