Entries from July 2007

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Global Virtual Community Second Life Forced to Shutdown Virtual Casinos

The U.S. Government is at it again. This time they’re going after the evil “casinos” within the virtual world of Second Life. These players are betting in the virtual currency of the Second Life world called “Linden Dollars”. The U.S. apparently thinks that this is a real threat to our security and [...]

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Neteller Funds Are Available For Withdrawl Today

I received this email today from Neteller. I logged into my account and requested a withdrawl of all funds. At this point I’m waiting for a check to arrive – we’ll see what happens.
The NETELLER Plc Group has announced that the distribution of funds to its US members will begin on July 30, [...]

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

A Light At The End Of the Tunnel? Neteller Settles With U.S. for $136 Million.

Looks like Neteller has managed to save their skin by negotiating a deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. All charges will be dropped against Neteller in exchange for the handing over of $136 million in funds to the U.S. and cooperation into an investigation of online gambling sites.
The big question for iBet.pro readers of [...]

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Neteller Press Release And a New Website for the Neteller Customer Coalition

This press release was recently issued by our “friends” at Neteller. Sounds like they are simply stalling for more time at this point:
“Further information will be communicated to NETELLER’s US customers via email, through our website and through a press release once the date for implementation of the plan is finalised.”.
On a related note, [...]

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Happy Fourth of July

To those folks in the United States – I hope that you have a happy Fourth of July! Let’s hope that this country’s tradition of liberty will prevail in the online gambling debate. Here are a sampling of articles that can describe the issues at hand much more eloquently than I can.

Gambling hypocrisy
Don’t [...]

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Neteller Update – Positive News from Customer Service

Just saw this encouraging post on the Neteller Customer Coalition mailing list:
I just got off the phone. I was unable to get my account reopened but
they did give me the balance. They are now confirming they have all our
cash. I was told they are just awaiting for the US Attorneys office
approval before dispersing funds. I [...]

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Nice Guide to Sportsbook Bonuses

We all know that the various sportsbooks out there offer bonus cash to bring in new customers and deposits. The problem for many newcomers to online gambling is figuring out what the best deal is and where to get it. A new site I was turned onto recently does a nice job of [...]