Poker Legislation News
You would think that the state that lends its name to Texas Hold’em, the most popular poker variation going, would be extremely poker-friendly. Alas, it is not. Good luck finding a game. The only casino in the state is the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, located on the Rio Grande about a two and a half… Read more »
On Monday, the American Gaming Association (AGA), a lobbying organization for the commercial casino industry in the United States, filed a brief with both the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement, urging them to deny Rational Group’s application for an Interim Casino Authorization (ICA). Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars,… Read more »
After not considering the legislation in their previous congressional cycle, the Iowa General Assembly could once again take a look at passing legislation that would make the Hawkeye State another player in the online poker industry. According to reports from O. Kay Henderson of RadioIowa, an Iowa Senate subcommittee has passed the same identical bill… Read more »
New Jersey became the third state in the U.S. to legalize online gambling Tuesday, seeing a revised bill fly through votes in both houses of the legislature before being signed by Governor Chris Christie. While the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement technically has the power to decide whether or not poker will be one of… Read more »
As honest-to-goodness, legal online gaming in Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey continues to inch closer to a reality, some legislators are continuing to try to get internet poker legalized in California. The latest is State Senator Lou Correa, who introduced Senate Bill 678 on Friday. SB 678, formally named the Authorization and Regulation of Internet… Read more »
Potentially seeing that citizens of their own state weren’t going to be enough to persuade investment in the industry (and other potential issues), the Nevada Legislature and Governor Brian Sandoval rushed a measure through the Nevada General Assembly today that will allow licensees of the state’s online poker operation to enter into compacts with other… Read more »
As internet poker licensees scramble to try to become the first to open for business and offer intrastate online poker in the state of Nevada, there still may be changes to the law that could affect how wide of a net the operators can cast. We already told you about Assembly Bill 5, which aims… Read more »
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is a motto that Mississippi State Representative Bobby Moak (D – Bogue Chitto) will need to adopt if he wants to see intrastate online gambling legalized in his state. For the second time in a year, Rep. Moak had an internet gambling bill which he… Read more »
After what was an agonizing 45 day wait for its proponents, Governor Chris Christie of the state of New Jersey has conditionally vetoed legislation that would have made the state only the third in the U. S. to license and regulate online gaming and poker. In a press release this afternoon from the Governor’s Office… Read more »
There are no internet poker sites up and running in Nevada yet, but already state legislators might change the law that allows for intrastate online poker. Class is back in session in Carson City and soon, according to an Associated Press report on BusinessWeek.com, elected officials might expand the borders of our favorite internet game.… Read more »
If nothing else, you’ve got to give Hawaiian legislators points for effort. After seeing a similar bill fail last year, State Senators Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Gilbert Kahele, and Malama Solomon have introduced a new bill that would legalize gambling, including online poker. Hawaii is one of two states in the U.S. that has no… Read more »
In what may be an indicator of his action on a proposed online gaming and poker bill in his state, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey offered his opinions on the legislation on a New Jersey radio show on Tuesday night. During the “Ask The Governor” program on the radio station New Jersey 101.5 on… Read more »
Mississippi State Representative Bobby Moak (D – Bogue Chitto) re-introduced an online gaming bill to the state legislature last week, taking another shot at making intrastate online gambling legal in Mississippi after having a similar effort shot down last year. House Bill 254 aims to establish a regulatory framework for online gambling, including online poker,… Read more »
In what might be a potential signal to the United States as it battles with the question of regulated online poker, the French regulatory agency in charge of administering the country’s system admitted recently that there may be a need for relaxing their rules on their country online poker industry to allow for the international… Read more »
The state of Germany’s online gambling industry is a mess, to put it lightly. The German state, or Land, of Schleswig-Holstein has announced that it intends to join the other 15 states in the State Treaty on Online Gaming. In doing so, it would end its de facto rebellion as the only German state to… Read more »
Texas Hold’em may be the most popular variant of poker nowadays, but the state that the game is named after may make the online version of it illegal this year. HB 292, authored by State Senator Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin), would set up a licensing and regulatory structure for live poker in the state and live… Read more »
After failing to pass legislation this year that would have brought the state into the online poker arena, reports are coming from the head of Iowa’s gaming commission that the state is ready to take another look at passing the legislation. The chairman of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, Jeff Lamberti, was interviewed by… Read more »
The German state, or Land, of Schleswig-Holstein issued its first online gambling licenses last week, allowing a dozen operators to offer casino games on the internet, including poker. The licensees include several familiar names as well as some that are not quite as well known: Ladbrokes, 888 Holdings, Betfair, bet365 (through subsidiary REEL Germany Limited),… Read more »
On Friday, the state of New Jersey once again took the step to become only the third state in the United State to enter into the online gaming market with the passage of legislation that now awaits Governor Chris Christie’s signature. The State Senate took up Senator Ray Lesniak’s proposal that would open up the… Read more »
This month has been a disappointing one for United States online poker players, as hopes of getting internet poker legalized and regulated on a federal level during the lame duck session disappeared. On the bright side (or not, depending on one’s perspective), individual state measures continue to push forward. One such measure is in New… Read more »
Late this afternoon, the official word came from the offices of Nevada Senator Harry Reid regarding the drive for federal online poker legislation: he’s pulling the plug. With only about one week left in the 112th session of the U. S. Congress (the new Congress will be seated on January 2), Senator Reid issued a… Read more »
The clock is ticking down for passage of federal online poker legislation – with a great deal of gloom over the subject – while individual states seem to be moving forward with their efforts outside of the federal action. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Steve Tetreault, the current status of online poker legislation in… Read more »
The online site MotleyFool.com is once again taking on the subject of online poker and its regulation by the federal government, this time taking a look at whether it will have an impact on the stalled “fiscal cliff” negotiations between Congress and the White House. Writer Travis Hoium opines about the subject in an article… Read more »
In a now six-year old case, the South Carolina Supreme Court determined by the slimmest margin that poker in the Palmetto State is illegal, even if it is in a private home. The five justices sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court – Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal and Associate Justices Costa Pleicones, Donald Beatty,… Read more »
As Senators Harry Reid (D – Nev.) and Jon Kyl (R – Ariz.) continue to work towards getting their online poker bill passed, a former Solicitor General of the United States has warned against its possible unconstitutionality. Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General under President George W. Bush from 2004 to 2008, penned a letter to… Read more »
