A judge in California has ruled that two casinos who claim that a Daly City couple bounced a series of cheques worth US$43,000 to cover gambling debts cannot use California’s courts to collect the money.

Professor Joseph Kelly looks at the history of the prosecution of Internet gaming operators in the United States to analyse where the online industry stands in the wake of the UIGEA.

Europe and Germany are eagerly awaiting the ECJ judgments relating to eight referred gambling cases, in the hope that some clarity will be provided on the legal status of the country's monopolistic, state-based, and often prohibitory approach to gambling regulation.

Intellectual property law, combined with a willingness to continue accepting bets from US customers proved to be a toxic cocktail for Bodog, which was forced to surrender its domain name in August. GamblingCompliance examines the case and asks whether patent issues now represent a challenge to the online gambling industry or whether a patent litigator’s bark is worse than their bite?

After years of consistent growth, Washington's gaming market showed signs of susceptibility to the recession's grip, although the state's tribal gaming sector generated modest gains. Meanwhile, Washington's prohibitive internet gambling law is set to be tested by the state's Supreme Court later this year.

America’s mid-sized banks face a doubling of their compliance costs as a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, according to experts from the financial services industry who testified yesterday in Washington at a Congressional hearing. The 2006 UIGE Act may impose new responsibilities even greater than those of the Bank Secrecy Act, and may still not prove to be effective, according to witnesses.

A recent federal court decision in New Jersey threw out a claim for funds recovery based on the losses of players who participated in fantasy sports competitions. It was an emphatic result that clarified the legal status of fantasy sports but raised interesting questions over whether similar arguments might fare better in other circumstances.

Amidst global economic turmoil, one cannot look at the future of gaming in Singapore without consideration of the two multi billion dollar integrated resorts that are due to commence operation in the near future.

While discussions on the federal internet gambling proposals are under way, several states are also currently looking to legalize internet gambling at a state level. In the meantime, a six month delay in the implementation of the UIGEA regulations has been announced by the US Treasury.

Throughout the world, compulsive gamblers, except in Canada and certain European countries, have generally been unsuccessful in recovering monies lost as a result of returning to casino gambling after signing a self-exclusion form.