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Posts - October 2008

• Argentina moving close to ban online gambling

  October 13, 2008

  Yet another shocking news to our online gambling industry, now this time Argentina moving closer to put a ban on online gambling. The bill was proposed last week and if passed then it would make very difficult for the people of Argentina to gamble online.

  Luis Alberto Mauri, the Councillor is the person responsible for proposing the new Bill. He is trying to put the burden on Internet Service Providers (ISP's) to block citizens access to gambling websites.

  I don't know what kind of mentality these politicians posses. Why they keep interfering in our personal life I think all because of these local business.

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• Kentucky's online gambling case hearing tomorrow.

  October 06, 2008

  Tomorrow, will be the most important day for online gaming industry. kentucky's online gambling case hearing is scheduled tomorrow on October 7th. Lets hope the poker player alliance and Imega wins this case, otherwise it would be a huge blow to our online gambling industry and along with that we'll loose our major poker rooms such as poker stars and full tilt poker rooms.

  Poker player alliance and imega informed that they are all set to fight against Kentucky's governor Steve Beshear and we are confident that this case will be in our favor.

  I hope everything goes well, see you tomorrow guys with good news.

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• Online Poker bill in Senate

  October 01, 2008

  This could be the best news for all the online poker lovers as senator Robert Menendez from New Jersey has established a bill S. 3616, which will regulate and license online poker and other skill games in United States.

  The bill "Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act of 2008" will resolve many issue's with regards to online consumer protection, age verification process and other safety measures.

  The senator stated that bill could bring millions in revenues from online poker industry if properly regulated and licensed. Apart from poker, the skill games mentioned in the bill is bridge, mahjong, card dice or tiles, in which success is purely based on the skill of the players.

  Lets hope this bill gets through and we can see a major boost in online poker, which we saw in the year 2003-04.

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