US Regulation

Poll: 53 pct. in NJ favor legalized sports betting

• Apr 18, 2011

A new poll finds that 53 percent of New Jersey voters support allowing legal sports betting at Atlantic City's casinos and at the state's horse tracks.

Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI

• Apr 15, 2011

Feds Go 'All In' Against Online Poker Sites

• Apr 15, 2011

In a dramatic move sure to send shockwaves through the surging Internet poker world, U.S. officials shut down and seized the domain names for the three largest U.S. online poker companies on Friday.

Nevada Bill AB 258 Passes Committee Altered

• Apr 14, 2011

The Nevada bill to establish provisions governing the licensing and operation of Internet poker passed unanimously through the state assembly judiciary committee Tuesday, though in a much different form than introduced.

Florida's Bid To Legalize Internet Poker Dismissed

• Apr 14, 2011

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee in Florida USA has squashed efforts to bring online poker into the legal and taxable world.

DC to offer Internet gambling, becomes first in US

• Apr 13, 2011

The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, trying to raise millions of dollars from the habits of online poker buffs and acting ahead of traditional gambling meccas like New Jersey and Nevada.

Nevada poker bill still alive

• Apr 13, 2011

Nevada’s poker bill remained on track yesterday as Assembly politicians brokered an amended version that would enable intrastate poker but defer to Congress on operators accepting out-of-state and international players.

Legalizing online and in-person poker in Hawaii fails

• Apr 12, 2011

Hawaii has discarded the idea of legalizing both online and live poker in the islands.

D.C. Poised to Become an Online Poker Haven

• Apr 11, 2011

These days, working for the federal government doesn't seem as safe a bet as it once did. Yet come Thursday, you may be able to switch one profession for another.

A fair model for California

• Apr 11, 2011

Spring is a time for shaking off the dreariness of winter, embarking on new endeavours and completing those left over from the year before.

DC poker decision expected this week

• Apr 8, 2011

The District of Columbia could overtake a number of American states in the race to become the first jurisdiction in the country to regulate online poker.

Attorney General bans gambling at cyber cafes and phone card machines

• Apr 8, 2011

The Attorney General's Office on Thursday unveiled emergency regulations to ban gambling at cyber cafes and video gaming terminals.