Adelson-funded anti-online gambling action group hires The Keelen Group The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling action group is apparently spending more of donor Sheldon Adelson's plentiful supply of dollars in hiring yet another Washington DC lobbying firm, according to The Bottom Line column in the publication The Hill. The column reports that The Keelen Group will join the efforts of...
Adam Gray's 2016 legalisation bill to be further debated Hopes for a regulated and licensed online poker industry in California have surged again on the news that Assemblyman Adam Gray's legalisation bill will be debated before the state Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization next Wednesday (27 April). Gray, as chair of the Committee, has shown remarkable tenacity and patience in...
PGA Tour asks for proposals from sports data companies The prestigious and influential Professional Golfers' Association Tour (PGA Tour) appears to be moving into a closer relationship with the online sports betting industry, reportedly issuing a request for proposals from sports data providers with a view to presenting real-time relevant tournament information to online sports betting companies. Bloomberg business news...
All eight land operators report return to profit in 2015 The Press of Atlantic City reports that figures released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that in 2015 all eight surviving Atlantic City land casinos returned operating profits. Collectively, the eight casinos saw operating profit increase 40 percent last year, reporting $547 million in gross operating...
The state AG may not like DFS but the lawmakers apparently do Less than a week after Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued an opinion that fantasy sports are "illegal gambling," in state law a House committee has progressed a bill, HB2105, that would legalise the activity. The Tennessean reports that the House finance subcommittee on Monday approved a measure...
Bills debated and advancing through House and Senate committee stages Measures designed to lightly regulate daily fantasy sports are continuing to make progress in the Minnesota House and Senate, where bills SF3007 and HF2540 have survived several committees, albeit with some amendments, and looked likely to be approved following Pubic Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee discussion Monday....
Pokerstars alliance issues statement in support of AB 2863 The wide range of interested parties in the legalisation of online poker in California will be preparing for the next round of debate on Wednesday April 20, when the California Assembly Governmental Organization (GO) Committee has scheduled a hearing to discuss Assemblyman Adam Gray's bill AB2863. Preparing the ground for their...
Ring leaders named The seventeen men arrested in Rhode Island on online gambling and other serious charges involving two internet gambling rings have been named by the authorities as: * 45-year-old Thomas Pilderian and 39 year old Mark Battista, who are alleged to be the ring leaders of one operation, and face charges of illegal bookmaking, organised criminal gambling, and...
Senate bill stalls, but House votes to progress bill declaring DFS legal In Missouri, Senator Scott Sifton's SB 1131 may have stalled in the Senate Progress and Development Committee but senators will now have to consider a House alternative anyway. The Associated Press news agency reported Thursday that state House lawmakers sent a measure declaring intrastate DFS legal to the...
Senate president suggests that state AG files a legal challenge to secure clarity Maryland lawmakers have failed to deal with several daily fantasy sports bills before them despite an appeal from the state Attorney General earlier this year for clarity on the legal status of the popular vertical. This week the state Senate president, Thomas V. Mike Miller, turned the...
