Tag Archives: Louisiana

If the right to privacy protects a person’s right to engage in consensual anal sex in the privacy of one’s own home, then it certainly must also protect his right to gamble in the privacy of his own home.

Nicholas Jenkins explains how the folks at the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA), a Washington, DC-based trade association, are challenging the legality of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). And now, in Nicholas Jenkins’ own words, … Continue reading

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Three Seattle-based Betcha.com employees are booked on gambling charges in Louisiana, USA.

They are: – Nicholas Jenkins: – Josie Imlay: – Peter Abrahamsen: Photos published by KSLA (via Niall O’Connor). The three guys flew all the way from Seattle and turned themselves in to authorities at the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. They … Continue reading

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So, what has become Betcha’s Nick Jenkins?

Nick Jenkins: Last month, after fairly regular updates to this Nick Knacks blog, I pulled it altogether. My blogging was getting me into more trouble than any alleged gambling I was supposedly encouraging. I was thrown in jail on $50,000 … Continue reading

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Meet again Nick Jenkins of Betcha.com.

Photo Credit: Gilbert W. Arias / P-I Betcha.com Previously: Betcha’s Continuing Legal Struggles, Updated The article discloses that “Louisiana authorities became involved in the prosecution after a state trooper there placed a small bet as part of a joint investigation … Continue reading

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Betcha’s Continuing Legal Struggles, Updated

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer provides an update on Betcha.com’s legal problems in the states of Washington and Louisiana: A local betting Web site entrepreneur faces possible extradition to Louisiana after authorities there charged the Seattle man with running an illegal gambling … Continue reading

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Betcha’s Continuing Legal Struggles

You can keep up with the news about Betcha, the Seattle-based betting platform suffering the continued attentions of the Washington State Gambling Commission through the Betcha blog. Founder Nicolas Jenkins has the latest update: Now We Know Why That Search … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, and their Wikipedia entries.

— Hollywood Stock Exchange entry at Wikipedia: The Hollywood Stock Exchange, or HSX, is a web-based, multiplayer game in which players use simulated money to buy and sell “shares” of actors, directors, upcoming films, and film-related options. [...] HSX is … Continue reading

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HSX co-founder Max Keiser on a quest to reinvent economics

From the promotional documentation of Kinooga CEO Max Keiser: Max Keiser launched his career working as a registered securities brokers for some of the largest and most prestigious financial houses in the world, including Shearson Lehman, Alex Brown & Sons … Continue reading

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Summary of the Tradesports DEMS.HOUSE.OVER29.5 issue, and the TS “credibility gap”

In the past weeks, there was something of a dust-up over TS’ handling of the DEMS.HOUSE.OVER29.5 contract. According to all American media, the Democrats needed 15 new House seats to gain control of the House of Representatives. And, indeed, in … Continue reading

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