Jacktrade LLC, a defunct Las Vegas company, recently pleaded guilty to running an illegal offshore sportsbook. The case, which has been going on since 2006 (seriously?) is unrelated to the Mike Colbert/Cantor/Pinnacle bust.
Read More . . .The proposal to build mega-casinos in South Florida never made it to a final vote in the last session of the Florida Legislature. Now it looks like the issue may not be coming up again for at least another year.
Read More . . .The Iron Bowl attracts plenty of interest, and that includes the illegal kind.
Read More . . .Full Tilt's new owners PokerStars are likely smiling at the news that a former US solicitor general believes the 'bad actor' prohibitions contained in the online poker bill proposed by Senators Harry Reid and Jon Kyl may not stand up in court.
Read More . . .Senate leaders are less optimistic about moving online gambling legislation through Congress during the lame-duck session than they were just a few months ago.
Read More . . .Under the whip of political and economic pressures, the federal government and some states are racing toward legalizing online gambling and, on Tuesday, a key Connecticut legislator said the state should re-examine the matter when the General Assembly convenes in January.
Read More . . .The Treasurer and Receiver-General for the US state of Massachusetts, Steven Grossman, has joined with the National Governors Association (NGA) in opposing proposed federal legislation that could see some forms of online poker and off-track horserace wagering legalised.
Read More . . .The gambling industry needs a centralised self-exclusion mechanism to help safeguard the vulnerable against problem gambling
Read More . . .The California Online Poker Association, known as COPA, has disbanded. This move has taken place after this Californian poker organization was started just two years ago.
Read More . . .The first legal "real money" online poker site is just weeks away from launching the future of gaming.
Read More . . .On behalf of the nation's governors, we urge you again to involve the states collectively in the development of possible legislation to regulate Internet gaming.
Read More . . .In recent months we reported that Fertitta Interactive/Ultimate Gaming hoped to launch real money poker in Nevada by the end of the year with their offering of Ultimate poker if and when regulators approving pending manufacturer.
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