Online gambling and the PA budget, not meant to be? Online gambling was being floated as one of many potential funding mechanisms for Pennsylvania's yet-to-be-passed 2016 budget
Read More . . .Pennsylvania State Rep. John Payne, the new chairman of the House Gaming Oversight Committee, is taking an activist approach to helping the casino industry stay competitive.
Read More . . .A hearing on the Sheldon Adelson backed "Restoration of America's Wire Act" showed most politicians displeasure with the bill and the reasons that it was introduced.
Read More . . .Let's be clear: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) doesn't care about facts. So it's no surprise that the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who also happens to be one of Sheldon Adelson's best friends, opened a hearing titled "A Casino in Every Smartphone – Law Enforcement Implications" with a slew of misinformation and fearmongering.
Read More . . .Proposed federal legislation that would outlaw online gambling in New Jersey and the two other states that allow it got a second hearing Wednesday.
Read More . . .Members of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard on Wednesday both opponents and supporters of the proposed Restoration of America's Wire Act, a bill that would prohibit the provision of online gambling services across the United States, if approved.
Read More . . .Pennsylvania could be standing on the brink of legal online gambling, at least if the state's House gets its way. Two budget plans have emerged as the state legislature seeks a speedy end to its five-month-long budget impasse, one of which, proposed by the House, would legalize online gambling as soon as possible.
Read More . . .New York assemblyman Dean Murray has introduced a new bill in an effort to change federal law and state constitution regarding daily fantasy sports
Read More . . .The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified 224 years ago — almost to the day — to ensure that the rights of the people would be protected from a government in Washington, D.C., eager to impose its will on them. Unless a power is specifically delegated to the federal government under the Constitution, it is "reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Read More . . .Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson may be Jewish, but Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) just gave him an early Christmas present all the same.
Read More . . .Massachusetts casinos, including Plainridge Park Casino, would be able to expand into online gambling under a bill filed by the Republican leader in the Senate.The bill, filed by Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, would allow only casinos licensed in the state to engage in Internet gambling.
Read More . . .The much-anticipated legal hearing in New York over DraftKings and FanDuel ended without a ruling.
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