Brits Show Some Balls – Maybe

As recently reported, the DOJ has asked banks in the UK to turn over records pertaining to advising online gaming companies. Well it looks like those British chaps may have grown a pair of cajones and are recommending giving Uncle Sam the big old finger as it pertains to their request. Alan Duncan, Shadow Trade …

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Can You Hear Me Now? US Gaming Probe Rocks Top Banks

I’m not totally sure what to make of this other than it’s not good news. The Times Online (a respected paper in the UK) is reporting that many of the top banks have been issued subpoenas to turn over records relating to online gaming companies. According to the article, these subpoenas were drafted almost immediately …

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A Week of Payment Processor Chaos

Geeze, I’m not even sure where to start. Amy and I have chatted via email about the sky is/is-not falling posts. I don’t know if we actually came to any real agreement but I think we both appreciate the other’s views better now. I was drunk in a pub emailing from a Blackberry so Amy …

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Neteller Fallout Or Strange Timing

Mansion has announced that they’re going to continue their money-losing $100K a Day promotion through Feb. They’ve also announced that the time has been changed from 0300 GMT to 1800 GMT. For those of you who don’t do a lot of timezone calculations, they’ve basically given up trying to use this as a tool to …

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Sorry Amy, The Sky Is Falling

Amy writes a piece in Poker News which is exactly what I spoke of yesterday regarding those who tell you anything other than what I’m saying are seriously mistaken about how the money transfer business works. Since she’s a friend, I hope she’ll allow me the latitude to correct her writing in public 🙂 But …

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