Monday, January 20, 2025

SPL!NG Movie Review: Runner Runner

Runner Runner is a slick crime thriller that immerses itself in the world of online gaming, corrupt casinos and underhanded entrepreneurship. Brad Furman, director of The Take and The Lincoln Lawyer, has crafted a high stakes cat-and-mouse game that meshes the flash of Las Vegas with the grit of Costa Rica.

US Government Cracking Down On Online Gambling Sites

Five years after their last big push against online gambling, which resulted in PartyGamings jump to German servers, the US Department of Justice is again making inroads – last Friday taking over the URLs for PokerStars, Full Tilt, & Absolute Poker, and seeking US $3 billion in civil penalties.