Legal Casino News
Periods of time go by when no articles are written in our Legal online casino news section, but those times are quickly fading as online casino bans, expansions, and court cases become more mainstream. Antigua and the US are a main stay on the legal online casino news wires, but the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, South Africa and many other nations around the world break legal casino gaming news, too. So keep a close eye on this page and our Legal casino RSS feed for the latest developments covering all aspects of online casino legalities.
- By Jack Swank
- Published 11/26/2009
- Legal Casino News
The online casino industry finally
received some good news late Tuesday night when Representative Barney
Frank decided the time was right to move forward with his online
gambling regulation discussions.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 11/18/2009
- Legal Casino News
Regular everyday US citizens that occasionally play at online casinos
are being jailed in the US. The latest chapter in the country's
Internet gambling saga had Nicholas Zicarelli jailed for not testifying
about the online casino he had been a customer at.
- By Elijah O'Connor
- Published 11/14/2009
- Legal Casino News
It looks like the European Commission will soon have to fire up their
efforts to keep European Union member nations in line. Poland may
become the latest in the list of EU countries that bans Internet
gambling.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 11/8/2009
- Legal Casino News
It is becoming increasingly likely that lawmakers in the US may not
discuss the proposed online gambling legislation until next year. With
less than two months left in 2009, Representative Barney Frank may be
waiting until the new year to bring up the debate.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 10/25/2009
- Legal Casino News
The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments from state attorneys and
also attorneys for 141 online casinos this past week. At issue was
whether the state legally had the right to seize the domain names of
the casinos.
- By Jack Swank
- Published 10/17/2009
- Legal Casino News
The laws are changing in France and that is good news for some
companies located outside of the country. The online casino industry
may soon be opened up to outside companies after the National Assembly
voted in favor of a new law.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 10/9/2009
- Legal Casino News
France is in the process of changing their online gaming laws and this
week Parliament threw a curve at some of the biggest Internet gaming
operators in Europe. An amendment will stop punters from being able to
place bets in France.
- By Jack Swank
- Published 10/5/2009
- Legal Casino News
There is a certain sentiment among lawmakers that online casinos will
become regulated by the federal government in the US. There is also,
however, a growing list of analysts that believe that the casinos will
be regulated on a state level before they are regulated nationally.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 09/25/2009
- Legal Casino News
Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon has decided against his proposed
amendment that would have given tax revenue from online gambling to
health care reform. Wyden now claims that the two issues are too big to
be discussed together.
- By Ryan Blalock
- Published 09/21/2009
- Legal Casino News
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon thinks he may have a solution to help with
the growing health care crisis in the US. Wyden has proposed an
amendment to an already proposed Bill that would use online casino
gambling revenue for health care reform.
