Bush to sign Internet Gambling Bill next Friday
written October 6, 2006

This is sad news but it was expected.

EOG has just learned President George W. Bush will sign the Security and Accountability For Every (SAFE) Port Act into law next Friday, delivering a blow to U.K.-listed online gaming companies, whose shares tumbled after an Internet gambling ban was attached to the legislation.

The port security bill was one of Congress' final actions before breaking for the November mid-term elections. The legislation, part of an election-year focus on national security issues, is designed to keep nuclear, chemical or biological weapons out of shipping containers on their way to the U.S.

The addition of a provision making it a criminal offense to receive funds related to any online gambling activity that is illegal under state or federal law punished a number of gaming companies listed in the U.K., including PartyGaming (PRTY.LN), 888 Holdings (888.LN), and Sportingbet (SBT.LN). PartyGaming and 888 Holdings said they would shut down their U.S.-facing operations as a result of the legislation.

What will be banned next?

Emails?

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Internet Gambling Bill- Updated positions of Poker, Sports books
written October 6, 2006

Since we initially wrote our column updating gamblers as to which sports books and Poker sites are staying put or caving in, several other operators have emailed us and asked that we mention their "official" positions.

Meanwhile, several other gambling sites who were "undecided" a few days ago have made decisions to continue to do business with US citizens.

Here is our updated list of gambling sites, including Poker, who have shared their stance.

Neteller has stated, "It is currently unclear how NETELLER, a European company, with no assets, presence or employees in the US, would be affected by this bill. Once the regulations have been written, NETELLER will have a clearer view of which companies are affected, how those companies will be expected to comply, and any possible resulting impact on NETELLER and its US facing business."

Therefore, we have placed them in the "undecided" group for now.

Here is our current list below of gambling operations who fall into 3 different categories. Once again, we urge operators to email us as soon as possible to shrink@eog.comto make this list more complete, so that players know what to expect.


Leaving US Market

Party Poker:

Pacific Poker:

Cryptologic and Affiliated Sites:

Boss:

Sun Poker:

Bet Fred:

PCR.com

Bet365

P1Gaming.com

Titan Poker

Celeb Poker



Staying in US Market - At least for now

True Poker:

Paradise Poker:

WSEX

Pinnacle Sports

Ultimate Bet:

Poker.com:

Absolute

Full Tilt

Bodog:

Bugsy'sClub:

Planet Poker:

Full Contact Poker:

Cake Poker:

Jet Set

Jungle Poker

Pharaohs

VegasPoker247

All privately owned sports books



Undecided

Poker Stars:

Paradise Poker:

Poker Room:

Neteller

Hollywood

VIP

Mansion



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glad australia doesnt do this

Does anyone have any info on tcbets.com...if anyone has any info on this i would love to hear it ..thanks

How does this bill affect sports gambling?

On 'Inside the NFL' this week they had a segment with Bob Costas and Peter King talking about this bill.

They said that it is estimated that five million people in the U.S. bet a total of three billion dollars per year on the NFL through off shore gambling websites.

King said that as a result of this bill, banks will no longer take credit card transactions at offshore accounts.

He said the new NFL commisioner does not want gambling on their games.

But no mention was made of Las Vegas and the fact that gambling on the NFL has been part of the Las Vegas scene for quite some time.

So, I ask, how much of this is fabricated B.S. and how much of this will affect Americans that have accounts with off shore sportbooks?

1 - I received an e-mail from Hollywood saying that they will be staying in the US market. Neteller has stated that they won't be banning US customers either in the near future.

2 - I saw "Inside the NFL" too this week and I was going to post the same thing. Unfortunately, the NFL sees this as a major victory. If and when this bill prevents you from wagering on the NFL, I would urge you, no matter how hard it would be, to completely boycott the NFL. Don't watch games, don't buy merchandise. Then they will see how victorious they really were when noboby gives a s**t about Cleveland vs Oakland or Houston vs anybody on Sunday.

i couldn't agree more...think it's a coincidence that the nfl is the most bet on sport and the most profitable sport? how many of you watch games simply because you have money on them? i know i sure do

Or how many people will sign up for NFL TV packages? I asked Intertops how the new bill would affect their customers in ths U.S., and this is the reply they sent:

We thank you for taking the time to send your query to us. Kindly note that
you can continue using your payment option to fund your account. In the
unlikely event that the payment processor ceases its operations, you will be
given adequate notice and other alternative methods will be made available
to you.

We are licensed and regulated by the Government of Antigua & Barbuda and as
such, we will continue our operations and we will honour any pay out
requests. Also note that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda won a recent
WTO ruling in which Antiguan companies are allowed to accept online wagers
from the USA.

Please feel free to contact us should you have further questions or queries.

Sincerely

Brian

That's not a plug for Intertops. I sent that to a few friends from this site, and suggested they check with their offshore books to see what, if any, plans they have regarding customers in the U.S.

Though not as convenient as Internet, local bookies are very happy to take your FB/BB bets.

We still watch the ball games and money on them.

Date set for signing is Friday the 13th.......oh brother.

I don't think I can go back to locals. It's too primitive. I like the ease with which I can open up a few browsers, shop around, and be done with it. Too much of a hassle. It's like having cell phones banned and we all have to go back to beepers. I kight just give it up if it comes to that and stop watching football. I am that vindictive and spitefull.

I hear you. . .

but sometimes when the computer system was down, I need to go to electronic typewriter to keep the ball rolling.

So I have a question. Since this new bill seems to be affecting the funds going into your account, once its in there (such as now), is it ok to leave it there and still transfer out later?

they will give tha banks 9 month to make it work.

Can we do it in 9 months and then retire?

Who was the President banned alcohol, and we still have liquar stores?

Now we got one to ban Online gaming. Can we say this's not gonna to work like prostitution is illegal but not in NV chicken ranch?

One idiot said, "Click your mouse, and lose your house". There are abuses in any type of potentially addictive pursuits, but most participants are pretty level. Thousands of people are killed by drunk drivers every year, but you can still buy liquor. They want to stop Internet gambling, while encouraging you to take your fifteen million to one shot at winning the lottery every two or three days. In my opinion, it's hypocrisy to the Nth degree. They'd rather you go to the bookie, and pretend nobody's gambling on games. If you don't have money in your offshore account, YOU CAN'T BET. And for those idiots that let their kids have their PIN's, that's not an online gambling problem--that's parental irresponsibility, IMO.

Tell you what. You still can mail or courier the International Money Order that you bought from local Post Office. They don't need you to sign anything like "The Money Is Not for Online Gambling".

As long as you can fund your account, you are in good shape.

we all need to vote to make bush go to iraq and fight his gas and oil war, that sob can't even write his own speeches, how did someone so braindead get in as president.


you all have a nice weekend, daddydan

"how did someone so braindead get in as president"

He didn't. George Carlins says that he still refers to him as Governer Bush because that is the last thing that he was rightfully elected to.

Republican's have all sorts off cool slogans now that makes me want to kick them in the head.

"Click your mouse, lose your house"
"Internet gamling is the crack cocaine of the internet"
and the story they keep telling about the kid that robbed a bank after he lost a lot of money online.

So by banning gambling, no more banks will be robbed.

My neighbor had a dog once that bit someone. Are we going to ban dogs now?

How about that Foley guy who was chasing teenage boys? He was a Republican. We should now lead a charge to ban Republicans so there will be no more pedophiles in this country, but they'll come back and tell you that we should ban e-mail and text messaging instead which made this all possible. And if that isn't enough maybe we should ban teenage boys.