The battle to get online poker running again in the US just hit another snag. Yesterday, a Washington State appeals court rejected claims that the state's outright ban on internet gambling was in violation of the US Constitution...
Read More . . .Delaware's casino operators want to make sure the governor hears them loud and clear. Rolling up in buses chartered by the racetracks, dozens of people -- mostly casino employees and racing-industry workers -- descended upon the first of three public hearings on sports betting and anew statte gambling tax increase.
Read More . . .If New Jersey wins the sought-after right to offer legal sports wagers, the state may lose many of its collegiate championships. NCAA policy bars holding any round or level of a championship in a metropolitan area where sports wagering is legal and offered.
Read More . . .California is taking the lead, with state legislators there expected to roll out a proposal in a matter of weeks to legalise online poker within state boundaries...
Read More . . .Momentum is growing toward national regulation of online gambling in the US, bringing questions of what rules would be imposed on licensed Internet casinos...
Read More . . .Gov. Jack Markell has gone on the offensive against the National Football League in his quest to bring sports betting to Delaware....
Read More . . .The US Department of Justice, a defendant in a Federal court challenge to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), filed a motion opposing the addition to court records...
Read More . . .The state Supreme Court today will begin considering Gov. Jack Markell's request for an opinion on the legality of sports betting...
Read More . . .With Atlantic City casinos in a financial meltdown and New Jersey's budget in shambles, a state lawmaker filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to allow sports betting in all 50 states...
Read More . . .A Renton lawyer's campaign to make Washington state safe for Internet poker players lost again on Monday...
Read More . . .Delaware's risky gambling bet:
Of all the budget cutting and revenue increases in the governor's budget, none is more dicey than plans to make Delaware a gambling mecca...
A.C. holds uncertain hand as Del. explores sports betting:
If Delaware establishes sports betting, as its governor, Jack Markell, proposed last week, its effect on Atlantic City’s worry-battered casinos is uncertain, though one expert said it will have only a small impact. The First State’s plan calls for a limited form of sports betting known as “parlay cards.�...
It depends on what you mean by "gambling." State Sen. Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy, filed a bill in January that would legalize in Massachusetts "betting squares" or pools on the Super Bowl and the NCAA tournament.
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