Gambling News by Gambling Headquarters

WEB SECURITY FIRM ScanSafe has detected a 40 per cent increase in US-based requests for online gambling sites, even after legislation was passed by Georgey Bush with the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act." The act makes it illegal for US banks and brokers to transfer funds to and from web gambling sites. The firm delivered its findings in its Global Threat Report covering instant messaging, spyware and viruses. Vice president of product strategy at ScanSafe, Dan Nadir said that a drop in visits to gambling sites was expected following the new law. "However, we actually saw an increase in web requests from the US for online gambling sites," he said. Nadir added that a fair few of the web requests were related to betting on the October World Series, which could have been "compounded by gamblers looking to register with alternative providers before further regulations clarifying the Act are put into place."