Among yesterdays visitors to this group blog

The enforcer of the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act (H.R. 4411):

usdoj.gov

– federalreserve.org

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6 thoughts on “Among yesterdays visitors to this group blog

  1. Chris Masse said:

    Well, now we know the DOJ is watching.

    http://the-ts-maven.blogspot.com/2007/01/well-now-we-know-doj-is-watching.html

    For your information, each time that the anti-Internet gambling law (or related) is in the news, the DOJ (and sometimes the Treasury) ends up on Midas Oracle .ORG.

    They probably monitor the Blogosphere with some keywords (”Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act”, “BetOnSports”, “BoDog”, “BetCris”, etc.).

  2. Daniel Horowitz said:

    Yes, in 2003 the DOJ said that online gambling was illegal…but they didn’t take any action other than pressuring paypal/CCbanks to stop accepting related transactions.

    Things are remarkably quiet (Their sporadic arrests clearly target owners of sportsbooks which also take bets over the phone.) given the rise in online gambling until 2006 when I believe (source/link missing) DOJ approved guidelines were given concerning the use of .net vs .com in logo advertisments.

    The guidlines provided for only two things, On the use of .net url logos (.com is not allowed) You must a) have a statement indicating that it is an “educational site” and b) Not link to the .com site.

    hmmm, How many people simply type the URL into a search engine? How many people simply type .com to begin with? It sure seems like the DOJ is giving their tacit approval of poker…until now.

  3. Chris Masse said:

    Well, now we know the DOJ is watching.

    http://the-ts-maven.blogspot.com/2007/01/well-now-we-know-doj-is-watching.html

    For your information, each time that the anti-Internet gambling law (or related) is in the news, the DOJ (and sometimes the Treasury) ends up on Midas Oracle .ORG.

    They probably monitor the Blogosphere with some keywords (”Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act”, “BetOnSports”, “BoDog”, “BetCris”, etc.).

  4. Daniel Horowitz said:

    Yes, in 2003 the DOJ said that online gambling was illegal…but they didn’t take any action other than pressuring paypal/CCbanks to stop accepting related transactions.

    Things are remarkably quiet (Their sporadic arrests clearly target owners of sportsbooks which also take bets over the phone.) given the rise in online gambling until 2006 when I believe (source/link missing) DOJ approved guidelines were given concerning the use of .net vs .com in logo advertisments.

    The guidlines provided for only two things, On the use of .net url logos (.com is not allowed) You must a) have a statement indicating that it is an “educational site” and b) Not link to the .com site.

    hmmm, How many people simply type the URL into a search engine? How many people simply type .com to begin with? It sure seems like the DOJ is giving their tacit approval of poker…until now.

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