A new coalition of business and gaming industry advocates are telling Congress that it has no legal standing for meddling with the online gambling business. Member of the coalition include the American Conservatives Union, The Center for Freedom and Prosperity, and a host of other generally conservative lobbying groups. In a letter to House Judiciary…
You don't need to be on anything to notice the similarities between daily fantasy sports and traditional sports betting. But that's not the way NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sees things. In a recently unsealed 2012 deposition from the state of New Jersey's bid to legalize sports betting, as reported on by ESPN.com, the Commissioner made…
Michigan's top gaming regulator believes that daily fantasy sports are illegal under his state's gambling laws and is setting up what could be a potentially important battle for the rapidly growing DFS industry. Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) executive director Rick Kalm made the comments earlier this week, according to a report on LegalSports.com. Kalm's…
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson has hired former GOP Senator and majority leader Trent Lott to lobby on behalf of the Restoration of the American Wire Act (RAWA). Lott, who works on behalf of the Washington D.C. lobbying firm, Squire Patton Boggs will be pushing Adelson's anti-online gambling legislation to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Of…
If you've ever it seemed like Americans prefer illegal sports betting over regulated online betting, congratulations you had it right all along. Even better, the big brains at the University of Massachusetts recently conducted a study that backs up that claim. The study was conducted by the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences…
The battle for regulated California online poker has been going on for quite a while now but in recent weeks, that battle has started to turn ugly. For starters, whispers in the halls of the California State Legislature are suggesting that the most current online poker bill, AB 431, is dead in the water. According…
Golden State lawmakers' latest attempt at legalizing California online poker has cleared an important committee vote, but has plenty of hurdles to leap before becoming a law. Late last week, the Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously gave a thumbs up to AB 431, but that doesn't mean you should start including California in your next marketing…
Late last week the Nevada State Legislature quietly made history when it legalized the use of skill-based slot machines in Silver State casinos. Though the machines themselves are years away from their debut on casino gambling floors, their influence will likely be felt long before a customer ever sits down at one. That's because the…
Two lawmakers are targeting legal online horse wagering in the US with a RAWA-like bill that would outlaw the practice entirely. U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) are looking to repeal the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978. That's the act that allowed for the creation of offtrack betting (OTB) parlors…
Nevada Senator Harry Reid is dead set on banning regulated online gambling in the United States before leaving office in 2016. In a recent interview with Nevada Public Radio, the outgoing politician said he would support a ban on online gambling, but was open to an exemption for poker. "I believe that online gaming is…
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