Online poker lobby group has been fighting bans on internet poker and lobbying for legalisation for over a decade Few will deny that the privately-funded Poker Players Alliance has been an energetic defender and supporter of online poker for the past decade or more, building contacts in Washington and individual state capitals, organising campaigns and communicating continually with the player...
Judge rejects state's attempt to have action dismissed New York's 2016 legislation legalising daily fantasy sports as a game of skill, and the legal challenge against it mounted last year by the Stop Predatory Gambling action group, was in the headlines again this week when the presiding judge rejected a motion by the state that the case be dismissed. Ironically,...
Cafrino expands its user base with 1.3 million NLOP players Free-to-play US online poker operator Cafrino has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of the National League of Poker (NLOP) social poker enterprise. The two companies were brought together by Mike Murphy, a former CEO of NLOP who went on to join Cafrino as chief executive. Founded in 2006,...
DraftKings and FanDuel pay $1.3 million each to settle "various consumer issues that existed at the early stages of this new industry". Daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings have each paid $1.3 million in settlement agreements with the Attorney General of Massachusetts in respect of unspecified offences generally described as "various consumer issues that existed at the early...
$668,692 victory for Art Papazyan Los Angeles high stakes cash game pro Art Papazyan bested his poker idol Phil Hellmuth in the heads up of the $4,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event played this week at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens near LA. The competition attracted 763 entries, many of them top names in the game,...
Land casino trade association's SCOTUS amicus brief has some startling projections The American Gaming Association continued its nation-wide campaign for the repeal of the restrictive Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act this week, using its amicus brief supporting New Jersey's US Supreme Court appeal as a vehicle for further publicity. "A legal sports-betting industry could generate up to $26.6 billion...
Growing number of states and organisations are filing amicus briefs in advance of SCOTUS hearing The American Gaming Association, which itself is lobbying for the removal of sports betting restrictions imposed by the federal 1991 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, has revealed that 18 other US states have joined West Virginia in supporting the New Jersey Supreme Court appeal...
House Republicans reportedly want to raid other state funds as a short-term fix for the Pennsylvania's deficit problems Pennsylvania's search for a funding package on its $32 billion budget and $2 billion deficit (see previous InfoPowa reports) took a new turn as the week drew to a close with reports that House Republicans (who have been stalling on a Senate...
Turner broadcasting targets the up and coming millennial demographic The vast Turner Media group in the USA (it includes US sports channels NBA TV, Turner Sports and Nascar TV, along with the CNN, TNT and TCM networks) is targeting the younger demographic in the millennial age group with plans for a new sports digital streaming service that has yet to...
Despite a dip in Strip revenues, the industry continued to grow The Nevada Gaming Control Board issued its July 2017 numbers Wednesday, reporting that casino revenues rose 1.7 percent year-on-year to $998 million despite a weaker performance on the Las Vegas Strip, where revenues dipped almost 8 percent to $565.6 million. Fortunately the other Nevada gambling assets performed well in...
