Last week New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced he would defy a federal ban on sports gambling. He intends to allow bets to be places on sporting events at casinos and other gambling areas. Many feel sports gambling should be legalized and that it would generate revenue for the government.
Read More . . .A bill in Delaware that would legalize online poker and expand other forms of gambling in the state has been voted out of committee and sent to a House vote, The Associated Press reported on Friday.
Read More . . .Casino operators lobby hard for legalization by the state Co-sponsors of a state legalization bill hope it could raise hundreds of millions for the budget-battered state.
Read More . . .Ever since a report commissioned by Gov. Chris Christie on gambling in New Jersey was released in 2010, the message on the administration’s commitment to Atlantic City was clear: All in.
Read More . . .Not long after its lottery went online, the state of Illinois is looking at other types of Internet gaming, including poker.
Read More . . .Internet poker in the state of New Jersey has suffered another setback, according to a report in Philly.com, which suggests that State Governor Chris Christie may delay his approval of a bill to legalize the activity.
Read More . . .An Assembly committee on Thursday approved a bill that could make New Jersey the first state to allow residents to bet on internet versions of casino games such as poker and roulette.
Read More . . .I warned you here two months ago that “budget season� would dominate Trenton statehouse politics for quite some time, at the expense of almost everything else – including efforts to legalize online gaming in New Jersey.
Read More . . .The 13-member California Senate Governmental Organization Committee unanimously approved proposed legislation last week that could see the western state offer residents intra-state sportsbetting.
Read More . . .A prominent group of California tribes with casinos has announced its opposition to the current version of state Senate legislation that would legalize online poker.
Read More . . .The state of Utah has been clear about its stance regarding online gambling, it has always been against it.
Read More . . .Starting Monday, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division say they will begin enforcing the state’s gaming device statute.
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