New Jersey's appeal of the federal court ruling preventing it from offering single-game sports betting to state residents appears to have placed on the fast-track.
Read More . . .Two years to the day that the Black Friday indictments were filed against Full Tilt Poker (FTP), PokerStars and Absolute Poker, former FTP CEO Ray Bitar pled guilty on Monday to one charge each of wire fraud and violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
Read More . . .Private equity groups could soon place large bets at Nevada sports books and pump millions of dollars into the legal sports betting trough under a bill advanced Friday by a state Senate committee.
Read More . . .David Stern, commissioner of the National Basketball Association, has figured out why the state where he attended high school (Teaneck) and college (Rutgers) is fighting in federal court for the right to license and regulate betting on sports contests.
Read More . . .Thirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in illegal bets
Read More . . .The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has urged Nevada to consider gaming compacts with jurisdictions beyond the US by amending its current online gaming legislation.
Read More . . .Gambling expansion bill fails to gain approval in final Senate vote.
Read More . . .A bill before Nevada lawmakers would let private investment groups place sports wagers and allow the state to reap millions of dollars in untapped revenue.
Read More . . .The onetime chief executive of defunct online-poker website Full Tilt Poker has reached a deal to plead guilty to criminal charges as he awaits a heart transplant in California.
Read More . . .While Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada have had no qualms declaring their support for the development of online gambling industries, other states remain quite undecided.
Read More . . .Legislators in Florida have passed a proposed measure that would ban all gaming at Internet cafes with Republican Governor Rick Scott subsequently announcing that he intends to sign the prohibition into law.
Read More . . .Officials are at work building a system that would allow online betting through the state's casinos, but for nearly a decade it's been legal in New Jersey to log onto a computer or pick up the telephone and place a bet on a horse.
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