Is this the end of the stealth attempt to "air drop" online gambling banning proposal? It appears from Poker Players Alliance tweets that Sen. Lindsey Graham's attempt to stealthily insert Restoration of the American Wire Act language into a must-pass Appropriations bill has come to an undignified end, removed from the Senate bill when it moved to the House. And...
Issue complicated by attempts to include daily fantasy sports in what is beginning to look like an omnibus gambling reform bill If you were wondering what happened to the once-promising online gambling legalisation bill HB649 in Pennsylvania, here's an update from the respected Online Poker Report publication, which this week caught up with author Rep. John Payne to get clarity...
Law enforcement official picks his time carefully to condemn legalisation John Morganelli, the District Attorney for the Northampton County District in Pennsylvania, picked his time well for a tilt at legalised online gambling this week, ensuring it preceded a debate on the subject in the House. He rather melodramatically characterised legalisation attempts as "letting loose a second lion in the...
Simple error could have (temporarily) scuppered Payne bill Media reports from Pennsylvania outline possible reasons behind the apparent confusion of lawmakers Tuesday in rejecting two gambling bills featuring online elements. The reports suggest that two amendments were tabled on an appropriations proposal in the House: A7622 sponsored by Rep. Mark Mustio and including contentious video gaming terminal components, and A7619...
Regulate daily fantasy sports in much the same way as land casino industry, regulator recommends Pennsylvania lawmakers have received the report and recommendations on daily fantasy sports which they commissioned from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, and the results are as many observers expected... DFS should be subject to the same or very similar stringent regulation that the land casino...
Lawmakers now alerted to Sen. Graham's political sleight-of-hand Opposition is growing to a stealth attempt by Sen. Lindsey Graham to insert Restoration of the American Wire Act online gambling ban language into a must-pass omnibus budget bill in Congress (see previous InfoPowa reports). The latest organisations to come out in opposition to the proposed ban, said to have originated with...
The Las Vegas Review Journal has lost a dozen journalists in the last six months Las Vegas land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's controversial and allegedly stealth acquisition of the Nevada newspaper Las Vegas Review Journal for $140 million last year continues to attract media attention, with the New York Times publishing a lengthy article over the weekend here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/business/media/in-adelsons-newsroom-looser-purse-strings-and-a-tighter-leash.html Titled...
The Final Table features exciting moments from top games Rush Street Productions' new poker television show The Final Table is reportedly ready to screen after more than eight months of production and visits to major games at top US gambling venues. Scheduled to air this summer, the show features carefully selected footage from the most exciting final tables, with the...
Bill frozen by Democratic Party Senator despite 32-22 approval of executive committee The vagaries of Illinois political procedure appear to have stalled a daily fantasy sports legalisation bill in the Illinois Senate despite a 32-22 approval vote in the body's executive committee. Freezing bill HB 3655 in its tracks and preventing it from being sent to the House floor for...
Questions asked on Soulja Boy agreement World Poker Fund Holdings, a US publicly listed company describing itself as an online and event-based social gaming platform, has been drawing attention to its efforts with a steady stream of press releases for the past year or more, but last week scored wide coverage with a statement announcing a five-year $400 million endorsement...
