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Pennsylvania Still a Must-Watch State for Online Poker Regulation
For online poker supporters, June could best be summed up with the first half of a famous Shakespeare line, as the month was full of sound fury in multiple...
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May Legislative Recap: Battle in Pennsylvania Rages On
The month of May was all about Pennsylvania. The Keystone State resumed its push for regulated internet gambling on May 24 with a hearing about a spending bill. That...
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March Legislative Recap: Sheldon Adelson's 180
March was a busy month in the world of poker legislation. The highlight: a possible change in focus by Sheldon Adelson, the head of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation...
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February Legislative Recap: All Eyes on California
California is the largest state in the US at 38.8 million people. If it were its own country, California would be the 35th largest in the world, sandwiched in...
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January Legislative Recap: Progress Slow in Key States
Only a month into 2016, there has been plenty of movement on the legislative front in the United States. Online poker could soon be regulated in Pennsylvania, while states...
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Report: Bill to Halt Expansion of Online Poker Coming in US
According to the Poker Players Alliance, the main lobbying voice for poker players on Capitol Hill, a bill could be introduced in the US Congress that "would block new...
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Newsweek on Ripping Online Poker: "No Bias For or Against Online Gambling"
In response to a letter to the editor, Newsweek writer Leah McGrath Goodman (pictured) explained the rationale for and background to the cover story in the magazine's August 22...
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Are Bad Actor Clauses in Poker Legislation Unconstitutional?
There is a great deal of discussion in our community regarding the proposed California online poker legislationand one of its key clauses, the "bad actor" verbiage that would prevent...
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Defeat of Eric Cantor Could Shelve Online Gambling Legislation
As Congressman Eric Cantor's (pictured) shocking defeat in the primary for the Seventh District of Virginia reverberates through the political spectrum, many gambling analysts are beginning to wonder how...
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US Internet Gambling Bill with Online Poker Carve-Out Surfaces
On Wednesday, longtime reporter John Ralston wrote on his blog, "Here's what's floating around DC. I smell a Nevada company." What followed was text of a draft bill that...