Online poker could be back in play Illinois
- Feb 27, 2014
Industry advocates say the state could generate $200 million annually
Read More . . .Industry advocates say the state could generate $200 million annually
Read More . . .A U.S. senator from Nevada wants forms of online gambling, except poker, to be banned by the federal government. Such efforts face extremely long odds, however.
Read More . . .Online poker enthusiasts in Nevada soon will be able to play across state lines, after Gov. Brian Sandoval this morning signed a deal with Delaware to create the country's first, fully legal interstate Internet gaming partnership.
Read More . . .California Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer Sr., D-Los Angeles, introduced legislation Friday that could pave the way toward authorizing online poker in the state and permit Indian tribes with gambling rights to vie for the new licenses.
Read More . . .In its eternal quest to prove it has the longest stick in the yard, Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands has dropped the gauntlet on all other casino operators sniffing around Japan.
Read More . . .Poker players keeping tabs on the Lawrence DiCristina case were met with some bad news after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a DiCristina's appeal to overturn a US Court of Appeals ruling last August that convicted DiChristina of violating a federal anti-gambling law by running a for-profit poker club in the back room of a New York City warehouse under the federal Illegal Gambling Business Act (IGBA) of 1970.
Read More . . .Online poker players in Delaware may soon have a bigger pool of competitors to play against.
Read More . . .The main site is offline, the poker client has been inaccessible for 10 days and players have been unable to deposit or withdraw.
Read More . . .Nevada Senator Dean Heller is hopeful that new legislation will be introduced to outlaw all online gambling in the US, apart from online poker, within the next couple of months.
Read More . . .UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has vowed to link the amount its top executives earn to its targets on tackling problem gambling as part of an effort to ease fears over the risks posed by fixed odds betting terminals.
Read More . . .Bookmaker William Hill has announced the appointment of Juergen Reutter as its new online operations director.
Read More . . .The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a decision allowing the state to seize 132 gambling domain names and ruled that a trade association may represent the owners of the sites trying to fend off the state.
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