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2019 Online Poker Legislative Recap: Positive Strides Made
Regulated online poker in the US made some leaps in 2019, and if the market can have a similar legislative year in 2020 as it did in 2019, things...
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Tax Rate Issue Could Be Stumbling Block for iPoker in Pennsylvania
As Pennsylvania continues to discuss the specifics of an online gaming framework in the state, a new bill and continued debate over proposed tax rates have taken center stage. On...
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New AG Jeff Sessions Apparently Considering New Online Gaming Ban
During his confirmation hearing in early January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he’d be open to revisiting the Justice Department’s interpretation of the Wire Act, which allowed states the...
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West Virginia Online Gaming Bill Unlikely to Gain Approval in 2017
West Virginia is the seventh state to introduce online gaming legislation in 2017, but with the legislative session winding down – it ends in just two weeks – the...
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Australian Government Bans Online Poker, Operator Exodus Expected
Australian online poker players got bad news – the worst news, actually – on Tuesday. The Interactive Gambling Amendment 2016 passed through the Australian Senate on Tuesday, essentially banning...
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How to Make Yourself Heard in the Push for Online Poker Regulation
2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the prospects of online poker as three states – Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania – are all taking steps...
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Reggie Jones-Sawyer Introduces New Online Poker Bill in California
California online poker players have been down this road before. Over the last decade, the state has debated the merits of legalizing online poker, but each year efforts have...
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New York Seems Poised to Pass Online Poker Regulation in 2017
While no state has legalized iGaming since 2013, New York joins Pennsylvania as a state prepared to do so in 2017. New York Sen. John Bonacic and Assemblyman Gary Pretlow...
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Pennsylania Passes on iGaming Legislation; Michigan Still in Play
The calendar has now been flipped to December, and barring a Christmas miracle in Michigan, it's starting to look like 2016 will end without a new state joining the...
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Where Did All The Online Gambling Regulation Momentum Go?
After being empowered by a 2011 opinion issued by the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, online gambling legalization at the state level came out of...