Gambling Laws and Massive Jackpots

The Weekly Edition, an OCR Live! production in which Kate brings you the headlines for the past week, which begins on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and crosses to Holland, where a proposed gambling bill has suffered a setback, and ends back in the US, where a woman sued six casinos for $20 million.

US Congress Hold Hearings on Gambling Ban
Statements made by practically all witnesses at the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology Subcommittee hearings at the US Congress on April 2, 2008 agree that the US gambling ban is ambiguous and difficult to implement.

You can read the Online Casino Reports editorial stand on the matter by following the link to this blog entry.

Holland Gambling Bill Setback
The upper house of parliament rejected the bill that would advance online gambling towards a regulated and open market.

Gambler Seeks Payoff of Her Life
A former lawyer is suing casinos she claims contributed to her reckless, days-long gambling binges - for 20 million dollars.