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29 Greece to Legalize Online Gambling in 2011?
Greece is planning to legalize online gambling and low-stake gaming machines, the government said, in order to comply with European Union laws and to raise cash under the terms of its 110 billion euro bailout.

The country, which is in the middle of a severe debt crisis, has been paying large fines to the EU since it banned all gambling machines in 2002, aside from those run by its betting monopoly OPAP.

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Under reform plans unveiled by the finance ministry, Greece would allow low-price slot machines in licensed areas and would allow online betting, which would also be subject to certain restrictions. A supervision commission would also be established to monitor the gambling industry.

The government plans to submit the legislation to parliament early in the new year, in the hope of boosting government revenue by more than 1 billion euros ($1.3b) in the next two or three years. Greece is still struggling to meet revenue targets imposed on it by the EU and International Monetary Fund when it was granted the bailout in May.

Illegal gambling in Greece is worth around 4 billion euros a year, according to finance ministry estimates.

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More than a dozen online gambling companies are located in Gibraltar.

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Reid pushes online poker legislation but finds the deck stacked

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Texas Hold'eEm Poker Wins Facebook Fans
You may have recently heard on the news that Lady Gaga and President Barak Obama are currently fighting it out for the highest number of Facebook fans. The US president has 9.4 million Facebook fans but Lady GaGa has just overtaken him and currently has 9.9 million fans and is rapidly working her way up to the 10 million figure.

But whilst the media is getting in a frenzy about the biggest fan page for a live person, gambling aficionados were thrilled to find out that Famecount.com's figures revealed a classic casino game has a Facebook page with twice as many fans.

The absolute highest, number one ranking Facebook page in terms of signed up fans is none other than Zynga poker. The Texas Hold'em Poker page has20,234,958 fans and 140,489 YouTube subscribers. So forget the popularity battle between the president and the performer - poker's where it's at!

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Online Gambling Continues Growth
The UK is a huge player in the incredible increase of online gaming.

The past decade has brought large growth to the online gaming world, to such an extent that playing poker on the internet is now more popular than land-based poker games held at casinos. A perfect example of this growth can be seen in the UK over the last year.

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France Opens to Foreign Gaming Companies
A handful of select online companies will be awarded gaming licences in France in the New Year.

Several countries around the world, including France, have come to accept that the best solution with respect to internet gambling is to legalize, regulate and tax the industry.

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Internet Casino Gambling is Not Illegal in the United States
The recent news of Congressman Barney Frank introducing a bill to legalize online gambling is a misnomer of sorts in that gambling at Internet casinos and online poker rooms is not currently illegal in the United States. There are eleven individual states that have laws that disallow their residents from gambling in any form online, but the other thirty-nine US states have no laws banning the activity.

The US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was passed in October of last year, does not make anything illegal that wasn't already illegal to begin with.

The question is, what was illegal to begin with?

Many lawyers and Internet law experts have analyzed the UIGEA and they have found that the law does not extend any prior laws having to do with Internet gambling. To put it simply, the law disallows banks and other financial institutions from accepting transfers to illegal online gaming operations. The question still remains, what is an illegal online gaming operation?

Currently, the only type of gambling online that is illegal under federal US law is online sports betting. Although, that illegality is not quite clear either. A case was brought up years ago to figure out what was covered under the 1969 Wire Act. In that case the judge concluded that betting at online casinos in the form of placing wagers on casino games such as slots, blackjack, roulette, and craps, is not covered under the 1969 Wire Act. In the judge's decision poker was also not considered to be illegal, however sports betting was.

This is why the UIGEA must be appealed. It is an ambiguous law that sends fear to the legitimate online casino and poker room operators, and it gives the general public the false view that Internet gambling is illegal.

Also, main stream media has reported several times since Barney Frank announced his new law that Internet gambling is illegal. That is simply not true and it is irresponsible reporting to state that it is is.

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Irish Eyes Smile On Gambling
Irish punters spend more than 3.6 billion EUR on gambling last year.

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Antigua to Fight United States Over Internet Gambling WTO Issue
The United States lost a case in the WTO and have decided not to comply with the ruling, as a result Antigua will be pursuing sanctions and monetary remedies....