Bill remains stranded in the state Senate following adjournment of the Legislature Friday For the second year running Alabama daily fantasy sports fans have been denied legalisation following the state Legislature's adjournment Friday night with a DFS bill still stuck in the Senate. Bill H 354 made it through the state House on a thin margin after some debate, and...
Features three new stops The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Domestic Schedule has been released for the 2017-18 season featuring three additional stops for a record twenty-six tournaments. All twenty-six tour stops are linked by a points system tied to the WSOP gold-bracelet awarding, $1,000,000+ prize pool Global Casino Championship. Each stop will offer a dozen official gold ring events...
Competitive Enterprise Institute believes that would be unwise Michelle Minton of the Competitive Enterprise Institute has published another factual analytical assessment of the current situation regarding the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) 2011 opinion that the Wire Act of 1961 applies only to sports wagering. Minton delves deeply into the original motivation for the Act, its subsequent interpretation,...
DFS bill to become law with governor's signature Reports from Vermont indicate that late last week the state legislature finally approved the legalisation of daily fantasy sports and have forwarded the relevant bill to the governor for his signature into state law. Lawmakers in the House and Senate put their heads together to blend bills in each chamber and form...
April numbers show that online operations generated $20.8 million in revenue, a 22.6 percent y-o-y improvement The latest (April) numbers from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement flag another successful month for online activity, which generated $20.8 million in revenue, bringing to $550 million total online revenue since the state legalised internet casino games and poker in 2013. More...
Politicians still hung up on fears of cannibalisation Reports from Massachusetts indicate that this once very promising state in terms of online gambling legalisation may be out of reach for supporters this year as politicians worry about cannibalisation of the state's nascent land casino business and a review of the pros and cons continues, but is unlikely to produce results...
HB279 voted down 4 vs. 7 in House Regulatory Reform Committee Hopes that North Carolina would join the growing number of US states that have legalised daily fantasy sports were dashed this week when HB279 failed to make it through the House Regulatory Reform Committee on a negative 4 vs. 7 vote. Supporters of the bill failed to convince their...
Judge critical of prosecution and enforcement conduct in major online sports betting trial The final defendant in the massive Legendz online sports betting bust that took place in 2013 (see previous InfoPowa reports) was sentenced by an Oklahoma federal judge this week. Bartice "Luke" King (46) escaped jail in a sentence which apparently handed down a milder punishment than the...
Save Our Neighborhood Coalition claims 80 percent of respondents to a poll are against online ticket sales...but where are the details of the poll? Massachusetts media reports have quoted the action group Save Our Neighborhood Coalition as claiming that a poll shows that 80 percent of respondents are against state Treasurer Deb Goldberg's initiative to take lottery ticket sales and...
Former NJDGE deputy director to consult on gaming reform Former deputy director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE), George Rover, Has entered into a consultancy agreement with the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission (BCGC). The BCGC will draw on Rover's 26 years of service and experience with the US gambling authority for advice on a broad range of...
