Poker Legislation News
If nothing else, you’ve got to give Hawaiian legislators points for effort. After seeing a similar bill fail last year, State Senators Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Gilbert Kahele, and Malama Solomon have introduced a new bill that would legalize gambling, including online poker. Hawaii is one of two states in the U.S. that has no… Read more »
In what may be an indicator of his action on a proposed online gaming and poker bill in his state, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey offered his opinions on the legislation on a New Jersey radio show on Tuesday night. During the “Ask The Governor” program on the radio station New Jersey 101.5 on… Read more »
Mississippi State Representative Bobby Moak (D – Bogue Chitto) re-introduced an online gaming bill to the state legislature last week, taking another shot at making intrastate online gambling legal in Mississippi after having a similar effort shot down last year. House Bill 254 aims to establish a regulatory framework for online gambling, including online poker,… Read more »
In what might be a potential signal to the United States as it battles with the question of regulated online poker, the French regulatory agency in charge of administering the country’s system admitted recently that there may be a need for relaxing their rules on their country online poker industry to allow for the international… Read more »
The state of Germany’s online gambling industry is a mess, to put it lightly. The German state, or Land, of Schleswig-Holstein has announced that it intends to join the other 15 states in the State Treaty on Online Gaming. In doing so, it would end its de facto rebellion as the only German state to… Read more »
Texas Hold’em may be the most popular variant of poker nowadays, but the state that the game is named after may make the online version of it illegal this year. HB 292, authored by State Senator Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin), would set up a licensing and regulatory structure for live poker in the state and live… Read more »
After failing to pass legislation this year that would have brought the state into the online poker arena, reports are coming from the head of Iowa’s gaming commission that the state is ready to take another look at passing the legislation. The chairman of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, Jeff Lamberti, was interviewed by… Read more »
The German state, or Land, of Schleswig-Holstein issued its first online gambling licenses last week, allowing a dozen operators to offer casino games on the internet, including poker. The licensees include several familiar names as well as some that are not quite as well known: Ladbrokes, 888 Holdings, Betfair, bet365 (through subsidiary REEL Germany Limited),… Read more »
On Friday, the state of New Jersey once again took the step to become only the third state in the United State to enter into the online gaming market with the passage of legislation that now awaits Governor Chris Christie’s signature. The State Senate took up Senator Ray Lesniak’s proposal that would open up the… Read more »
This month has been a disappointing one for United States online poker players, as hopes of getting internet poker legalized and regulated on a federal level during the lame duck session disappeared. On the bright side (or not, depending on one’s perspective), individual state measures continue to push forward. One such measure is in New… Read more »
Late this afternoon, the official word came from the offices of Nevada Senator Harry Reid regarding the drive for federal online poker legislation: he’s pulling the plug. With only about one week left in the 112th session of the U. S. Congress (the new Congress will be seated on January 2), Senator Reid issued a… Read more »
The clock is ticking down for passage of federal online poker legislation – with a great deal of gloom over the subject – while individual states seem to be moving forward with their efforts outside of the federal action. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Steve Tetreault, the current status of online poker legislation in… Read more »
The online site MotleyFool.com is once again taking on the subject of online poker and its regulation by the federal government, this time taking a look at whether it will have an impact on the stalled “fiscal cliff” negotiations between Congress and the White House. Writer Travis Hoium opines about the subject in an article… Read more »
In a now six-year old case, the South Carolina Supreme Court determined by the slimmest margin that poker in the Palmetto State is illegal, even if it is in a private home. The five justices sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court – Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal and Associate Justices Costa Pleicones, Donald Beatty,… Read more »
As Senators Harry Reid (D – Nev.) and Jon Kyl (R – Ariz.) continue to work towards getting their online poker bill passed, a former Solicitor General of the United States has warned against its possible unconstitutionality. Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General under President George W. Bush from 2004 to 2008, penned a letter to… Read more »
The repayment of former Full Tilt Poker customers in the United States is not imminent by any means, but at the very least, it looks like a baby step has been taken in the right direction. On Tuesday, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of New York provided an update on… Read more »
Leaders of the world’s top online gaming firms are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore. In response to last Tuesday’s detainment of bwin.party co-CEO Norbert Teufelberger in Brussels, Belgium, 14 executives from 12 internet gambling companies penned a public letter to the Financial Times saying that enough is enough when… Read more »
The poker community has been waiting with bated breath for the passage of online poker legislation in the halls of Congress. As the clock ticks down to the end of the latest incarnation of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the leaders of said legislation are not only downplaying their expectations regarding passage but… Read more »
Tuesday, November 6 is the day Americans go to their polling places to cast their vote for the person they wish to be the next President of the United States. There will be other local, county, and state elections on each ballot, but the focus tomorrow will obviously be on the Presidential race between the… Read more »
As the “rest of the world” anxiously awaits the return of Full Tilt Poker, U. S. players wait for their money from the U. S. Department of Justice from the seizures/sale of Full Tilt Poker and the question of future regulation of the online poker industry hangs in the air, a noted poker player/author has… Read more »
While he campaigns for re-election to the next Congress, Texas Representative Joe Barton is facing calls from his constituents to drop his proposed legislation that would help to bring a regulated online poker market to the United States. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Anna Tinsley, the anti-gambling group Stop Predatory Gambling’s representative in the… Read more »
After several months of battle across the state and in its legislature, the Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down the proposed constitutional amendment referendum started by poker player/political consultant Nancy Todd that would have let the citizens of the state decide on a casino measure. Motions filed by both Todd and the Arkansas Racing Alliance… Read more »
The move in the halls of Congress for the federal regulation of online poker has its opponents. Indian gaming officials aren’t happy with it, as are individual Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle for a variety of reasons. According to a report from Washington, D. C., there’s new opposition that could be… Read more »
As one of them faces a tough fight for reelection and the other seeks to keep his highly prestigious seat as the Majority Leader, the dueling members of the Senate representing the state of Nevada continue to battle over the regulation and legalization of online poker, both publicly and privately. The two men, current Senate… Read more »
After teasing their proposal for several months, the draft of a bill regarding online gaming and poker by Senators Harry Reid of Nevada and Jon Kyl of Arizona has been circulated, although whether it will garner support from not only members of the Senate but also the gaming public remains to be seen. QuadJacks.com received… Read more »
