House bill seeks approval for the state lottery to offer online scratch tickets Rhode Island Rep. Charlene Lima has launched a bill in the state House proposing that legislative approval is given to the state lottery widening its sales through the introduction of online scratch card sales. With a push to legalise sports betting already on the table (see previous...
Pretlow says that he will redouble his efforts this Assembly session...is it a 'third time lucky' push? With online poker legalisation bill S3898 making good progress through the committee stages in the New York Senate (see previous InfoPowa reports), attention turned this week to companion bill A5250 in the state House of Assembly. InfoPowa readers may recall that for the...
Sen. Dana Young's S374 approved 9 vs. 2 in Rules Committee and heads to the Senate floor Florida Senator Dana Young's proposal to legalise daily fantasy sports in the state, bill S374, has been approved 9 vs. 2 in the Senate Rules Committee and now heads to the floor, media reports late Thursday revealed.. The bill seeks to exempt the...
House subcommittee votes bill forward The daily fantasy sports legalisation lobby in Iowa received a morale boost Thursday when a House sub-committee voted a legalisation bill forward after hearing testimony from experts and lobbyists. DraftKings and FanDuel lobbyist John Cacciatore told panel members: “There are hundreds of thousands of Iowans today who play season-long fantasy sports with their friends, neighbours...
Darryll Fish scores his biggest yet prize of $511,604 on home ground Florida poker pro Darryll Fish scored his first World Poker Tour title on his home turf this week, taking down the $3,500 buy-in WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. Fish bested a field of 911 to claim the main prize of...
For the third year running, bill S3898 advances in the Senate For the third year running an online poker legalisation bill has passed the first hurdle - the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, which advanced the measure to the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday on a 10 vs. 1 vote. In previous years, and particularly last year, similar legislation made...
House Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee unanimously clears HB 223 exempting fantasy sports from state gambling regulation On Tuesday the Florida House Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee unanimously progressed HB223, a bill proposing the exemption of fantasy sports from state gambling regulation. Bill sponsor Rep. Jason Brodeur said that playing fantasy sports is no different than a “fishing tournament” or...
Senator Donoghue pre-empts expiry date on daily fantasy sports in Massachusetts Massachusetts Sen. Eileen Donoghue has moved to make permanent the current temporary legality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state as the expiry of its trial period approaches in five month's time. The senator proposes that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission oversees activity and collects 15 percent of GGR...
Respected Republican Ron Paul defends states' rights in Newsweek opinion piece Former Congressman and respected Republican politician Ron Paul came out with all guns firing over the weekend in a hard-hitting opinion piece in Newsweek which condemned attempts to undermine the authority of individual states on the online gambling issue. Paul was reacting to a letter to Deputy Attorney General...
Connecticut Preparing For U.S. Sports Betting? Another US state considers the possibilities Connecticut has joined the growing number of US states mulling the possibilities of a favourable US Supreme Court ruling that could widen the estimated $155 billion US sports betting market beyond the four states permitted under the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (see previous InfoPowa reports)....
