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Yearly Archives: 2009
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The road to nowhere – European gambling law from Schindler to Bwin Liga and beyond.. An analysis of European Gambling Law by Niall OConnor
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“-The road to nowhere –- European gambling law from Schindler to Bwin Liga and beyond.”-. An analysis of European Gambling Law by Niall O’-Connor
The journey from the European Court of Justice’-s ruling in Schindler to its most recent ruling in Bwin Liga has been a long one, during which, many lawyers have enriched themselves. Little has actually been settled to date, and many fear that under the leadership of Michel Barnier, that that is unlikely to change.
Addendum:
The United States War against Online Gambling – An analysis of how the US sought and failed to stamp out Internet gambling.
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“-The United States’- War against Online Gambling”- –- An analysis of how the US sought and failed to stamp out internet gambling.
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What was said at the Barney Frank hearing
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Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative spokesman Michael Waxman responds to a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Internet gambling on December 3, 2009:
[H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, and H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Ac
Addendum:
Cantor Exchange
Barney Frank hearing on Internet betting and gambling in the United States Of America
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All went well. All witnesses were in favor of legalizing Internet gambling. Read the tidbits on http://twitter.com/midasoracle.
–- PR about the hearing coming from the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative:
[H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, and H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act]
Addendum:
Betting on Copenhagen
Emile Servan-Schreiber comments on a New York Times opinion piece:
The idea that betting could help us gain clarity on some controversial scientific questions has first been proposed by George Mason economics professor Robin Hanson in 1992 in a paper entitled “-Could Gambling Save Science”- and available online here: http://hanson.gmu.edu/gamble.html
The benefits of creating prediction markets about controversial climate-change issues in particular is further developed on Nate Silver’-s blog and in this presentation given at CalTech in 2004: http://us.newsfutures.com/home/environmentalFutures.html
Paul Hewitt on Rajiv Sethi on Nate Silver on Robin Hanson on climate change prediction markets
Tobin Tax = a tax on financial transactions
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Sounds like Jason Ruspini shouldn’-t lose sleep over it —-it won’-t happen:
Previously:
– Paul Krugman Tries to Foist Specious Argument in Tobin Tax Debate.

