2007 October 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

A gambler is claiming that a casino should be held responsible for the thousands of liri he lost there over the past years because it never did anything to stop him from gambling his money.

Governor still undecided on extradition of Washington state citizen to Louisiana on Internet gambling allegations

Congressman Barney Frank welcomed a new sponsor for his Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act proposal HR 2046 this week, which seeks to license and regulate online gambling in the USA rather than prohibit the pastime.

Betfair’s sophisticated security measures acted on by tennis officials

Nick Jenkins, the Washington State lawyer and entrepeneur who introduced a new and he believes legal online business with his Betcha.com site is anxiously awaiting a decision by State governor Chris Gregoire that has serious implications for him - whether she will allow a Lousiana application for his extradition to that state to go through.

A new global responsible gambling code of conduct to address online gambling procedures has been launched at the industry’s EiG conference in Barcelona. The code – presented to leading European online gambling jurisdictions by senior figures from GamCare, eCOGRA and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) is designed to act as a set of minimum standards throughout the industry and, it is hoped, increase levels of protection for players.