Delaware became the first US state to legalize online gambling when their legislature voted the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 into law. It's expected that Delaware residents could start playing roulette, poker and slots for real money online as soon as January 2013. The online gambling law allows Delaware residents to play casino games…
Online poker is back in the United State and igaming companies, casinos and software providers are lining up to get themselves a piece of the action. While forward thinking gaming shops have been prepping their sites, and partnerships, for this day for years even the best prepared outfits are moving towards legalization at a fevered…
[caption id="attachment_22019" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Crazy? Or crazy like a fox?"][/caption] New Jersey casinos will be offering regulated sports betting this fall, no matter what the Federal Government thinks. That's what a defiant Governor Chris Christie told reporters at a recent press conference. If true, the Garden State is in for a major legal battle that…
As you probably know by know, some big changes are coming for US iGaming affiliates. Over the recent years the tides have shifted a bit, and now it seems that online gambling legalization is a matter of “when” rather than “if.” In essence, this obviously opens a massive new market for affiliates to tackle. However,…
[caption id="attachment_20681" align="alignright" width="275" caption="President Obama has vowed to veto CISPA "][/caption] Despite drawing accusations of being something pulled right out of the book 1984, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was passed by Congress last week and is on its way to Senate approval. HR 3523 gives the US Government some broad new…
[caption id="attachment_18799" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Gambling is frowned upon in Kentucky."][/caption] The Commonwealth of Kentucky is seizing 132 gambling domains in the latest step in a case that stretches back to 2008. According to Kentucky prosecutors, the domains in question represent illegal gambling devices and are in violation of the state's gaming laws. Although the case…
[caption id="attachment_17860" align="alignright" width="272" caption="Ayre denies any wrongdoing in the case."][/caption] When news broke of Bodog founder Calvin Ayre's indictment by Federal prosecutors in Maryland the gaming industry collectively sighed and said, "Here we go again." And who could blame them? Between web sites shuttered with the Department of Justice (DOJ) shield and indictments for…
Legal online poker in the state of Iowa is a step closer to reality after a senate subcommittee forwarded a intrastate poker bill. Iowa now joins Nevada, California and number of other cash starved states in the high stakes poker race. The bill passed with little opposition and now moves to the full senate for…
When will the Federal Government actually make online poker legal? According to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Howard Stutz, that move won't be happening before 2013, and even that might be a stretch. Hopes Dashed [caption id="attachment_17606" align="alignright" width="176" caption="But today I am still just a bill."][/caption] Poker affiliates and players were hoping that a poker…
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