Entries Tagged as 'usa'

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 this the crackdown [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]