Stamford-based Frontier Communications is one of 11 telecommunications companies targeted by Minnesota in a novel tactic to block online gambling sites -- using a federal law that enables restrictions on phone calls used for wagering.
Read More . . .U.S. Representative Barney Frank will unveil legislation on Wednesday to roll back a U.S. ban on online gambling, he said in a statement on Tuesday...
Read More . . .Rep. Pat Garofalo introduced a bill that if passed would keep Minnesota from enforcing its ban of online gambling. The state "has better things to do."
Read More . . .Sports betting isn't dead. Yet. But a vote on the bill authorizing it is expected in the House this week, even though some supporters say there aren't enough votes for it to pass.
Read More . . .Minnesota's seemingly futile attempt for a state to enforce the wire act is both befuddling and absurd.
Read More . . .A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last night that would eliminate the automatic 25 percent federal withholding on pari-mutuel winnings of $5,000 or more...
Read More . . .The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) today announced that it has served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites.
Read More . . .Delaware's legislature will consider allowing wagering on all sports when its session resumes today.
Read More . . .Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, said on Tuesday he would introduce legislation next week to overturn a three-year-old U.S. ban on Internet gambling.
Read More . . .Executives of some of the European companies whisper excitedly that they may soon get a second chance in the United States. Meanwhile, a number of European countries that have long maintained barriers are moving, under pressure from regulators, to legalize, and tax, online gambling.
Read More . . .California may be the first state to dip its toes into legalized online poker.
Read More . . .The California Online Poker Law Enforcement Compliance and Consumer Protection Act -- that would see online poker regulated on an intrastate basis in the Golden State...
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