Ever since the ominous Black Friday of 2011, California iPoker fans have been eagerly awaiting the day in which state legislators elect to pass an online poker bill. Yesterday should have marked the first of four hearings to debate the…
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Payne optimistic about his Pennsylvania online gambling bill, HB 649
Last month, Pennsylvania House Representative and Chairman of the Gaming Oversight Committee, John Payne, introduced two new bills. HB 649 aims to legalize and regulate online gambling, while HR 140 is a resolution urging Congress to deny the Sheldon Adelson-backed…
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Online Poker News: Phil Ivey drops $200k, RAWA Hearing set for March 26
Two big stories struck the online poker community this weekend. Phil Ivey may be considered by many the best live poker players of our time, but his online poker prowess continues to sink after dropping nearly $200k on the virtual…
Mississippi Online Poker Laws Defined
In terms of size and population, Mississippi is a relatively average US state. It has the 32nd largest land mass and 31st highest population of 2,994,079 (est. 2014). Speckled with nearly a dozen major lakes and rivers, including its namesake,…
Rep. Chaffetz reintroduced federal online gambling ban, RAWA
To the surprise of no one, US Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) reintroduced a bill scripted last year to put an end to any legal form of online gambling across the United States. The new version, introduced February 4, 2015, is…
No more Online Poker in Singapore: Remote Gambling Act effective today
Only four short months ago, legislators in Singapore put their heads together and drafted legislation to put an end to online gambling within the island country. Termed the Remote Gambling Act of 2014, the new law prohibits online poker and…