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January (cont'd)

Another bit of news that benefited the online gambling sector came when the U.S. confirmed that it had lost its ongoing internet betting dispute with Antigua and Barbuda.

While most online gambling sites were running for the hills, PokerStars announced that it would continue to cater to the American market.

Reports indicated that the EU was considering challenging the U.S. and its UIGEA legislation on the grounds that it was a “restrictive practice”.

February

It was a good year for Peyton Manning. He not only got a much needed playoff win against the New England Patriots in the AFC championship but he won the Super Bowl against the Chicago Bears. Manning’s Indianapolis Colts were favored by a TD and covered with a final score of 29-17.

With the NBA All-Star game set for Vegas in mid-February rumors began to surface that a pro-hoops franchise was headed to Sin City.

Ladbrokes was rumored to be interested in running one of the UK’s new Supercasinos.

The Poker Players Alliance enlisted the aid of former Senator Alfonse D'Amato to lobby on behalf of the industry. Finally, a politician pro-online gambling.

Late-February saw rumors of a possible repeal of the UIGEA by House Financial Services Committee chair Barney Frank.

It wouldn’t be the last time the Democrat’s name would make headlines.

The World Series of Poker announced that satellite tournament winners would no longer be allowed to wear t-shirts bearing the name of online sites and that a WSOP tournament was headed for Europe.

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