The discussion of online gambling in the United States has been increasing in volume and frequency across America ever since December of 2011. That is when the United States Department of Justice casually reversed their opinion on the legality of online gambling in America. In the past they simply said any online gambling activity based in the United States was illegal. Now, after the DOJ change in attitude, they have decided to allow each of the individual United States to police and regulate their own online gambling legislation. Most recently, Illinois moved forward as possibly the leading contender to be the second state to pass online gambling legislation since the new DOJ position was announced last year.
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Nevada Online Poker for Christmas 2012
When matters of huge financial opportunity are involved, it never takes the United States long to see some of its entrepreneurs cashing in as quickly as possible. Such is evidently the case with Nevada since the US Department of Justice reversed their opinion on the legality of online poker play for pay. The DOJ stance has for years been that all forms of online poker play for money were illegal in the United States, but last December they decided to allow each individual state to legalize, regulate and police their own online poker play product. Nevada rapidly move forward with legislation, and became the first state to legalize online poker play for its residents and any tourists vacationing there.
Phil Helmuth Comments About Online Poker In California
With print newspapers all around the United States in danger of going under in the face of online instant information, many smart newspaper institutions are offering surveys and polls to their readers to get them more involved. To that end, the Los Angeles times asked their readers recently if they supported legalized online poker play in California. After the United States Department of Justice late last year reversed their opinion on the legality of online poker play in the US, each individual state now has the ability to legislate and regulate the online poker play laws for their citizens.
Legalized Iowa Poker Inches Closer To Reality
Iowa is one of about a dozen of the United States that are actively seeking to have some type of online poker legislation and regulation. Up until December of 2011, companies could not set up online poker and gambling sites in the United States, and offshore entities came in to fill the vast need. But …
US Online Poker Coming to Colorado Next
The Centennial State is so named because Colorado officially became a state in 1876, 100 years after the United States Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. And it appears that the year 2113 will bear some significant Colorado online poker Centennial celebration if the most recent legislation that was passed there moves forward. The Colorado Gaming Association is the organization which regulates the gaming industry both online and offline in that state, and after watching Nevada succeed as the first state to legalize online gaming in the United States, Colorado has been pushing hard to get a piece of the financial online gaming pie as well.
Ohio Joins Online Poker Push in the US
Ever since the United States Department of Justice reversed their attitude on the legality of online “pay for play” gaming at the state level, legislators looking for a much needed revenue stream have been pushing to get legal online gaming passed in their state. Obviously, those states which offer some type of legalized online gaming to their constituents first are going to benefit from an influx of highly skilled jobs as well as the money which can be made from selling online gaming licenses. Nevada was the first state to pass legalize online poker legislation just last month, and New Jersey, Illinois and California have been pushing hard to become the next state to benefit from legalized online gaming.
ECGC Presesnts Online Gambling State of the Union
The East Coast Gaming Congress (ECGC) was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey this May 16 and 17, and this is the 16th annual get-together to discuss online gambling legalization in the United States. Also referred to as the United States Gaming Congress on Online Gambling, ECGC invites only proven leaders in the online gaming community to get together for a two-day roundtable to discuss the past, present and future of online gaming in the United States. The hottest topic is year was the “federal versus state” online gambling legislation position.
Online Nevada Poker Licenses On Sale in 60 Days
With so many states looking to be the ‘first to market’ in the race to offer regulated online poker play in the United States, it appears the Silver State may have just struck gold. The first of the United States to deliver some type of regulated online poker play will almost certainly be able to add much-needed jobs to their economy, thanks to an influx of software and high-tech employees needed to deliver a viable product. That state will also be able to set licensing fees pretty much wherever they want, as they will be the only option available to prospective online poker room owners anxious to cash in on the first US-based legalized online poker play made available since April 15, 2011, darkly coined Black Friday in the online poker community.
New Jersey One Step Closer to Online Poker after Bill Approved
For the 600,000 New Jersey poker players already playing online, and state government officials anxious to add what would definitely be another fresh and substantial flow of money into the state coffers, legalized online poker and casino gambling in the Garden State just moved one step closer to fruition. On May 10 a bill was approved by the Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee for passage onto a vote by the full Assembly. That could be the very first step to making New Jersey the first of the United States to allow their constituents legalized real money gambling on online poker, roulette and other casino games.
Bwin.Party Signs 10 Year Pact With United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC)
The Mission Statement of Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment is to “let the world play for real,” and their strategy is to focus on “regulated and to-be-regulated markets”, as stated on their website. Created when Bwin Interactive Entertainment and PartyGaming merged in March of 2011, Bwin.Party is now the world’s largest online gaming company listed on a National Stock Exchange, that being the London Stock Exchange. The company claimed revenue of more than €800 million in 2011, and is licensed for online poker and other online gaming in France, Gibraltar, Alderney, Italy and Denmark. So what does that have to do with Sacramento’s Thunder Valley Casino Resort and online poker in California? A great deal actually.