Poker Legislation

An effort between some California card rooms and the Morongo band of Mission Indians in Southern California to regulate online poker in the Sunshine State has been put on the backburner. Read more »

In what is a startling change from previous decisions that have been handed down by their judiciary, the European Union's Court of Justice ruled against online gaming operator bwin in a suit the organization had brought before the Court. Read more »

Last week Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley told members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) that she would be rejecting their bid to include an online poker initiative on Massachusetts ballots in 2010. Citing a failure to meet the legal requirements to make it onto the ballot, Coakley's decision is the latest setback for the PPA and other lobbying groups trying to expand gambling in Massachusetts. Read more »

The story of the week in the internet gambling industry has been the constitutional challenge to the UIGEA brought on by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA). Internet gambling law expert I. Nelson Rose comments on the ruling, which was passed down by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Read more »

Twenty-four hours ago, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) came up short in its bid to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). In the process, internet gambling may now become an industry governed by state law. Read more »

Earlier this month, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced S 1597, the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The bill includes provisions to address problem gambling. Read more »

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, online poker funds seized by the Southern District of New York belonging to Account Services will remain under guard for what the newspaper claimed "could be years." Read more »

Recently in California, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians presented a bill calling for the legalization of online poker in the state, according to the Capitol Weekly news publication. Poker News Daily sat down with Poker Voters of America Director Melanie Brenner to get the organization's reaction. Read more »

A hearing scheduled for Friday to address Account Services' motion for the return of property, namely $14 million seized by the Southern District of New York, has been cancelled. The future of the case is now in jeopardy. Read more »

Judge Laura Swain handed down a ruling in the Costigan Media online poker case on Tuesday, although its contents had not yet been released. Her decision may have been influenced by the indictment of Douglas Rennick by the Southern District of New York. Read more »

Douglas Rennick, who worked with the internet gaming payment processors KJB Financial Corporation, Account Services, My ATM Online, Alenis Limited, and Check Payment Financial, has been indicted on bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling charges. Read more »

When it comes to laws regarding Internet gaming and poker, there has never been an attempt to prosecute any violators. Even the state of Washington, with the most draconian laws there are, has yet to arrest, try and convict someone of what the state considers a felony equal to that of child molesting – even though many have tried to get arrested. Read more »

Coming out of National Poker Week, an effort orchestrated by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) to legalize and regulate the online game in the United States, many wondered what the future of the industry would be once the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) are fully enforced in December. Read more »

The motion by Costigan Media to unseal the warrants and affidavits associated with the seizure of over $30 million in online poker funds may be ruled on next week. Lawyers for the parent company of Gambling911 and the U.S. Government took to a New York courtroom on Monday. Read more »

A hearing involving the seizure of $14 million in online poker players' funds from payment processor Account Services will take place on Friday, August 21st at 1:30pm. The location: the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Read more »

National Poker Week attracted 33 State Directors from the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) plus a throng of the game's elite to Washington, DC. In the end, over 100 meetings were held on Capitol Hill. Poker News Daily was on-hand for the festivities and reviews several of the surprises of National Poker Week. Read more »