With billions of dollars at stake, the head of the gambling industry's main lobbying group sounded a pessimistic note Tuesday about the prospect of Congress passing Internet regulatory laws this year.
Read More . . .A push by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to legalize online poker in Congress's lame-duck session could run into a buzz-saw of opposition from state legislatures and governors.
Read More . . .The Maryland State Lottery is planning to allow Marylanders to buy traditional lottery games through their computers and smartphones.
Read More . . .The US state of Vermont will investigate the benefits of internet gambling and online casinos following the US justice department's decision to ease its long-standing opposition to the idea.
Read More . . .Opposition to the Reid-Kyl federal Internet poker bill that was leaked to the press about two weeks ago has recently been vocalized by several parties.
Read More . . .If the recent airing of the dirty laundry — including the trading of public insults between Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller — is any indication, the delicate effort to legalize online poker is mired in deep political quicksand.
Read More . . .Churchill Downs Inc. is asking a federal judge in Texas to keep account wagering services such as Churchill's TwinSpires.com open, arguing that a new state effort to block online gambling is unconstitutional.
Read More . . .Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was trying to brand fellow Nevada Sen. Dean Heller a failure earlier this month when he wrote that passing an online poker bill was “the most important issue facing Nevada since Yucca Mountain.”
Read More . . .A proposed federal Internet gambling bill released last week is likely to face resistance in Delaware, where the bill could override state laws, according to professors.
Read More . . .Delaware's decision to expand legal betting on professional football games beyond casinos and into bars and restaurants seems to be paying off for tavern owners and the state.
Read More . . .Nevada is about to embark on its real-money online gaming experiment, and it doesn’t necessarily want to have to license firms like Visa, Bank of America and Google.
Read More . . .udge Weinstein wrote a 120 page report wherin he said that poker is not a game of chance like most gambling games.
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