Last Friday, the US Department of Justice unveiled a 52-page (52? LOL) indictment against three of the biggest online poker companies providing service for Americans – PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker – and alleged that they were guilty of money laundering, along with wire and bank fraud. More »
Even if you don’t play online poker, you’ve undoubtedly seen ads for Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker, three of the bigger online gambling sites around. Guess what? They’ve all been charged with tricking banks into processing illegal gambling dollars. [Reuters]
Nick Xenophon, independent senator in South Australia, has opened up a new front in his war on pokie machines to include arcade games that offer prizes. Such games supposedly teach kids that gambling is a normal activity and condition them to pokies venues and gameplay. More »
Now that road safety laws have tightened up since the ’70s when Fear and Loathing was published, you’ll need to look at alternative transport for your LA-to-Las-Vegas trip if you want to play Hunter S. Thompson while under the influence. More »
UK bookies Paddy Power doesn’t have much faith in the state of console gaming. After the PS3′s spectacular shitstorm of a failure this week, they’re putting odds of 11/8 on it happening again. The Xbox 360 meanwhile has 7/4 odds. More »
