Brazil Looks to Block Online Casino Payments a la UIGEA
The legislature of Brazil is contemplating a law similar to the UIGEA to prevent online casino payments from being processed.
View ArticleUIGEA Online Casino Ban Brings Legal Questions
Questions of jurisdiction and enforcement dog laws like the UIGEA online casino payment ban, which seeks to apply US law outside the country's borders.
View ArticleOnline Gambling Payments Legal in Most States, US Court Finds
An appeals court's ruling against claims that the UIGEA is unconstitutional shot down a series of arguments against the law, but opened a new avenue by finding the law only acts in areas with existing...
View ArticleCongressmen Urge Treasury to Postpone UIGEA Online Gambling Rules
Seventeen US Representatives signed a letter to the Treasury Department asking that online gambling payment processing bans not be implemented December 1st as scheduled.
View ArticleIllinois' Online Gambling May Meet UIGEA Resistance
Online gambling is now licensed in Illinois, but that doesn't mean the UIGEA won't interfere with payment processing in the state.
View ArticleUIGEA Online Casino Ban May Help Money Launderers
A gaming-law expert says the block on online casino payment transactions may increase rather than impede money laundering.
View ArticleAnti-Gambling Lawmakers Push for Online Casino Ban Start
US lawmakers Jon Kyl and Spencer Bachus asked the Treasury Department to ignore other legislators and continue apace with the implementation of the UIGEA online casino ban.
View ArticleOnline Casino Ban Implementation Looming
Although it seemed a year was sufficient time to organize at least a delay of the implementation of the online casino ban, the UIGEA will be enforceable come December 1st, barring last-second action.
View ArticleFrank Online Casino Bills Get Committee Date
Legislation authored by Barney Frank proposing the licensing and regulation of online casinos will come up for committee discussion next week, after a long wait.
View ArticleUIGEA Online Gambling Payment Ban Pushed Back
Just in the nick of time, word has escaped from highly-placed sources in the financial community that the US Treasury will postpone enactment of the UIGEA rules concerning online gambling payment...
View ArticleUS Government Officially Delays Online Casino Ban Implementation
After rumors had circulated that the UIGEA compliance date would be pushed back at the last second, the Treasury and Fed did exactly that, delaying the online casino ban another six months.
View ArticleFBI Preparing UIGEA Online Gambling Case Against Full Tilt?
Circumstantial reports may indicate the US government is preparing its first case using the UIGEA online gambling ban, involving online poker operator Full Tilt.
View ArticleMissouri Congressmen Push for Regulated Online Gambling
Two US Representatives from Missouri are joining the fight to bring regulation to online gambling at the federal level.
View ArticleFrank Internet Gambling Bill Finally to Get Hearing
After a year of delay, the Barney Frank proposal to regulate Internet gambling will get a Congressional committee hearing.
View ArticleInternet Casino Bill Hearing Delayed
The committee hearing on Barney Frank's bill regulating online casinos and Internet gambling has been moved from Friday to a date to be determined.
View ArticleBanker Says UIGEA Online Casino Ban Ineffective
The second-in-command at the American Bankers Association says the UIGEA online casino ban not only won't work, it'll be expensive, too.
View ArticleUIGEA Hare Has Lead on Online Casino Turtles, For Now
Anti-gambling groups are happy the UIGEA implementation will take effect June 1st, but legislation rendering the online casino ban moot is making slow progress and may give Internet gambling operators...
View ArticleUIGEA Technology Can Ban Online Casinos, Why Not Regulate Them?
Protests of the problematic nature of regulating online casinos ignore the technology needed to enforce the UIGEA Internet gambling ban.
View ArticleNew Hampshire's New Online Gambling Funding Method Eludes UIGEA
A method being used by the New Hampshire Lottery to give customers funding at its new online gambling site may prove of use to Internet casinos trying to stay clear of UIGEA enforcement.
View ArticleRegulation, Not Prohibition, Found as Best Online Gambling Policy
A bipartisan group acknowledged that the UIGEA was flawed by nature and online gambling could best be controlled through regulation.
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