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Emily D. Swoboda Gaming Guru - Page 9iMEGA to Make Its Case 'in No Uncertain Terms'30 September 2008
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, known best by its acronym, iMEGA, is invoking a constitutional doctrine to fight the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in a federal appeals court.
Born out of the due process clauses in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United ... (read more)
Developing: iMEGA-UIGEA Battle to Continue29 September 2008
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association -- better known as iMEGA -- today filed an appeal in its case against the United States government, challenging the constitutionality of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
"This is a very simple argument on which we ask the court to ... (read more)
Refunds, Fines, Overhaul for Ultimate Bet, KGC Decrees (Updated with Editor's Note)29 September 2008
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission today reported the initial findings of an audit being conducted on its licensee, Ultimate Bet, following a cheating scandal which spanned three-and-a-half years.
The audit, which has been underway since August under the direction of Frank Catania Sr., president of Catania ... (read more)
Muddy Waters26 September 2008
One cheating scandal at an online poker site could be considered an isolated incident, but when a virtually identical scam is being executed at another online poker room owned by the same company, the events may be too similar to be considered coincidence. And as it turns out, suspicions may have been ... (read more)
Kentucky Judge Grants Companies Continuance26 September 2008
Lawyers representing some of the 141 online gambling companies whose domain names have been seized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky have been granted a continuance to allow them to prepare their cases.
"The judge continued the discussion until Oct. 7 to allow the parties involved to file briefs," Jennifer ... (read more)
Kentucky's Endgame is Kentucky, Official Says (Update 1)25 September 2008
The Commonwealth of Kentucky does not want to shut down Internet gambling anywhere but in the state, said a spokesperson for the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, which last week won a court order to seize the domain names of 141 Internet gambling sites.
"Our goal is not to enforce our laws anywhere else ... (read more)
Insights | Bluegrass Blues25 September 2008
A circuit court order giving the Commonwealth of Kentucky permission to seize 141 online gambling domain names certainly raises a bushel of thorny questions about First Amendment rights, as well as the legality of Internet censorship -- that is, where capital-J-jurisdiction begins and ends.
Whether ... (read more)
'Something Does not Ring Right' in Kentucky, Lawyer Says23 September 2008
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has already begun seizing the domain names of over 140 gambling Web sites it wants to block from its residents, but one lawyer says there may be a fundamental flaw in the state's case.
"The court doesn't -- and neither do the lawyers -- seem to appreciate the nature of what a domain name actually is," John W. ... (read more)
Bwin to Appeal Lower Saxony Ruling22 September 2008
Bwin, the Vienna operator, today lost a bid to overturn a 2007 ban against foreign online gambling operators in the German state of Lower Saxony, but the company told IGamingNews the ruling can and will be appealed.
"This was merely the first instance," Kevin O'Neal, bwin press officer, said by telephone today. ... (read more)
FremantleMedia Forays into Online Gambling18 September 2008
FremantleMedia, the London-based production company and rights holder behind big name international television shows like "Idol," "Got Talent" and "The Price is Right," is jumping into the online gambling world -- a natural progression for a media company which has had success in Las Vegas with its most popular media brand. ... (read more)
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