A Reality Check For Fantasy Sports – Fantasy Football (In)Fidelity

SUPREME COURT OF FANTASY JUDGMENT Cameron Pettigrew, et al. v. Fidelity Investments, Inc. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROMTHE FANTASY SPORTS INDUSTRY Decided December 26, 2009 Cite as 1 F.J. 10 (2009) Factual Background Cameron Pettigrew, a relationship manager in the Private Client Group at Fidelity Investment’s (“Fidelity”) Westlake, Texas office, was a self-proclaimed [...]

Aussie Poker is Overtaking Other Casino Games in Popularity

Poker is Australia’s national past time, and it has a huge popularity around the world. Any poker talk that does not associate to Australia would mean disrespect for millions of people who play regular casino whether in brick and mortar or online casinos. Ever since gambling was nationalized in the state of NSW, poker has [...]

Casino: Rodrigues’ Palace of Tears

When Pâ??tit Monaco Casino opened its doors recently, Rodrigues got its first taste of legalized gambling â?? compliments of the government. According to its owner, (Lexpress Rod Sept 12) the casino which employs ten Rodriguans has since attracted loads of punters (mostly tourists) to the green felt, fuelled a mini-boom for the precinctâ??s traders, and [...]

How a Gambling Addiction Treatment Center can Help

Gambling addiction is not something that people relate to because it just seems like it is nothing harmful. Some think that it is only an activity to pass the time or have some kind of way to be entertained. They don’t see it as a painful process in the long run. They don’t see the [...]

Efforts On To Legalize Online Gambling Again In Usa

The lobbying efforts to get Online Poker legalized in the country are only getting stronger. Poker lobbyists are backed by the multi-million dollar offshore gambling companies which are based in Antigua, Malta and other foreign sanctuaries. The lobbying efforts have been successful to some extent with the Obama administration agreeing to delay the implementation of [...]

Money Laundering in relation to KYC norms

MONEY LAUNDERING IN RELATION TO KYC Money laundering, in a layman’s term means to clean dirty money. Literally it means concealing or disguising illicit income in order to make it appear legitimate. According to Black’s  Lexicon, the term Laundering is referred to describe investment or other transfer of money flowing from racketeering, drug transactions and [...]

Gambling With Care or Be Aware

The past time known as gambling has been around for centuries with historical records dating all the way back to 2300 B.C. Gambling, loosely defined is making a wager or bet on a undetermined outcome. A person could make a wager with another on whether or not it will rain the next day. In this [...]

Online Gambling The Scammers

When gambling online, select the casino site carefully to avoid being scammed. Review the site wisely. Don’t just give your credit card number to the first site you find in the net. Take the time to ask yourself these questions: *Is the site authentic? Look if it is government licensed. If not, go locate [...]

Cyber Crimes

CYBER CRIMES         INTRODUCTION:    With the day to day evolution of human mind , the modes of committing crime are also drastically changing . Criminals are getting smarter day by day and are applying there minds in this context to commit crime and escape [...]

U.S. Gambling Statistics Show Online Gambling Fun for Some, Dangerous for Others!

In the United States, gambling statistics show that live and online gambling has generated as much as $91 billion per year (as of 2006). The industry is responsible for billions more in related tourist income as well as the economic benefit of hundreds of thousands of jobs. In some states, gambling through lotteries is even [...]

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