[caption id="attachment_28954" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Online Poker In California Takes A Hit"][/caption] The California Online Poker Association’s house of cards has fallen down due to inside fighting amongst members. Also known as COPA, the organization that was leading the way for legalized online poker in the state has unfortunately disbanded and they took down their web…
In my previous two articles of this series we took a walk down memory lane together and reminisced on "The Good Old Days of Online Poker." You know, the days when money seemed to grow on trees and there wasn’t a worry in the world. Sadly, those days are long gone. Being a US poker…
Boyd Gaming, Golden Nugget and Feritta Interactive LLC are the latest gaming companies to receive interactive gaming licenses from the Nevada Gaming Commission.Though all three companies are going after the Nevada market, they're all taking different approaches. Ferritta is already in the internet poker space with their popular Ultimate Poker game on Facebook, which was…
Nevada lawmakers Harry Reid and John Kyl have removed language penalizing poker players who deposit in unlicensed sites from the latest draft of their online poker bill. The unpopular provision, which stated: To deter U.S. players from patronizing illegal sites, the bill makes explicit that any property involved in or traceable to a gambling transaction…
When is a gambling website not really a gambling website? That's what the owners of Cafrino.com, a free-to-play poker site are trying to work out with the California State Attorney General's Office. The AG's Office says that anytime someone plays poker for something of value, that it's covered under statutes banning online poker. (Cafrino players…
When you've been in the iGaming industry for as long as Randy Layman has, one would think that you'd become a bit cynical and hard-edged. That's not the case with Randy-- he genuinely seems like the nicest.guy.ever, who truly values the friendships he's made in the industry over the years. Don't mistake his sweet demeanor…
France's online poker regulation body ARJEL announced this week it will enter into cooperation with Spain's Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ). The agreement will lead to increased cooperation between the two bodies regarding the sharing of information pertaining to legalizing online gambling. The partnership is another step towards what could become shared online…
[caption id="attachment_27480" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Political Showdown in Nevada!"][/caption] Even the politicians are starting to battle over the proposed Federal online gaming bill that is trying to makes its way to Capitol Hill. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, there's a rift brewing between Nevada Senators Dean Heller and Harry Reid. The fight is now over…
[caption id="attachment_27249" align="aligncenter" width="292" caption="PPA boss John Pappas"][/caption] A recent draft of a Federal online poker bill isn't a big hit with the John Pappas, the head Poker Players Alliance (PPA). Pappas aired out his beef in a recent interview with PokerNews.com. His main concerns focused on excessive penalties for players who play on international…
[caption id="attachment_26717" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Reid and Kyl just can't get it done."][/caption] Will the Federal Government ever make headway on a definitive Internet Poker Bill? If a recent spat between Arizona and Nevada Senators is any indication, the answer is an emphatic no. The brouhaha is reported in detail in a recent Las Vegas Sun…
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