New Jersey Governor, and failed GOP presidential candidate, Chris Christie is ready to take his state's fight for legalized sports betting to the highest court in the land. During an appearance on the Boomer & Carton sports-talk radio show, the embattled Governor expressed his frustration with the US Justice Department and his desire to have…
Running a successful land-based casino is never as easy as it might sound, even if you're a billionaire; just ask Donald Trump and Carl Icahn. Both men attempted to turn Atlantic City's Taj Mahal Casino into something other than a money pit and failed. Late last week officials at Icahn Enterprises would be closing the…
Last fall the US-facing daily fantasy sports industry blitzed the American airwaves with an unprecedented volume of advertisements. Americans simply couldn't turn on a radio, television or computer without seeing an ad for FanDuel or DraftKings. That definitely won't be the case this year. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, both companies…
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is delaying the launch of its PokerTribe.com site for at least two and a half months. News of the delay came on the same day the site was set to become the first regulated poker site in the US to be run by tribal gaming interests. According to a release…
Regulated gambling isn't an issue that gets much play during most US Presidential elections. And almost no one ever cares what a vice-presidential nominee thinks about the business. Unfortunately, almost nothing about this year's battle for the White House qualifies as, most US Presidential elections. That's why it's worth taking a look at how GOP…
California's powerful tribal interest are dead set on keeping PokerStars out of the Golden State online gambling market. Recently, a seven-tribe coalition called for lawmakers to impose a 10-year ban and a $60 million fine on the online poker behemoth before allowing it to enter the regulated California online gambling market. (The fact that there…
New York lawmakers approved a measure legalizing daily fantasy sports in the Empire State, late last week. The bill, which easily passed the State Assembly but took a lot longer for Senate approval, throws a lifeline to DFS operators who were operating in the state before November 15, 2015. Under the terms of the new…
FanDuel and DraftKings, the two biggest names in daily fantasy sports, are discussing the possibility of a merger. If it came to pass, and that's a mighty big if, the deal would radically change the face of the daily fantasy sports market both in the US and abroad. The deal, which has been reported on…
Yet another attempt to shut down the US-facing online gambling industry by implementing the Restoration of America's Wire Act (RAWA) by Congress has failed. Earlier this month, lawmakers attempted to quietly insert a RAWA-like amendment into a spending bill that was bound for the House Appropriations Committee. The amendment read: Since 1961, the Wire Act…
Pennsylvania lawmakers have killed a bill that would have legalized Keystone State online poker in a vote of 107 to 81, but that might not be the end of the story. In a chaotic turn of events, those same lawmakers turned around and immediately voted to reconsider the bill at a later date. The confusion…
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