Online Poker Game of Skill A United States Federal judge ruled Tuesday that online poker is a game of skill, a ruling poker players and fans hope is a step towards the game eventually becoming completely legal in the country. The ruling was enthusiastically welcomed by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the grassroots poker advocacy [...]
Stock Market Tips Everyone Should Know About Money. It’s what drives people to achieve more, reach higher and fight for what they deserve. It fuels our society and yet, causes immeasurable heartache if you don’t have any. What does it take to get money? Investing is one avenue you can take to gain profits, but [...]
Offshore Accounts – The US loses $280 billion a year in taxes to them A new report released Sunday estimates that the United States Treasury loses $280 billion a year in tax revenue from wealthy Americans and companies keeping their money in off shore bank accounts in tax havens. The report estimated between $21 trillion and $32 trillion [...]
In its recent report, the French Senate inquiry committee into tax evasion has put forward a raft of proposals aimed at tackling the problem.Underlining the need for transparency, Eric Bocquet, rapporteur of the committee advocated that a high commission be set up dedicated specifically to addressing the issue and called for country-by-country accountability for each [...]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday February 16, 2012 – Eight years after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled in favour of Antigua & Barbuda in its Internet gambling dispute with the United States, the Caribbean island is gearing up for another fight. Antigua’s Finance and Economy Minister Harold Lovell announced on Tuesday (February 14), that the [...]
Through a self-directed IRA American clients can open the doors to greater investment choices. There are few limitations on the types of assets suitable for retirement plans. Investments such as gold, silver, offshore hedge funds, foreign currencies, private stock, and foreign real-estate are available through the use of a self-directed plan. These options are not [...]
U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co, which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland’s last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case. Negotiations in the case have reached a critical stage, with [...]
By Joe Palazzalo (Wall Street Journal Blogs) Ah, the holidays. If you’re a poker player, the Justice Department has given you a pretty nifty gift in the way of this little-noticed legal memorandum made public Friday. In a nutshell, the department’s Office of Legal Counsel has determined that the Federal Wire Act, the 1961 law [...]
The TSA is hitting the Tennessee interstate highways to search for terrorists under the auspices of the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program. According to Nashville NewsChannel5, the TSA personnel will be divided into “viper” teams. Personally, I think it’s a rather fitting name. Also – and this is just conjecture – I think [...]
Now is a good time to let your state representatives know that a federal hijack of the i-gaming industry should be blocked. States and state lotteries stand to be the big losers in this shameless bid to channel the benefits of Internet gambling to federal coffers and Big Casino interests. Giving a glimmer of hope [...]
