New Jersey officials continue to be stymied in their efforts to introduce full-scale, state-regulated sportsbetting in a second US state  On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari in three cases connected to the state’s efforts to regulate betting on pro and college sports, meaning that the nation’s highest court..

Last month’s passage of a change in United Kingdom statutes regarding online gambling taxes has produced no friends among the companies the new law targets, with a major Gibraltar-based group now threatening to challenge the new law in British court  The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has announced plans to challenge a..

The Poker Players Alliance recently released a consumer study of poker players in California, which continues to consider the formal authorization of the game  As the most populous of the 50 United States, what happens in California on consumer matters often shapes the consensus in other parts of the country, and the movement to regulate i-poker..

The sale of PokerStars parent Oldford Group Limited to Canadian online-gambling firm Amaya Gaming last week in a $49 billion dollar deal has reinvigorated talks of a PokerStars return to the United States market, but the shape and timing of that return – if it happens at all – remains unclear The New Jersey situation remains fluid, with new..

Last week’s exit from the formally regulated New Jersey online poker market by Bovada marked a clean sweep for the US state’s legal authorities in ridding the state of unwanted offshore competition to its newly licensed online poker sites  The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) had sent out a formal cease-and-desist..

Today’s public release of a draft proposal seeking a compromise ban on internet gambling at the United States federal level represents illustrates several different levels of futility in the e-gaming discussion The proposal (it is not a bill, and shows no signs of becoming one), is the type of thing that businesses and lobbyists create all..

If a prominent lobbying organization is unable to offer a position on the most important issue facing the industry it represents, what purpose does that lobbying group have  That’s the conundrum facing the American Gaming Association, with online gambling, including poker, being the issue that’s temporarily brought the lobbying..

This week’s filing of a lawsuit by six of the “Final 27” players in the January 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open tainted by the alleged introduction of counterfeit chips by Christian Lusardi was as predictable as rain, following last month’s ruling and ordered prize distribution by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) In..

SNAFU – Military slang, likely American or British and of WWII origin, meaning, “Situation Normal: All Fucked Up” The continuing tale of the US Navy commander accused of passing counterfeit casino chips at a western Iowa casino continues to be a case of poker-world and tabloid media working hard to not get the story right  Rear Admiral..

This week’s public release of two series of e-mails, exposing online-poker-hating activist James Thackston as a jilted would-be software entrepreneur on a years-long revenge trip to damage companies that wouldn’t purchase his software products or theories, marks the exposing of a new low point in the efforts of self-described gambling..

Lost amid the PokerStars-centered controversy that emerged amid Wednesday’s California State Assembly hearing regarding the possible future of online poker was another disastrous performance by the designated mouthpiece for the anti-online-gambling wishes of Las Vegas Sands Corporation CEO Sheldon Adelson, Andy Abboud Abboud was shunted to..

A look inside the federal civil lawsuit filed by New Jersey’s Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa last week against famed poker pro Phil Ivey and three other defendants reveals a complex case in which the Borgata may well be trying to seek restitution by playing off the defendants in the case against each other  The civil action, as..

The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has filed a federal civil lawsuit against famed poker pro Phil Ivey, alleging fraud and a handful of other torts were committed by Ivey and an alleged baccarat partner during four sessions of high-stakes baccarat play during 2012 The lawsuit asks for a full refund of the collective $9626 million that Ivey won at..

Longtime European bookmaker Unibet has gone alone with the closure of the company’s skin on the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) and the migration of its remaining MPN customers to its new, standalone site a few weeks ago Unibet had announced the move to its own dedicated poker site back in December, just as it announced the pending shutdown..

The advent of regulated intrastate online poker in California, the most populous of the United States, might still be a couple of years off, but the war of words and public opinion keeps churning in high gear As we detailed in a lengthy feature a week or so ago, the tribal forces that control much of California’s land-based casino gaming have..

The convening of last week’s annual Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, widely termed the “Sheldon Primary” in mainstream US media reports, represented another step in the forced placement of the topic of Internet gambling (including online poker) on America’s national political stage That it’s happening now is more an accident..

This is part 2 of the article from Haley Hintze regarding online poker in California and how the tribes are protection their brick and mortar casinos It’s Not Regulation, It’s an Online-Gambling Ban… with Criminal Penalties California residents shouldn’t be fooled that Rep Jones-Sawyer’s AB 2291 is anything other..

This is part 1 of a 2 part article from Haley Hintze regarding online poker in California and how the tribes are protection their brick and mortar casinos Part 2 will be posted tomorrow California Online Poker Update: Inside the Noxious Jones-Sawyer AB 2291 Measure It was only two weeks ago that California’s poker players woke up to the..

What happens when anti-online-poker conspiracy theorists cite an industry piece to bolster highly suspect claims  What usually occurs is that author of the cited industry piece responds, offering a clarification  That’s what happened this week when online security professional Ezra “Eddie” Harari was essentially forced to revisit a piece..