Washington, DC (January 6, 2011) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today expressed optimism about working with the members of the 112th Congress, sworn in this week, to establish a licensed and regulated U.S. online poker environment.

Reynaldo P. Bantung, the incoming President of First Cagayan Leisure & Resort Corporation (FCLRC), has given his full support to the annual iGaming Asia Congress (iGA), being held at the Grand Hyatt, City of Dreams in Macau from 1-3 March 2011. In recognition of the fact that iGA is the region’s largest dedicated conference and expo for interactive gambling, sports betting and lotteries, FCLRC is confirmed to be the official endorsing organisation for this flagship event.

Clarion Gaming, the organisers of the European iGaming Congress, have announced they are to host a series of brainstorming sessions on hot markets and key areas of industry development at EiG, 15-17th September in Copenhagen. hey will be free to attend for all delegates – both expo hall only and full conference – and will follow a relaxed Q&A format, moderated by Clarion Gaming’s Head of Conferences, Mark Walker.

Washington, DC (November 12, 2008) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nation-wide, today expressed its extreme disappointment with the last minute finalization of the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act (UIGEA) regulations regarding online gambling. “Today’s action finalizes a truly bad public policy – one that even the banks and Federal regulators called unworkable in Congressional testimony,”…

A bill that would relieve a significant burden on US financial services companies forced to implement a ban on Internet gambling passed a critical hurdle in Congress today. The Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870), approved by the House Committee on Financial Services, would direct the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General.

Congress of the Union must elaborate an “agressive” Law of Games and Draw, because Mexican Department of the Interior boosts the “illegal” construction of casinos in the country, considered PRI senator Francisco Arroyo Vieyra. When asked about the license granted by SG for the installation of a casino in one of the most expensive areas of León, the legislation said that the business is located in Clouthier Boulevard, near Plaza Mayor.

Denver – Not long after Congress passed a ban on Internet gambling, PR man John Pappas knew he had to be here at the Democratic National Convention. Pappas represented online poker players. Their ragtag Poker Players Alliance had been stunned by Congress’ midnight approval of the ban late in 2006. Internet gamblers had been powerless to block the bill. They were only loosely affiliated.

Washington (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the U.S. Justice Department to suspend its investigation of European Internet gambling companies for possible criminal violations that occurred before Congress passed a law in 2006 to crack down on online gambling. Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat, and Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, warned U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey in separate letters…

Once again, legislation has been introduced before the US Congress seeking to manage the usage of the UIGEA while mitigating the harmful effects. Republican Pete Sessions has composed a measure designed to remove the vagaries of the UIGEA, as well as specify exactly what illegal conduct is targeted. Sessions’ bill acknowledges the confusion and disarray caused by the UIGEA. It also states the conflicting and outdated nature of American laws concerning gambling.

Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul have introduced new legislation in the United States to prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing or implementing regulations that would enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Earlier this month, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, heard expert testimony from the US Treasury, Federal Reserve…

A Congressional Subcommittee heard in US the testimony from banks, credit card companies and some Democrat Members of Congress, regarding the implementation of proposals for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which could ensnare innocent customers and threaten the viability of e-commerce. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology heard from the US Treasury, Federal Reserve, the American Bankers Association…

The 5th American Congress of Gaming Regulators is to take place on 15 May in Monterrey, Mexico. It is held in conjunction with the ELA-2008 Latin-American Gaming Exhibition. Previous congresses were held in Panama, but on terminating the Sagse-Central American event, organised by Grupo de Inversiones Latinoamericanas de Juego, (GRP), it was decided that this important event should be held in Republic of Mexico.