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    • Internet Gambling Slowed by Credit Card, Online Locator Issues

    When Jim DeFrancesco tried to access New Jersey’s Internet gambling websites last week, the Ship Bottom resident was dismayed to find his credit card would not be accepted for deposits. Likewise, Al Flores was frustrated to find some online gambling websites could not verify his location in South River, Middlesex County, thus blocking him from […]

    New Jersey Goes All In, Online

    Internet gambling goes live in New Jersey on Tuesday. It’s the biggest expansion of the casino business in the state since the 1970s. For gamblers with addiction problems, the process of tapping a paycheck and maxing out a credit card has just become infinitely easier. . . . Defenders insist that the casinos will monitor online […]

    Sheldon Adelson Says He Is ‘Willing To Spend Whatever It Takes’ To Stop Online Gambling

    Sheldon Adelson, the nation’s 11th richest person and chief executive of casino company Las Vegas Sands LVS -0.29%, says he is determined to stop online gambling in America and he will go to great lengths to battle the corporate interests pushing for it.  “I am willing to spend whatever it takes,” Adelson said in his […]

    Daily Rundown: NJ starts test run for online gambling

    A Daily Rundown panel debates the Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s push to ban online betting.

    Internet Gambling is a Bad Bet: Our View

    In 2006 Congress passed, and President George W. Bush signed, legislation to stop the spread of Internet gambling. At the time, no one was sure whether a law could deter shady offshore operators. But by targeting the money flows and banks that facilitated these businesses, the law worked far better than most people imagined. Until […]

    New Jersey’s Dicey Launch of Internet Gambling

    New Jersey is about to initiate the largest gambling surge in the United States since 1978, the year it allowed casinos to open in Atlantic City. On Nov. 26, almost all of the state’s 9 million adult residents will be able to wager at virtual table games and digital slots – simply by using a desktop […]

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