The US seizure of a Canadian gambling website may have widespread implications for internet gambling as well as other websites that do business internationally. Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre and three others have been indicted by the US for money laundering and conducting an illegal sports betting operation, Ayre’s website Bodog.com. The site now displays a [...]
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US government seizes Canadian gambling website
Monday, March 19th, 2012Match-fixing has Olympic organisers worried
Monday, March 19th, 2012Organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London will meet with representatives from the UK gambling industry, the International Olympic Commission and others on March 20 to discuss measures for preventing illegal betting at the global games, with the IOC warning that match-fixing could pose a bigger threat than doping. Spot betting on all sports is [...]
Thai underground lottery, running since 1916.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011ASIA - The Thai underground lottery, “Huay Tai Din,” in Thai, continues to thrive pretty much the same as it always has since its inception back in 1916 when gambling was banned in Thailand by Rama VI. As with most forms of gambling in Thailand the “Huay Tai Din” remains illegal to this day despite a [...]
Medvedev wants better anti-gambling laws
Sunday, March 6th, 2011RUSSIA- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants clearer laws to control an outbreak of illegal gambling across the country. United Press International.
Medvedev says Moscow region gambling officials ‘should be held accountable’
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011RUSSIA - Moscow Region prosecutor Alexander Mokhov, deputy prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko and several others have been suspended after police found evidence that they “hushed up” an illegal gambling ring. Rianovosti.
