It is apparent that Atlantic City's tourism industry continues to struggle in the early weeks of 2013. Not only did casino gross gaming revenue decline for the sixth straight year in 2012, Atlantic City is facing a growing mountain of competition from surrounding states.
Read More . . .The chief of industry trade body the Remote Gambling Association today told MPs the government's regulation and tax plans for egaming were "gambling with our future".
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.
Read More . . .Study bill considered by Senate committee to gauge the interest in regulating internet poker.
Read More . . .Legislators in the American state of Iowa are again set to take a look at legalising some forms of intra-state online gambling after three members of the Iowa Senate sponsored a study bill earlier this week.
Read More . . .In the United States, the governor for New Jersey, Chris Christie, has revealed that he has not yet made a decision on whether to sign proposed legislation into law that would permit residents of the eastern state to engage in online gambling.
Read More . . .A Tuesday evening appearance by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on a local "Ask the Governor" radio broadcast found the governor noncommittal toward an online-gambling bill currently on his desk.
Read More . . .The state's top Republican senators have asked Gov. Tom Corbett to make it clear that the Pennsylvania Lottery cannot compete with casinos through online gambling, and they warned that they may pursue legislation to cement that prohibition.
Read More . . .Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had promised Nevada's gambling industry a federal law to legalize Internet poker by the end of 2012, calling it the state's "most important issue" since the nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain was scuttled.
Read More . . .The Democratic lawmaker, arguably the state's leading supporter of the issue, told Card Player Monday that it's really up in the air on what Gov. Chris Christie will do with the bill that's currently in his hands. The proposal sped through the legislature last month, as Lesniak had predicted.
Read More . . .The tradition of Garden State residents making illegal Super Bowl bets through bookies, office pools and on the side with friends will continue this year, despite efforts to legalize sports betting in New Jersey.
Read More . . .Gross revenue from Pennsylvania's 11 casinos rose 4.4 percent last year to more than $3.1 billion, further cementing the state's status as the second-largest U.S. gambling market as the Atlantic City market saw another decline.
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