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Another online poker fund seizure in the USA

Another company involved in money transfers for online gambling sites in the USA has run into trouble with federal officials, this time in the Washington state wh...

Courtroom weirdness: Illinois player is suing well-known pros

Weird piece of courtroom drama from the USA, where a poker player is suing a group of well-known online players demanding that they return money they have won in ...

Californian casinos and players arguing about online poker

Californian casinos and poker players are locking horns over the issue of online poker. After the Commerce Casino announced they oppose the federal bills concerni...

PokerStars celebrates Frank's bill, says they have not broken US gambling laws

In a press release sent out shortly after Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation Act was passed in the US House Financial Committee, PokerStars celebrates th...

Breaking news: Barney Frank's egaming bill takes a big step forward

In a day of big news in the egaming business, Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act took a big leap towards implem...

Heated debate on online poker in Washington

On Wednesday in Washington DC, there was a Congressional hearing on Barney Frank's online poker bill that would put UIGEA in the history books and open the North ...

Implementation of UIGEA had no real effect in online poker

The UIGEA was officially implemented in the United States at the start of June but after one month it seems like the change had no real effect in the online poker...

Federal court investigating Full Tilt Poker

Financial Times published a story saying that a federal court in New York City has launched an investigation regarding Full Tilt Poker....

Visa and Mastercard block US customers transactions to gambling sites

Life got a bit harder for the American online players last week when it became clear that two of the largest credit card companies, Visa and Mastercard had starte...

Legalizing online gambling in the US

According to a recent article published by The American Conservative, online gambling has a good chance of being legalized within the next few years. Of course th...