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Billionaire casino operator concedes the technology is not good enough to prevent young people from gambling online
Sheldon Adelson, the world’s richest casino executive, said this week he opposes online gambling because he rightly says the available technology is not good enough to prevent young people from making wagers on the Internet. Other casinos operators like Caesars… Read more
Key predatory internet gambling supporters don’t lose their own money gambling online
As the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Manufacturing subpanel prepares to hold a hearing Tuesday on Internet gambling, it is important to note that four of the leading proponents of legalizing predatory internet gambling, including the bill’s chief sponsor, don’t… Read more
An opportunity to finally have a national conversation about the failed policy of predatory gambling
The New York Post reports today there will be a renewed push in Congress this fall to legalize predatory internet gambling across America.
Launch of predatory online gambling in D.C. may be delayed
Efforts to expand predatory gambling in Washington, D.C. slow down as the public learns more about the issue. Read about it here.
Associated Press: Prosecutions turn online poker into a shaky bet
Last Friday’s takedown of the nation’s three largest predatory internet poker sites continues to reverberate across America. Here’s the latest from Associated Press: Prosecutions turn online poker into a shaky bet By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press – Wed Apr 20, 7:13 pm ET LAS… Read more
FBI shuts down Internet poker sites
The FBI shut down the three biggest online poker sites on Friday. Check out the LA Times story below: By Nathaniel Popper and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles TimesApril 15, 2011, 7:34 p.m. Reporting from New York and Los Angeles— A… Read more
Predatory internet gambling bill appears to be dead for 2010
From The Las Vegas Review Journal: Gamblers and casino interests are throwing in their cards as prospects to legalize poker gambling over the Internet are all but dead for this year in Congress. Even though only days remain in the… Read more
The latest in the intense push to legalize predatory internet gambling
Liz Benston of The Las Vegas Sun has the best news report thus far on the latest in the intense push to legalize internet gambling during the present lame duck session in Congress. Check it out here. UPDATED: Politico also… Read more
The Most Predatory Business in America Now Also Runs Its Own Coerce-The-Vote operation
When it comes to the nation’s elections and legislative process, the mantra for gambling interests has always been “Let Us Buy the Vote!” But now, in its relentless quest to legalize internet gambling and with its Initial Public Offering looming,… Read more
New York Times online op-ed and Stop Predatory Gambling
The New York Times is holding a discussion forum on internet gambling in their online opinion section. SPG contributed an op-ed which appears below: Internet gambling is one of the most predatory businesses in the world which is why public… Read more
Our country cannot afford any more Bernie Madoff-style something-for-nothing schemes
Bloomberg News has a report about yesterday’s predatory internet gambling hearing before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. According to the story: A top Federal Bureau of Investigation official said internet-based poker games can be subject to manipulation. “There are… Read more
Federal Judges Take Aim at Predatory Internet Gambling
Here’s a must read summary of the exchange between three Federal Appeals Court judges and proponents of the predatory internet gambling trade in Federal Court this week. The judges asked the right questions and exposed the badly constructed logic of… Read more