New Jersey state Sen. Raymond Lesniak recently announced his intention to run for governor in 2017, which would be a positive development for proponents of regulated and legalized online gambling in the United States.
Read More . . .Legalized U.S. sports betting, resisted by professional leagues since they won a federal ban nearly a quarter century ago, could begin spreading around the country if the state of New Jersey prevails in a pending federal court case.
Read More . . .A US investigation of a massive securities fraud scheme appears to have done collateral damage to some US-facing online casino sites.
Read More . . .Opponents of the Restoration of America's Wire Act (RAWA) cited the Tenth Amendment, givings states the authority to determine whether internet gambling is allowed, and assert that proponents are empowering big government.
Read More . . .The coalition trying to ban online gambling in New Jersey hired former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former U.S. House Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts in recent months as it stepped up its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill, new disclosures show.
Read More . . .Chances are, you don't know their faces and probably don't know their names, but in the world of poker, a couple of big stars are in town and they have a message.
Read More . . .Unable to sell their iGaming prohibition or craft an agreeable version of the Restoration of America's Wire Act, anti-online gambling advocates led by Sheldon Adelson are considering a new strategy at the federal level in an attempt to bring more lawmakers on board.
Read More . . .The next two to three generations do not prefer the current style of random, luck-driven gaming and the collective industry has been resigned to do something about it.
Read More . . .An effort to ban gambling on the Internet has picked up prominent supporters in Congress, although significant obstacles remain in the way of it becoming law.
Read More . . .US Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) has introduced the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015, a House bill similar to his 2013 version that seeks "to establish a program for the licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes."
Read More . . .US senator Lindsey Graham has introduced a new piece of legislation that aims to reintroduce a ban on legalised online gaming in the country.
Read More . . .California legislators held yet another hearing on Wednesday regarding proposals to legalize online poker, but the state's stubborn stakeholders failed to demonstrate any serious desire to resolve their differences.
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