New Jersey took one step closer to becoming the Silicon Valley of Internet Gambling when the State Senate approved a bill allowing casinos to offer online gambling. Under the terms of the Jersey bill, Atlantic City casinos will be able to offer online versions of any game they offer in their land-based casinos. That's a…
[caption id="attachment_30728" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Stern, Selig, Goodell, Bettman"][/caption] The heads of professional sports leagues hate and fear legalized sports betting in New Jersey as about as much as you think they probably would. Their opinions on the issues were laid bare in a recent, revealing, and somewhat amusing, legal depositions. In the testimony, the commissioners…
[caption id="attachment_30618" align="alignright" width="240" caption="The Atlantic Club Casino"][/caption] Two years after Black Friday, PokerStars is readying a return to the US online poker market with the proposed purchase of the Atlantic Club casino in New Jersey casino. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, PokerStars is looking at paying around $50 million…
Gambling is one of the few industries that shaped as much by political forces as it is by economic forces. That's why the upcoming national and local elections in the United States incredibly important everyone in iGaming, whether they're in the US or not. Because there are so many angles to the politics of gambling,…
[caption id="attachment_28207" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Place Your Bets Anywhere In The Casino"][/caption] Over the summer NJ Governor Chris Christie signed into legislation the ability for casino patrons to gamble on mobile devices anywhere in the casino or resort, whether it be at the pool or in their hotel rooms. But this could take until the end…
New Jersey sports betting won't harm professional sports and the leagues can't prove otherwise. That's the case being made by lawyers representing the state in their audacious bid to legalize sports wagering. In recently filed lawsuit, the NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA and NHL claim that legal sports betting in NJ would harm their businesses. High…
[caption id="attachment_26116" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Christie's speech made no mention an Internet gambling ban. Wonder why?"][/caption] A ban on Internet gambling is one of the goals the the Republican Party hopes to achieve if they can wrestle power from the Democrats, this fall. The anti-gambling plank is a small part of the Grand Old Party's efforts…
The State of New Jersey is bringing in some serious legal weaponry to the fight for sports betting legalization. Last week they retained the services of well known legal guns Theodore B. Olson and Matthew D. McGill. Olson is best known for representing the Bush campaign after the controversial 2000 US Presidential election and is…
Monmouth Park race track will be the first gaming operation to offer sports betting in New Jersey. Monmouth head Dennis Drazen announced plans to apply for a state sports betting license making him the first gaming operator brave enough, or foolish enough, to join the state's rogue efforts to legalize sports betting. Monmouth Gambles on…
[caption id="attachment_25261" align="alignright" width="303" caption="Chris Christie"][/caption] Despite vetoing an online poker bill just last year, New Jersey governor Chris Christie appears ready to fight tooth and nail to challenge laws and entities seeking to prevent his state from legalizing online sports-betting. New Jersey appears set for a head-on clash with five major American sports leagues,…
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