Following daily fantasy sports legalisation last year, poker may be in with a chance Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas is nothing if not tenacious... for the third year running she has introduced a bill to the state Senate seeking to legalise poker as a game predominantly one of skill, hoping to ride the crest of the daily fantasy sports legalisation...
Back to the drawing board for Delegate Roxann Robinson and her HB2010 Virginia Delegate Roxann Robinson and her HB2010 proposal to introduce online sales of state lottery tickets are back to square one following a voice vote defeat in the Virginia House General Laws subcommittee this week. Robinson faced concerted opposition from the state's retail lottery ticket sellers concerned that...
Court invites the acting US Solicitor General to give his views The US Supreme Court, which is for the second year mulling whether to hear New Jersey's case for wider legalised sports betting in the United States has showed some interest in the case. On Tuesday the court issued an invitation to the acting US Solictor General, inviting him "to...
Nine action groups correspond with Vice President Elect and Attorney General nominee Last year's appeal by ten state Attorney's General to the incoming Trump administration asking for its support on the Restoration of America's Wire Act has been followed by some push back from nine civil liberties groups that have corresponded with vice president elect Mike Pence and the Attorney...
Pappas points out that legalised internet gambling is safer for consumers and generates tax and jobs for the state The Poker Players Alliance's energetic executive director, John Pappas, flew into Washington state this week to give evidence before a Washington state Senate committee on the benefits of online gambling legalisation. Washington has some of the most draconian anti-online gambling laws...
Projects $15 million prize pool based on 50 player cap Poker Central, POKER PROductions and the Aria Resort & Casino have released details on the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl taking place 28-31 May. The tournament, which is projecting a prize pool of $15 million with a buy-in of $300,000, features seven 7-handed tables and is capped at 50 seats....
The Pennsylvania Video Gaming Association will lobby for the legalisation of an "already-present industry...but not for online gambling With the focus on Pennsylvania as the most likely next US state to legalise online gambling as part of a general gambling expansion measure, reporters noted this week the emergence of a new lobbying group in the state - the Pennsylvania Video...
Warning follows recent exchanges during AG Nominee Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing Comments at his confirmation hearing this week by the incoming Trump administration's Attorney General nominee, Jeff Sessions, that he would revisit the issue of online gambling and the Wire Act have triggered a swift reaction from New Jersey, which has been successfully running legal and regulated online gambling for...
But attempt faces major legal hurdles in trying to merge state law with federal tribal laws Michigan state Sen. Mike Kowell's staff have confirmed that the senator plans to reintroduce his online gambling legalisation bill, which failed to make it through the last legislative season. The current draft allows tribes to apply for website licenses either as a commercial venture,...
Former aid to Sen.Harry Reid to head staff in new building MGM Resorts International has bought a new Washington, D.C., office building for its in-house lobbying team, led by former chief counsel to the now retired Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, Ayesha Khanna. Khanna has been appointed a senior vice president of the company responsible for federal government affairs, and in...
