• Frank Stronach will never allow a Horse Racing Exchange in California1

      Up until June it appeared that exchange wagering on horse racing in California was a sure thing. Two years ago The California Horse Racing Board gave its okay for TVG (owned by Betfair) to offer the product and the only hurdle that TVG had to pass was the approval by other horsemen and a

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  • Cheers and Jeers for Online gaming in 201039

    It’s the time of year that everyone gets to recap their little corner of the world for previous year. There are articles on the Best and Worst of on almost every topic under the sun. But in the gambling world the big story was really the ongoing stories of the past several years and New

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  • Internet Poker in California is Far from Dead5

    SB 1485, the California Online Poker Law Enforcement Compliance and Consumer Protection Act, did die in committee this past week and most pundits are reporting its death as a serious blow to Internet poker in California. But, the reality is that though the bill might be dead, it is far from 6 feet under. The

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  • The Poker Gold Rush is On in California3

    The California State Governmental Organization Committee took serious first steps yesterday towards permitting state residents to use computers to legally wager on intrastate Internet poker. There is no active bill currently in the California Legislature, yet this informational hearing brought in players from around the globe. And, I don’t mean poker players. There were experts

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  • State Gambling on the Move5

    This week we added an update box on the OSGA homepage so that visitors could see the movement on ANY of the Internet gambling legislation currently introduced in the House of Representatives. This area is updated as each new co-sponsor of one of these bills is added. However, this is only for Federal bills. In

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