Proposes exclusion of internet gambling from gambling offenses legislation New legislation, House Bill 562, has been introduced into the New Hampshire Legislature by Republican representatives Eric Schleien, Robert Fisher, and Nick Zaricki which takes an interesting approach to legalising internet gambling by having it excluded from the gambling offenses list in the New Hampshire Revised Statues Criminal Code. The bill,...
Caputo bill to be discussed in committee next week New Jersey is moving forward on the legalisation of daily fantasy sports, according to New Jersey.com, which reports that a bill sponsored by Democratic Party Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is to be discussed in committee early next week. The bill proposes that operators be required to pay quarterly fees, and that the...
FantasyDraft acquires Fantasy Aces Fantasy Sports operator FantasyDraft has entered into an acquisition deal for fellow operator Fantasy Aces' player base and corresponding balances, amongst other assets. The consideration was not disclosed. Update: An acquisition agreement between fantasy sports operators Fantasy Draft and Fantasy Aces has reportedly fallen through less than a week after the deal was announced following a...
Computer program finishes up over $1.5 million on its four human opponents The 20-day competition between the University of Carnegie Mellon's latest poker-playing computer program, Libratus, and poker pros Dong Kim, Jason Les, Jimmy Chou and Daniel McCauley has ended in a resounding victory for the computer, which completed the 120,000 hands with a more than $1.5 million chip lead...
Regulated Industries Committee progresses bill S.8 to the Appropriations Committee; new DFS bill filed Florida Senator Bill Galvano's Senate Bill S.8, which was recently progressed through the Senate Regulated Industries Committee and is now with the Senate Appropriations Committee, could soon have company in the form of a new proposal submitted by fellow state Senator Dana Young. InfoPowa readers may...
State attorney general denied appeal for court to reconsider re-trial judgement Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal has denied a request by the State Attorney General to reconsider an October 2016 ruling allowing Allied Veterans of the World lawyer, Kelly Mathis, a retrial. InfoPowa readers will recall the massive $300 million Allied Veterans of the World online gambling bust which...
Computer program took $1.76 million off human team, besting all four players The final numbers on the epic "Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante" 20-day poker contest between four human players and AI computer program Libratus are now in, confirming that the computer convincingly bested its human rivals, taking over $1.766 million from them over 120,000 hands. Once the...
German market first stop in International expansion plans? US fantasy sports operator DraftKings is expected to expand into Europe with the award of a newly introduced controlled skill games license from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). "We are pleased that Malta has recognized the need for special licensing of daily fantasy sports and other skilled based games," Jason Robbins, co-founder...
Introduced in the House Ways and Means Committee by chairman Guy Van der Linden The Iowa House of Representative's Ways and Means Committee is considering a House Study Bill - HSB 52 - just introduced by chairman Guy Van der Linden to examine the intrastate legalisation of daily fantasy sports: "An Act relating to fantasy sports contests, providing for a...
Assemblyman Mazzeo's bill A3532 makes it through the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee Positive daily fantasy sports developments have been reported from New Jersey, where the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee progressed Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo's A3532, a bill proposing the legalisation of DFS as a game predominantly of skill. The committee voted unanimously to advance the...
