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Department Of Justice Preparing To Reverse Opinion That Wire Act Only Applies To Sports Betting
The Department of Justice is preparing an opinion that will likely say that the Wire Act applies to all forms of online gambling and not just sports betting. That would be an apparent reversal of the 2011 Office of Legal Counsel opinion that the Wire Act only applies to sports wagering. The new opinion could come […]
Amendment 3 Puts Future Of Florida Gambling On Midterm Ballot
Midterm elections are upon the US, and gaming and gambling issues will appear on the ballot in a few states. Arkansas is making a move toward legal sports betting under a proposed referendum which survived a last-minute legal challenge. Voters will decide the fate of the ever-expanding industry as it relates to them via a […]
WSOP.com Multistate Poker Goes Live Across New Jersey And Nevada
Earlier this month, WSOP and 888 Poker announced plans to combine their clients into a unified, three-state network. Thanks to a pact known as the Multi-State Internet Gaming Association, operators in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware are now permitted to share liquidity across state lines. At the time of the announcement, interstate platforms were pending final approval and tentatively […]
Key Senator’s Retirement Creates Urgency For NY Online Poker Legislation
The timeline for legalizing online poker, like New York online casino efforts, New York has seemingly gotten a little tighter. Sen. John Bonacic has announced that he won’t seek re-election this fall, ending his tenure of two decades in the NY Senate. Bonacic’s name has appeared many times in these pages as a champion for gaming and […]
Is WSOP.com On The Cusp Of A Three-State Online Poker Network? It Might Need To Be
Interstate poker is Bill Rini’s bogeyman. Rini oversees WSOP NJ and WSOP Nevada, which operate separately in two states with legal US online poker. And he just wants his customers to be allowed to play together. They’re currently cut off from each other, though, ring-fenced within their own markets. Players can only compete against other players in […]
Nevada Congresswoman To DOJ: Don’t Use Wire Act To Stop Online Gambling
US Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) is urging the Department of Justice to maintain a narrow interpretation of the Wire Act. Titus penned a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today, reiterating that the federal law applies only to sports betting. Congress enacted the law in 1961 as a tool to combat illegal bookmaking operations typical of organized […]
The Restoration of America’s Wire Act – Inside The Proposed Ban On Regulated Online Gambling
RAWA refers to the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act,” a piece of legislation that has been advocated primarily, although not exclusively, by Republicans. The bill was first introduced in 2014 and has been reintroduced in subsequent sessions. What RAWA seeks to do The Restoration of America’s Wire Act would rewrite the Federal Wire Act of […]
The Rapid Decline Of Cash Game Traffic On PokerStars: Cause For Concern Or Expected Outcome?
Over the past several years, ring games on PokerStars have dried up at an increasingly rapid pace. The latest data from Poker Industry Pro (paywall) via online poker trafficking site PokerScout.com, shows that 7-day average cash game traffic on the world’s largest dot-com network has plummeted to a nearly nine year low of approximately 11,500 players, representing […]
Massachusetts Inches Closer To Legalizing Online Lottery
Throughout 2016, online gaming proponents have focused on several states considered to be strong candidates for online expansion, namely, New York, California, and Pennsylvania. For the most part, they haven’t been disappointed: New York went one for two, hitting on daily fantasy sports but missing when it came to online poker. Ongoing efforts in California have produced the […]
PokerStars Secures Motion To Dismiss In Long-Running Illinois Loss Recovery Case
PokerStars appears to have laid to rest a long-running legal dispute in Illinois after Judge David R. Herndon granted the company’s motion to dismiss a second amended complaint filed by Kelly Sonnenberg and Casey Sonnenberg. Herndon simultaneously dismissed a companion claim brought by separate defendants against Full Tilt. “This is a significant win for PokerStars,” stated lead […]
