http://www.maritimepokerclub.com Maritime Poker Club en-us http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=625 In 1973 Paul Newman and Robert Redford carried out a great horse-racing betting scam in a movie called "The Sting." The plot of the movie was based on the fact that there is a 3 hour time difference between the east and west coasts of America. The con-men used this to send information by wire, which enables bettors at the other end to place bets on races that have already been run and thus win huge amounts of money. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=624 Building three casinos in Massachusetts would allow the state to recapture up to $700 million of the $1.1 billion the state's gamblers are currently spending in Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to a report released by the New Jersey-based Spectrum Gaming Group. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=623 A bill in the United States to commission a comprehensive, independent study into online gambling will not come up for discussion before next month, at the earliest, after being put on the backburner along with various other pieces of legislation. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=622 A United States Congressman has introduced a bill designed to clarify the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which effectively banned Internet gambling by outlawing the transfer of funds from a financial institution to Internet gambling sites. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=621 As we have anticipated in the recent Weekly Edition, the South Africa National Gambling Amendment Bill was finally signed by the nation's president, Thabo Mbeki. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=620 The first betting shops in Spain's Basque Country look set to open in September, to coincide with the beginning of the European football season. The openings were originally supposed to take place in July. In spite of the slight delay, the plan to open betting shops seems to carry on. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=619 Port Irene, in the Cagayan province of the Philippines, under the jurisdiction of the Cagayan Export Zone (CEZ) is now setting its sights on fostering a new gambling business to overtake the current second-hand car business in place. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=618 The whole thing started on an online gambling message board, moved on to trans-continental phone calls, then daily emails and non-stop IP messaging. It all sounds pretty hi-tech and sophisticated, but in fact it was two people living thousands of miles apart with a common online gambling interest who made it a permanent arrangement this week when their marriage was announced. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=617 Joint academia forces between the University of Western Ontario and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, revealed the telling habits of online gamblers in a recent study. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=616 Two doubles specialists are the latest players to be banned under the Association of Tennis Professionals' new anti-corruption program.