Poker Legislation News
There have been several major organizations that have filed briefs in the ongoing legal battle in Kentucky, each looking to impart its unique viewpoints on the court. Among them is the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, which submitted a 15 page brief outlining its opinion of the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names. Read more »
On Tuesday, PartyGaming founder Anurag Dikshit pled guilty to violating the Wire Act of 1961 in the Southern District Court of New York. Judge Jed Rakoff scheduled sentencing for December 16th, 2010, according to Bloomberg News. Dikshit posted a $50 million bond and will fork over $300 million in three installments to the United States Government. Read more »
Anurag Dikshit, the Co-Founder of PartyGaming, the parent company of popular online poker room PartyPoker, will fork over $300 million to U.S. authorities and plead guilty to a charge "relating to illegal web betting," according to a report published on the Financial Times website late Monday night. Read more »
Friday marked the resumption of the case involving the seizure and possible forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It pits the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in the state against some of the most popular online poker, online casino, and online Bingo websites. Read more »
In 2006, the UIGEA was passed into law in the United States. The law, while vague, ran several high-profile online poker rooms out of the market. Recently, Norway has followed suit, enacting its own version of the UIGEA. Clive Hawkswood, the Chief Executive of the Remote Gambling Association, explains the Norwegian law. Read more »
It's been nearly two months since Judge Thomas Wingate issued an order upholding the seizure and possible forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Court of Appeals in Louisville will take center stage on Friday, when the parties involved argue in front of a three judge panel. Read more »
Readers of three popular news periodicals will notice an ad this week dubbed "It's time for some straight talk." The campaign, which was sponsored by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the major lobbying group for the online poker industry, calls on Congressmen in Washington, D.C. to pass legislation regulating the online poker industry. Read more »
Last week, CBS News program "60 Minutes" ran a feature story outlining the cheating scandals that erupted on online poker rooms Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker. Jim Waters, Director of Communications for the Bluegrass Institute, sat down with Poker News Daily to discuss the episode. Read more »
On Sunday, CBS News program "60 Minutes" aired a feature story outlining the online poker scandals that occurred on Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. Keeping a watchful eye on the show was Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus, who hails from Alabama and is a staunch opponent of internet gambling. Read more »
Recently, Chicago Tribune sports columnist Steve Rosenbloom participated in a panel discussion in his newspaper. The question asked to four Tribune writers was, "What would you like an Obama presidency to mean for Chicago?" Rosenbloom's response was a repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which was unceremoniously passed in late 2006. Read more »
CBS News program "60 Minutes," which aired on Sunday night, claimed on multiple occasions that online poker was illegal in the United States. Near the top of the show, correspondent Steve Kroft narrated, "We should tell you that this $18 billion industry is illegal in the U.S." However, is that really the case? Read more »
The fight for poker around the world, in the minds of many, has boiled down to whether the game is ultimately based on skill or chance. Is luck the dominant factor in poker or is skill? In Texas, State Representative Jose Menendez has introduced House Bill 222, the Poker Gaming Act of 2009. Read more »
On December 12th, a three judge Appeals Court panel will convene in Louisville, Kentucky. Lawyers from the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) will be among those present. Joe Brennan, Chairman of iMEGA, sat down with Poker News Daily to talk about what we can expect in the landmark case. Read more »
The regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) were recently released and keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings was Keith Whyte, the Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG). Read more »
When the long-awaited regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) were released last week, many questioned what impact they would have on the industry, if any. Read more »
Poker News Daily has confirmed that the Kentucky Court of Appeals has granted the request of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) to stay a ruling handed down by Judge Thomas Wingate last month. Oral arguments will now be heard in a Louisville courtroom on Friday, December 12th. Read more »
On Wednesday night, the regulations of the UIGEA were finalized. The new regulations will be implemented on January 19, 2009. Today, the PPA, which is the main lobbying group for the online poker industry, called on its members as well as concerned individuals around the country to act. Read more »
On Wednesday, the regulations of the UIGEA were finalized as part of so-called midnight rule-making by the Bush Administration and will be implemented on January 19, 2009, one day before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Read more »
A last-minute attempt by the Bush Administration to push through the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has prompted the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the online poker industry's chief lobbying group, to mobilize its members. Read more »
After an article was published by the Dow Jones Newswire, word spread like wildfire through the online poker world that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had received the final regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) on October 21st. Read more »
Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass) is one of the biggest allies of the online poker world. He's introduced several pieces of legislation favorable to the industry, including HR 2046. Frank, along with every other member of the United States House of Representatives, was up for re-election on Tuesday night. Read more »
On September 29th, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) filed an appeal with the Third Circuit Court in a case to declare the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) unconstitutional. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed its response with the Court. Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that the three judge Appeals Court panel in the case involving the seizure and forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names will convene for the first time on November 18th, according to Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) attorneys. Read more »
Professor I. Nelson Rose is one of the leading legal minds in the internet gambling industry. He has over 1,000 published works and has testified in gambling-related cases around the United States and around the world. He gave Poker News Daily his thoughts on the events unfolding in Kentucky. Read more »
Rather than waiting for an appeal in the Kentucky case involving the forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) fired back. The organization filed a writ of mandamus on Wednesday, which essentially asks the State's Court of Appeals to step in and overturn Judge Thomas Wingate's ruling. Read more »
