Online poker fans ready to deal
- Jul 27, 2012
The Obama administration may have called off the game more than a year ago, but the nation's poker partisans are still looking for a deal.
Read More . . .The Obama administration may have called off the game more than a year ago, but the nation's poker partisans are still looking for a deal.
Read More . . .Agreement formed in anticipation of the California legislature legalizing internet poker, which would bring significant revenue and job creation opportunities to California and enhance its competitive presence
Read More . . .With some states readying to start online gambling, Native American tribal leaders are calling on the federal government to step in as it did with brick-and-mortar gambling and establish regulations that ensure tribes get a piece of the action without having their revenue taxed and their sovereignty compromised.
Read More . . .If a foreign online gaming company took wagers from U.S. customers before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was enacted, should that company be banned from being licensed in Nevada?
Read More . . .The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is set to tackle the issue of online poker in the United States in a hearing on Thursday.
Read More . . .The witnesses invited to provide testimony at Thursday's online gambling Senate hearing pertaining to tribal interests has been released by committee members
Read More . . .The federal government long ago washed its hands of legalized gambling (with some exceptions), largely allowing the states to make their own decisions on the kinds of games allowed, for instance, or whether to allow any gambling at all.
Read More . . .An owner of Absolute Poker, one of the three largest Internet poker companies, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Monday after admitting to deceiving banks over the processing of gambling proceeds.
Read More . . .The first legal online poker site in Nevada could offer real money play as soon as September, as South Point Poker is anticipating an early launch date.
Read More . . .After lying in a state of suspension for much of this year, there has been a flurry of activity in the halls of Congress regarding federal regulation of online poker, upping the optimism for many Americans regarding the reopening of internet poker for millions.
Read More . . .Reports that Sens. Harry Reid and Jon Kyl are inching closer to a deal on legalizing online poker have heads turning toward Nevada's junior senator, Republican Dean Heller, to see if he will be able to help close the deal.
Read More . . .At the start of the year, we would have bet that by now there would have been legislative action on online gambling at the state or federal level.
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