Just four of the eight judges need to flag the issue for a hearing to be granted New Jersey's bid for a US Supreme Court hearing on its attempts to more widely legalise sports betting reaches a critical stage on January 13, when the US Supreme Court's eight justices hold conference to decide which cases it will hear. In the...
Traditional host venue for the World Series of Poker suffers power outage 900 of the 2,500 rooms at the Rio casino and resort in Las Vegas - traditional home of the World Series of Poker every year, were evacuated Thursday following a power outage. The Associated Press news agency reports that a fuse shorted in a backup generator that was...
January 3rd meeting has an agenda that goes beyond online gambling Pennsylvania Senator Kim Ward's January 3rd "informational" meeting between lawmakers and land casino operators has an agenda that reportedly goes beyond online gambling legalisation and the budget deficit, embracing also recent court rulings on tax and contributions to hosting communities by land casino operators. It's likely to make for...
More hands in competition against Libratus, the latest robot player from Carnegie Mellon university Scientists at the Carnegie Mellon University have renewed their challenge to poker pros, this time Jason Les, Dong Kim, Daniel McAulay and Jimmy Chou, to tangle with their latest AI poker robot Libratus with a prize of $200,000 for the winner. InfoPowa readers will recall that...
But the new bill is about to make licensing and tax expensive propositions Expectations that a revitalised online gambling bill in Pennsylvania would probably come from either Sen. Kim Ward or Rep. Rosita Youngblood have been pre-empted by state Senator Jay Costa, who this week took the initiative and launched a co-sponsorship memorandum as a first step to introducing a...
Two South Mississippi men included in prosecution against Kenneth Schmitt The US Attorney for Mississippi has announced that two South Mississippi men, Christopher U. Anthony and Russell B. Miller, have been included in illegal online gambling offences charged earlier against Kenneth Schmitt, a Diamondhead bookmaker who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge Dec. 20 and is currently out on bail....
State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg has announced that she again intends to campaign for online lottery sales and games this year Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who pressed state lawmakers to approve more online lottery activity last year, has announced that she intends to campaign for the project again this year as a way of boosting state revenues in an increasingly...
HB149 ready for the March 7 start of the new state legislative season If Florida state Representative Jason Brodeur has his way, daily fantasy sports will be defined by law as not considered gambling under Florida law. The Republican representative says that his proposal is designed to clarify the position of fantasy sports and DFS, and make clear that fantasy...
Latest Technavios study estimates compound average growth rate from 2016 to 2020 Independent research company Technavios has published a teaser on its latest study, reporting that the compound annual growth rate in US online gambling over the four years from 2016 to 2020 will reach 51.71 percent. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the online...
Bedrock constitutional principle applied In the latest round of its long-running legal battle to get around the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and legalise intrastate sports betting the state of New Jersey is relying on the court's application of a bedrock constitutional principle, the Associated Press news agency reports this week. New Jersey has filed its Supreme Court brief...
