Proponents of legalizing online gambling call prohibitions a sucker’s bet—sacrificing freedom to gain the moral high ground but little else. Opponents cite states’ rights and problem gambling, as well as a need to protect young citizens from vices. Should online betting be legal?
Read More . . .The Illinois Senate today approved a long-stalled, multibillion-dollar construction package that would be paid for by legalizing video gambling...
Read More . . .May 27, 2009 - Lawyers for the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) submitted their brief to the Kentucky State Supreme Court, opposing an attempt by Gov. Steven Beshear (D) to seize the rights to 141 Internet domain names.
Read More . . .Since the discussions began months ago, some here in Delaware thought the big, bad National Football League was going to blow the lid right off the state's attempt to introduce legalized sports betting by invoking the "integrity" of its port.
Read More . . .The Delaware Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on the pros and cons of the sports lottery law signed by Gov. Jack Markell last week.
Read More . . .The NFL and the two sides trying to shape the state's reactivated sports-betting system made it clear yesterday before Delaware's Supreme Court that the entire argument was balanced on a fine line - a betting line.
Read More . . .California has rejected emergency budget measures designed to fix the state's budget crisis, providing a major boost to a framework bill proposing to legalize intrastate online poker as early as next year...
Read More . . .During his transition to the White House, President Barack Obama asked Americans to send him their policy priorities, the makings of a Citizens Briefing Book for his new administration. Poker players flooded the Web site...
Read More . . .Live and online poker players in South Carolina have been jumping for joy at the news that Senate Bills 535 and 628 have cleared the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee. Both bills explicitly legalize social games of poker...
Read More . . .State Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) last week asked Gov. Jon S. Corzine to put his weight behind the campaign to lift a 1992 federal ban on sports wagering in most states.
Read More . . .Will it be a football pool-type lottery like the one that flopped in Delaware in 1976? Will bettors be allowed to wager on single sporting events, in casino-style luxury, as they can in Las Vegas? Or will they be restricted to parlays - single bets on two or more events?
Read More . . .Tim Brown, accused in federal court here of helping the bankrupt Betonsports online gambling site violate U.S. laws, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a racketeering charge.
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