NJ Assembly Says Yes to Online Gambling Bill

Just last year the New Jersey State Assembly okayed an online gaming legislation package by a nearly 6 to 1 margin. The assembly approved passage with a vote of 63 to 11, but that was still not enough to convince Governor Christie that online gambling was right for his state. He vetoed that legislation, and pro-internet gambling lawmakers were forced back to the drawing board. A revised package recently made its way to the Assembly, and on Monday, December 17, that online gaming bill received an early holiday present when it was okayed by a vote of 48 for, 25 against and 3 uncommitted votes.

Read more

Poker Stars Positioning For Online Poker In New Jersey Casino

Is Poker Stars positioning themselves for online poker in the Garden State? US gambling laws currently allow for the individual states in the US to adopt whatever form of online poker legislation they agree upon. But since the change in the Department of Justice opinion came last December, only Delaware and Nevada have decided to legalize online poker play for their residents and travelers located in their state boundaries. While Poker Stars currently enjoys a favorable status with the DOJ, it appears they are making the move into the off-line poker community in New Jersey with their eyes on offering online poker in the near future.

Read more

Can Online Poker Stop US from Plummeting off Fiscal Cliff?

If you live in the United States, you have no doubt heard about the impending “Fiscal Cliff” from which we are about to plummet in 2013. Let me be straightforward here, I am in no way discounting our current problematic economic situation in the United States. But it seems like all we have heard about lately is the impending fiscal cliff from which our currently unstable economic situation will fall if our lame-duck Congress doesn’t take drastic measures before the end of this year. Why are we discussing this in an online poker blog? Because online poker very well could prove to be the much-needed brakes that keep the United States economic vehicle from crashing.

Read more

Nevada Brick-and-Mortar Casinos Apply for Virtual Poker Licenses

During this wonderful holiday season, Americans generally take a moment to reflect on the past year and count their blessings. Online poker players in Nevada, as well as travelers to The Silver State, can be thankful that Nevada was the first state to pass online poker legislation in the United States this year. Delaware is the only other state to follow up on the United States Department of Justice allowance that each individual state choose their online poker destiny, but it appears Nevada is the clear front runner to officially shuffle up and deal online with the legal blessing of the United States government. Currently 12 operators have been approved for online interactive gaming licenses in Nevada, but the list of applicants continues to grow.

Read more

Lame-Duck Session in Congress Good or Bad for Online Poker

Is the possible passage of gambling laws in the United States more favorable or less favorable now that Congress is in a lame-duck session? With the inability of Congress to agree on just about anything, it is hard to envision any situation that would guarantee a clear-cut legislative victory which would allow Internet gambling in the United States. But whether you voted for him or not, Obama’s reelection actually speaks volumes for the possibilities of getting some nationwide gambling laws passed before Congress reconvenes in 2013, possibly in 2012.

Read more

US Gambling Online State of the Union Post Election

After December of last year saw the United States Department of Justice flip-flop their opinion regarding online gambling in the US, the door was left open for individual states to decide their online gambling destiny. Almost immediately Nevada passed legislation allowing online poker for their residents and visitors inside their state boundaries, and Delaware followed suit. Since then many states have pushed for some form of online gambling legislation, and the recent elections in the United States will have a lot to say about what the future of online gambling in America looks like in 2013.

Read more

PA and CT Testing Online Poker Waters With Free-Play Sites

With both Delaware and Nevada in the United States ready to virtually shuffle up and deal, several other states have been pushing to cash in on the virginal legalized poker Internet phenomenon in the US. The United States Department of Justice late last year changed their opinion on online poker, and now allows each individual state to decide their own online poker fate. The Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut and Pocono Downs Casino in Pennsylvania will be offering free play online poker as a way of testing the pay for play waters in advance of possible Internet poker legislation in those two states, and at the federal level in the US.

Read more

Nevada GCB OK’s MGM Resorts for Online Poker License

The Nevada state Gaming Control Board (GCB) that is responsible for recommending companies for interactive gaming online licenses met on Thursday, November 1 to consider the merits of multiple online poker applicants looking for licenses. Nevada was the first state to legalize online poker after the United States Department of Justice passed that responsibility onto the state level in late 2011. Obviously, those companies which get involved on the ground level will have a leg up on the competition in both Nevada and the United States overall, and the GCB recommended MGM Resorts International as a license holder along with two other companies Thursday.

Read more

NV Gov Sandoval Backs Reid-Kyl Federal Internet Gambling Bill

Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval is one of the rising stars on the American political landscape, and he recently threw his “full support” to a federal Internet gambling bill. The bill proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) calls for an across-the-board regulation by the United States government of Internet gambling practices. Sandoval’s own state of Nevada has already legalized online poker, and Delaware is the only other state to legalize online gambling since the United States Department of Justice asked that responsibility be passed onto the state level. Nevada is inching closer to actually delivering the first occurrence of online poker since the US DOJ flip-flopped their age old position on Internet gaming in December of 2011.

Read more

Boyd Awarded Nevada Online Poker License

Nevada rapidly moved to become the first state in the US to offer online poker for money after the Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed each individual state to decide their own Internet poker destiny late last year. As you can imagine, since then companies have been lining up in hopes of being approved for one of the first ever interactive gaming licenses offered by the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC). Companies who are able to participate in the first wave of legalized online poker play since the DOJ ruling will be able to establish themselves as leaders in what looks to be a multibillion dollar industry in the US.

Read more