CNBC put out a well done documentary recently covering the issues of online gambling and the inconsistency of U.S. policies on the issue. Check out a complete description along with air times at the cnbc website : The Big Business of Illegal Gambling.
See a clip of the documentary here:

In other news:

Delaware will take sports [...]

Sports betting history was made today as sports bettors in Delaware placed the first legal bets under the new state-sponsored sports betting system. The AP covered this remarkable milestone, outlining some of the contentious history surrounding this issue:
DOVER, Del. — Sports betting in Delaware officially got under way Thursday after surviving a contentious legal battle [...]

A group of top sports bettors met recently in Las Vegas and the Sun ran an interesting interview with one of the participants. The interviewee wanted to keep a low profile for obvious reasons:

A tableau reminiscent of that classic exchange played out this weekend in a well-appointed conference room at a Strip resort, where [...]

The big news item today is the blown call at the end of yesterday’s Chargers Steelers game. While not affecting the outcome of the game, the official’s decision to invalidate Pittsburgh’s last minute touchdown caused San Diego to beat the point spread resulting in a lost wager for those who picked Pittsburgh. To [...]

Apparently John McCain and his staffers have a tradition of holding a March Madness pool. This is strange because McCain has been a steadfast supporter of keeping sports betting illegal in this country – going as far as trying to ban legal sports betting from Nevada casinos. I think this example shows both [...]

Eye on Gambling is reporting today that U.S. House Democratic policy committee chairman George Miller has endorsed U.S. Regulation of internet gambling:
Congressman George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee, has signed on as a co-sponsor of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act. The [...]

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I am a new contributor here at iBet.pro and I will be focusing on some of the different bets that I find to be attractive for the upcoming year in sports! It’s just about that time of year when pitchers and catchers start breaking out the leather and warming up for the [...]