The US Internet Gambling Prohibition Act
February 21, 2006
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Article Link Quote: U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., has announced plans to reintroduce his Internet Gambling Prohibition Act on Thursday. A media alert released from Goodlatte’s office this afternoon links the failure of Goodlatte’s previous attempts to pass prohibitory legislation in the 106th (1999-2000) and 107th Congresses (2001-2002) to Jack Abramoff’s “campaign of misinformation
Jack Abramoff seems to be the perfect scapegoat now. Here you can find Goodlatte’s press release.
Of course there are totally different ways of viewing the matter. Here is another point of view:
Quote: “This law has been kicking around for years,” he said. “This law makes it more difficult for banks to accept credit cards for online gambling purposes, but the Patriot Act has already done that. The online gambling firms are using overseas banks for these purposes.”
Mr. Costigan doubts the legislation will be passed. He believes that the supporters of the bill, not its opponents, will cause the defeat of the proposed legislation.
He said that organizations such as the Christian Coalition, the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion, and the Family Research Council, which have come out in support of the legislation, will eventually torpedo the bill.
“Every time they have tried to pass this bill, the religious groups have ended up opposing the bills because of all the exemptions the bill picks up along the way,” said Mr. Costigan. “The horse trading happens, different groups such as Native American casinos get exemptions, and the religious groups drop their support of the bill.”
And here is yet another article on the subject.
Quote: Although it has been neutral on Goodlatte’s bill in previous years, Nevada’s casino industry has recently shown signs of opposing an Internet gambling ban.
“There is no question that a number of our board members think the technology is there to effectively regulate Internet gambling,” said Frank Fahrenkopf, president of the American Gaming Association, which represents Nevada casinos in Washington.
Fahrenkopf declined to say who those board members are. He said he is preparing a report on the feasibility of Internet gambling regulation, which he will present to association members in April.
Please follow the links to read the articles in their entirety.
Party Partners – CAP Certification REVOKED
February 20, 2006
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Party Partners Certification Suspended at CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com
Internet Gaming Property Refuses to Honor Affiliate Relationships
Las Vegas, NV – 02/20/2006 – CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (“CAP”) a leading online gaming industry resource, announced today that they are suspending the certification of Party Partners, otherwise known as Party Gaming plc. Party Gaming plc is the proprietor behind the largest online poker website, Party Poker. The move comes in response to the acquisition terms outlined for Empire Online the parent of EmpirePoker.com, a former Party Gaming licensee.
The $250m acquisition, which was announced on February 15, 2006, includes migrating Empire Poker players to a consolidated platform that no longer honors the affiliate relationship that initiated the player relationship. Under the new terms, affiliates who had participated in the Empire Online affiliate program will receive no compensation or consideration for the thousands of players they acquired for EmpirePoker.com. This is clearly in violation of the terms and conditions they had agreed to with Empire Online whereby they would receive compensation on the sales and value generated by their players for the life of their association with the poker room.
A company representative posted the following statement regarding the purchase at CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com:
“Party Gaming has taken a decisive step that consolidates our strong position in online poker and concludes our skins strategy that served us well in the early stages of development of PartyGaming. In a $250m deal, Empire Online has agreed to sell to us EmpirePoker.com and other associated white label and affiliate agreements relating to AceClub.com and StarluckCasino.com.”
The entire press release is available at www.partygaming.com.
PartyPartners was well aware that a substantial number of the players at EmpirePoker.com were referred by affiliate webmasters and that an agreement to compensate the affiliates for these players was in effect at the time of purchase.
Louis Fabiano, the Editor of CAP issued the following statement today, “As a result of this predatory action by Party Partners, CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com is left with no alternative but to suspend their certification at CAP and advise all affiliates to cease promotion of all PartyGaming clients until a satisfactory resolution to this problem can be worked out. Our affiliate webmasters have made it clear that they want a fair compensation plan that recognizes and rewards their efforts as previously agreed upon. It would be relatively easy for Party Partners to transfer all existing players and affiliate accounts to the PartyGaming platform and honor the existing terms and conditions. We are hopeful that PartyPartners will do the right thing and properly include their affiliate partners.”
You can follow the affiliate discussions of this issue at the following forum threads:
http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.c…ies.10068.html
http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.c…ire.10049.html
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