Poker Legislation News
While people around the world expressed their love for one another on Valentine’s Day, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal sent a hate letter to online poker players in the United States. The Republican governor penned a guest column for the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report last week, coming out strongly against internet gambling and vowing to… Read more »
In the battle regarding online poker and casino gaming, the targets of legislation have traditionally been the companies and organizations that provide the outlet. The UIGEA of 2006 targeted the banks and the Wire Act of 1961 targeted the operators (the state of Washington was one of the few exceptions in making playing online poker… Read more »
Although he may be considered Public Enemy #1 to most in the poker community, Las Vegas Sands Corporation chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson is now also looking to use his money in the U. S. gaming industry. Adelson, ranked in 2013 by Forbes Magazine as the fifteenth wealthiest person in the world and… Read more »
Just days after online poker got a new enemy, allies of the game have a new weapon to fight back. MGM International and what politico.com calls “other Washington powerhouses” launched the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection (CCOP) Wednesday, a group stands in opposition to a ban on internet gambling. Though Nevada, New Jersey, and… Read more »
Sheldon Adelson really, really hates online gambling. I mean, it is getting to the point where I can’t help but admire his total commitment to the hate. Most people who are opposed to something are at least willing to let the other side speak, to at least consider for even the briefest of moments, the… Read more »
As you are reading this, Americans are free to play online poker in three states. Though no bills legalizing and regulating online poker have made it all the way through Congress, support on Capitol Hill is growing every year. Opponents of online poker are scared, so scared that they are back on the offensive. The… Read more »
New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak has re-introduced a bill that, if passed, would bring more players to the state’s online poker rooms. His bill, S980, allows for New Jersey’s online gaming sites to accept customers from both other states and other countries; to this point, only those within New Jersey’s borders have been able… Read more »
After 2013 saw three states – Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey – enact laws for regulating an intrastate online gaming platform in some format, it was thought that 2014 might be a bellwether for others to join the party. Just a couple of weeks into the New Year, however, those hopes are being quickly dashed.… Read more »
On Saturday, Marco “AgentMarco” Valerio, one of the preeminent reporters in the poker industry, posted on his site the draft of an anti-online gaming bill that is supposedly strongly backed by Las Vegas Sands CEO and staunch opponent of online poker, Sheldon Adelson. The bill, designed to be introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives,… Read more »
After more than two years of argument over the issue of the state’s charitable poker room industry, Michigan regulators have reached a compromise that, pending approval, would allow the industry to continue in the state. Those regulations, however, have some charity poker rooms pondering whether they will be able to stay in business. According to… Read more »
As we prepare to turn the calendar from 2013 to 2014, it’s time to look back at the past year. Poker and politics were a combination that made headlines throughout the entirety of the year, for both good and bad, as the United States – and individual state governments – struggled with the issue of… Read more »
The United States House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing yesterday to discuss HB 2666, the Poker Freedom Act, introduced by staunch poker supporter Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX). As it turned out, there was not much discussion of the actual bill, but rather general questions and answers about the safety of internet gambling. The… Read more »
The first salvo in the federal online gaming regulation wars will be fired on Tuesday when a House subcommittee meets to discuss the subject in Washington, D. C. On Tuesday, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade will hold a hearing at 12:30PM (Eastern Time) at the Rayburn House Office Building in the nation’s… Read more »
As reported here on Poker News Daily, Las Vegas Sands Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson has all but declared war on the drive for federal online regulation of the online gaming and poker industry in the United States. Through the creation of his advocacy and lobbying group, the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, Adelson is… Read more »
With the switch barely flipped on their intrastate online gaming operations, the state of New Jersey is now looking to become a portal for international gaming outlets to house their businesses. One of the longtime proponents of online gaming (not only in the state but also nationwide), New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak, announced yesterday… Read more »
In what has been a nearly two year battle between state regulators and operators, a second hearing on new proposed regulations for the Michigan charitable poker industry is set for Friday. The Michigan Gaming Control Board will hold a public hearing on the changes to current regulations in the state regarding charitable poker from 9AM-11AM… Read more »
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is gearing up for a war on online gambling. According to an article this weekend in the Washington Post, the 80-year old baron of blackjack will soon embark on a public campaign to try to turn public officials and voters alike against internet gaming. The first step: launch the Coalition… Read more »
In September, Garden City Group (GCG), the U.S. Department of Justice-appointed claims administrator for U.S. Full Tilt Poker customer funds, issued a list of people who were to be excluded from the remission process. It relaxed one of the restrictions in October and now this month, according to Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Vice President of… Read more »
With the launch of New Jersey intrastate online gaming just three weeks away, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has published a list of ancillary companies and related vendors that have been given the go head to enter into agreements with internet gaming licensees. The document, published November 1st, lists 54 companies that… Read more »
In a study commissioned by the anti-online gaming and poker crusader Sheldon Adelson, a research group has found that, while many people are not opposed to live gaming, they have objections to the online version of the same activity. In a memo dated October 9, The Tarrance Group and its founding partner, Dave Sackett –… Read more »
In a recent interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero, Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas briefly discussed the PPA’s stance on the “poker as a skill game” argument. Most notably, Pappas said it really was not a factor in his discussions on Capitol Hill. The interview was framed around last year’s United States of… Read more »
As of 3:00pm ET on Wednesday, September 18th, Garden City Group (GCG), the U.S. Department of Justice-appointed claims administrator for the return of Full Tilt Poker funds to U.S. players, has launched the Full Tilt Poker Claim Filing Site. Former U.S. customers of the poker room can now officially file their petitions to be reimbursed… Read more »
The week that former Full Tilt Poker customers in the United States have been eagerly awaiting has arrived. The remissions process has begun. Beginning today, Garden City Group (GCG), chosen by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to be the Full Tilt Poker Claims Administrator, has started sending e-mails to… Read more »
The contents of an e-mail from Full Tilt Poker claims administrator Garden City Group (GCG) were divulged to the poker community Tuesday, stirring up suspicions that the United States government will be none too generous when it comes to reimbursing former American customers of the online poker site. The e-mail was posted on Two Plus… Read more »
Earlier this month, we reported that California politicians believed that the potential for legalization and regulation of online poker in the state was “dead” for 2013. That suspicion has now come to pass. According to a tweet by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), nothing will happen with any online poker bills this legislative session, which… Read more »
