Simple tweet says it all The American Gaming Association continued its drive for the wider legalisation of sports betting in the United States Tuesday, leveraging interest in the upcoming Super Bowl final by publishing some telling statistics via Twitter and noting: "Only about $132M will be wagered legally through sports books by kick-off, $4.5B placed illegally [via Vegas sportsbooks]" The...
Something for everyone in 48th annual event The 48th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) has released its finalized event schedule for the 2017 tournament set to begin on May 30, 2017 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. "The focus of the schedule remains squarely on two core principles: the biggest prize pools possible and diversity...
Senator Louise Lucas's S.1400 scrapes through state Senate General Laws and Technology Committee Virginia Senator Louise Lucas, who introduced bill S.1400 earlier this month enjoyed early success this week when the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee progressed her bill, albeit on a thin margin of 8 votes to 7. But, progress is progress; this is just the first hurdle...
Politician's meeting with neighbouring online gambling regulator triggers speculation that the climate for legalisation may be improving Optimism that online poker may again be on the cards in New York state rose this week following reports of discussions between Assembly gambling committee chairman Rep. Gary Pretlow and the neighbouring New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement e-gaming regulator, which apparently created...
Senator Bruce Tarr in third legalisation attempt It seems that every two years (give or take a few months) Massachusetts state Senator Bruce Tarr flights an online gambling legalisation bill in the state Senate. Following prevously unsuccessful attempts in 2013 and 2015, this year it is SD.618 provisionally titled "An Act Relative to Gaming" that has been filed, with very...
Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo urges the Trump administration to oppose moves to stop individual states from conducting online gambling operations A New Jersey lawmaker has taken pre-emptive steps to ensure that legalised online gambling in his state is not jeopardised by any federal actions against online gambling that may develop. Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo has introduced a resolution in the New Jersey...
Passes first reading, moves on to Government Operations Committee for a second It was about this time last year that Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin weighed in on the legality of daily fantasy sports, saying at the time that DFS contests constitute illegal gambling under existing state laws. This time around, a new bill SB677 was introduced late last week...
SD618 rules against competition for the state lottery and existing state gambling licence holders A few more details have emerged on Sen. Bruce Tarr's new online gambling legalisation bill SD618 just filed in the Massachusetts Senate. The bill appears to nix any online gambling enterprise that threatens the state lottery, including this proviso: "Notwithstanding any general or special law to...
The computer is $471,600 ahead of its four poker pro opponents so far The poker competition pitting four poker professionals against the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science program Libratus is reportedly not going well for the humans, with the AI player $471,600 ahead of its human opponents at the ten-day half way mark of the 20-day contest. With 40,340...
After 68,000 hands AI program is $701,300 ahead The scientifically monitored poker competition between four respected professional poker players and Carnegie Mellon University's Libratus artificial intelligence computer program continued to illustrate this week how far the technology has progressed over previous man vs. computer contests. Poker pros Jimmy Chou, Dong Kim, Jason Les and Daniel McAulay are struggling to contain...
