Online Gambling News all over the world 22.7.2009

22.07.2009, Online Gambling USA Obama Must Speak Up / Online Gambling Championed by RGA / Bwin Online Gambling Stays with MotoGP

Online Gambling USA Obama Must Speak Up
By all accounts President Barack Obama has been doing a good job on the standing urgent issues facing the USA at this time in it's glorious history. The president has not however come out and said anything positive about the online gambling debate currently going on in the USA. To be fair the ambitious agenda set out before the new administration has been dealt with resolve and determination.

The economic crisis, health care reform, and the overseas problems in Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran, has consumed much of the President's energy. He has done a great deal for the image of America on the world stage in the past six months. Now it seems the time has come for his Democrats to stand up for the changes that Americans are demanding. Even right wing Republicans are committed to making America as free as possible and that includes internet freedom and the right of it's citizens to play poker. The President needs to make his voice heard, and his position understood, regarding online casinos and sports gambling in the USA so say many online gambling proponents. The recent petition by the Poker Players Alliance with over a million signatures bolsters that sentiment.

Obama campaigned for freedom of the Internet without censorship, of web activities. Obama is a known poker aficionado who follows the game. An interactive poll revealed that USA residents feel the right to play online poker should be a technological priority of this administration. It is obvious that there are rifts in the various state decisions to allow sportsbetting and online poker. The Federal government of the USA must act to protect American's from some lawmakers who are trying to keep poker playing citizens from seeing their winnings deposited in their bank accounts. Ten million members of the Poker Players Alliance is a small portion of the total number and this true silent majority is weary of organized religious radicals, hypocritical lobbyists and special interest groups having their way in a democratic USA. President Obama should at least make a verbal comment on the issue and tell his administration to move forward in an effort to make justice for Americans a reality.

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Online Gambling Championed by RGA
The Remote Gaming Association is in a position to make a difference in the world of online gambling. The RGA became operational on the 1st of August 2005 as a result of a merger between the Association of Remote Gambling Operators (ARGO) and the Interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association (IGGBA). The RGA represents the world's largest licensed, and stock market-listed remote gambling firms providing the industry with a single voice on all the issues of importance to regulators, legislators, and key decision makers around the world.

At this moment in time the World Trade Organisation and the US Trade Representative including the Trade Commissioner of the European Union are in negotiations giving a reason for the RGA to outline it's main objectives. The main focus is the RGA's complaint about discriminatory US enforcement against European online gambling operators which triggered a European Union investigation which found that the complaint was a well founded one.

Clive Hawkswood, Chief Executive Officer of the Remote Gaming Association, said, that compensation is not the issue, it's the immunity from prosecution that remains the main aim of the group's focus.

Mr. Hawkswood pointed out that, "The aim is to secure what the European Commission deems is a reliable undertaking that EU gambling interests won’t be pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice for activities which should have been under protection of WTO agreements. There’s no issue of compensation," Mr. Hawkswood went on to say, "The implication of the complaint is that, yes, the US should bring its gambling rules into compliance with global rules on foreign trade, but the main issue for the RGA and its members is securing this indemnity from prosecution. Then we can talk about the other issues." He added later, "Our complaint has interested many politicians who previously had no interest in gambling, and have said to us: ‘We are the champion of the WTO and global free trade, so if we don’t stand behind this, how can we expect any other countries to do so? "

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Bwin Online Gambling Stays with MotoGP
Bwin Interactive Entertainment has again made a smart move as to where to put it's advertizing dollars. Recently acquiring sponsorship rights for the Real Madrid Football Team placed Bwin front and centre as one of the most recognized companies in Europe. Dorna Sports has announced that Viennese listed Bwin Interactive Entertainment will extend it's sponsorship of the MotoGP World Championship through 2010.

Dorna Sports, established in 1988 is an international Sports Management and marketing company. Headquartered in Madrid, with offices in Barcelona, London and Tokyo. Bridgepoint Capital is the main shareholder. MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and Dorna’s star product. It is the oldest motorsport world championship in the world, with 59 years of history to its name, and the current premier class pits the world's best riders and manufacturers against each other.

Bwin’s partnership with the premiere motorcycle racing tour, which was introduced in 2004, will see the Bwin corporate logo featured across all 17 circuits with banners on the track, the pit lane and at the starting line. Prominent Bwin branding is to be included on the podium, in the press conference areas and television interview backdrops.

Paul Serracanta, Managing Director for Dorna Sports, said, "During the years of our partnership, Bwin has proven to be a significant and reliable partner for MotoGP with lots of drive and innovation," adding, "No question, Bwin provides MotoGP with extra horsepower."

Andrea Gaudenzi, Head Of International Sports Marketing for Bwin, said, "As we remain fully committed to the MotoGP World Championship, it is only natural for us to renew our partnership with Dorna Sports," adding, "MotoGP broadcasting reaches hundreds of millions of viewers throughout Europe and the world. It has become one of the most exciting sports events out there and fits perfectly with the Bwin brand.'

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