America’s largest casino and gambling trade association is all-in on sports betting. The American Gaming Association, which represents the $240 billion US casino industry, has upped its lobbying game this year in full support of legalizing the expansion of sports betting in the United States.
Update: The bait app has closed, with no plans to relaunch. For now, there is no legal app to bet with friends. A tech-savvy entrepreneur has big plans to take up social sports betting and remain on the right side of the law at the same time. Ian Peacock was studying at the University of…
Online poker made significant progress in New York yesterday after the Senate approved of S5302 by an overwhelming 53-5 vote. Despite the news, the odds of anything happening this year remain low. The Assembly still needs to vote on the bill and one lawmaker there said “it’s just not there” when asked if there was…
Legal and regulated online poker came on step closer to reality on Tuesday in New York. Senate Bill S5302B passed by a 9-0 vote through the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee earlier today. This marks the first time any pro-online poker bill has made it beyond a simple introduction in the Empire State. Editor update:…
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma may be on the verge of opening the first ever US online poker site that also accepts international players. Recently, the tribe won a favorable decision from an arbitrator who agreed that the tribe’s plan to open a real money poker site would not violate any state or federal laws….
As Steve Ruddock noted for BettingUSA, an important hearing was held this week on the subject of a proposed bill known as the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA for short). Little was known beforehand, but the hearing ended up being a debacle for opponents of legal online gambling and poker in the United States.
Betfair and online gamblers received some very positive news from the New Jersey Racing Commission last week. Last Wednesday, the commission finally gave approval to online gaming firm Betfair to offer exchange betting on horse races to customers in New Jersey. The approval marks the end of a long and drawn-out process for Betfair that…
Gambling, politics, New Jersey and student loans. One of these doesn’t fit, and I bet you can guess which one it is. New Jersey has been all over our radar in recent years as the first state to go full bore on legalizing online gambling and poker. A recent proposal by a New Jersey assemblyman…
On June 4th, the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) issued a Director’s Advisory Bulletin advising online betting affiliates to stop promoting unlicensed offshore sites to players in the United States. People who currently promote illegal gambling sites have 150 days to fall in line and receive amnesty from any future legal action.
This post contains outdated info. Click here for the latest US betting news. In between Sheldon Adelson scaring us all with his promises to ban online gambling “whatever the cost” and various anti-gambling bills proposed at the federal level, there is some reason for optimism over the long run. There’s a small but unmistakable trend…
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