On Thursday, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Daniel Akaka (D-HI), introduced a online gaming bill that (if passed into law) would create a regulatory framework for legalized online gambling as implemented by Native American tribes that currently operate gambling operations. The bill is in the preliminary stages only, as it is […]
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Last week, the State of Delaware passed an Internet gaming law that greatly expands the range of legal Internet gaming options available to people physically located within the State of Delaware. The bill places online gaming under the purview of the Delaware Lottery Office, but several venues may be able to offer various online gaming
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Earlier this week, the State of Nevada took an important step toward legalized Internet gambling when the Gaming Control Board’s three member panel issued a unanimous recommendation for Bally Technologies Inc. to receive the first Nevada online gaming license, as a manufacturer of online gaming systems. A mere two days later, International Game Technology (“IGT”)
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In early May, the Governor of the State of Maryland signed into law a bill that exempts certain online fantasy sports games from that State’s gambling prohibitions. The new law authorizes the state Comptroller to issue implementing regulations to be used in establishing the parameters of permitted fantasy sports activity, and the provisions themselves won’t
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A couple of weeks back, the Delaware House passed an Internet gambling bill that, if signed into law, would greatly expand the range of legal online gaming options available to people physically located within the State of Delaware. If the bill passes the Delaware State Senate, the Governor has indicated that he would be willing
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In March of 2012, the North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a 2010 law that made certain online casino-style games – as featured in Internet sweepstakes cafes – illegal. These sweepstakes cafes usually feature rows of computer terminals that allow users to participate in several casino-style games in quick succession with the opportunity to win
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With a name like “negative option billing” it should come as no surprise that this practice has received a lot of negative attention lately from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), various state attorneys general and other regulatory bodies. Despite this trend, marketers and consumers alike have found this billing method to be a convenient and
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The advent of new media such as blogs (short for web logs – personalized websites regularly updated with content) and social networking sites (such as Facebook and MySpace) has opened vast new territory for information dissemination, networking and connectivity. Due to the low start up costs associated with creating a blog or joining a social
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