Updated regulations are practical moves to improve the industry The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement recently released regulatory updates that observers have described as practical in nature. Among the amendments are provisions to upgrade the status of ACH payments from temporarily permitted to permanently allowed. Automated Clearing House is an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States...
Gaming Control Board enforcement official briefs industry execs Nevada's sports betting operators will soon be permitted to offer multi-event bets on eSports competitions, according to Karl Bennison, an enforcement executive with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Bennison was briefing industry execs attending legal panel debates at the recent Casino eSports conference in Las Vegas, explaining that hitherto operators had been...
House Bill 4926 possibly a companion bill to Sen. Kowall's S.203? Reports earlier this week that an online gambling legalisation bill is to be discussed at a Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee hearing (see previous InfoPowa reports) has been followed by the publication of House Bill 4926, scheduled for the committee's agenda today (Wednesday). Introduced by Regulatory Reform Committee chairman...
Wednesday's informational hearing on HB4926 ended without a vote Rep.Brandt Iden's online gambling regulatory bill HB4926 appeared to receive little support from Indian and land casino operators Wednesday, with just one tribal representative out of the 12 that operate 23 casinos in the state showing up at a committee hearing to oppose the proposal, although the MGM, Greektown and MotorCity...
But eschews business from regulated Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada InfoPowa readers may recall that late last year the Bovada online poker provider appeared to exit the unregulated US market, handing off its business to the Ignition online casino (where the client bore an uncanny resemblance to the Bovada product) at the end of September 2016. Fast forward almost a...
New Jersey's online operators report revenues of $21.3 million For the sixth month running New Jersey online operators reported revenues in excess of $20 million in August, with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement releasing figures that show revenue of $21.3 million, up year-on-year by 32.4 percent (August 2016: $16.1 million). Overall land casino win in reported by Atlantic...
Republican Rep. Charlie Dent has announced that he will not seek re-election next year The name Charlie Dent will be familiar to InfoPowa readers following reports earlier this year that this Pennsylvanian member of Congress had plans to add online gambling banning language to a must-pass federal appropriations bill. Unless he is planning this move as his last hurrah, that...
Plan to raid state reserve funds as a one-year fix is unlikely to get support in the Senate or from the governor A group of 18 Pennsylvania House Republicans has proposed a short term fix for the state's ongoing impasse on funding the budget (see previous InfoPowa reports), suggesting that some of the state's 218 special and reserve funds be...
Democracy Institute publishes a scathing review of US government tactics in the Antigua WTO dispute and the criminal pursuit of Bodog's Calvin Ayre Calvin Ayre.com has published a lengthy article on a scathing report by the Democracy Institute on dubious US government tactics in the long-running World Trade Organisation dispute with Antigua over online gambling bans, and the five-year criminal...
Forthcoming retirement from the Legislature adds impetus to internationalising bill One of online gambling's staunchest supporters in the United States over the years has been New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak (71), who has continually presented legalisation initiatives that have seen his state at the forefront of online gambling and sports betting evolution. New Jersey is today one of three US...
