Massachusetts lawmakers succeeded in crafting a compromise casino gambling bill, but Governor Deval Patrick says he won’t sign the law unless it is more limited.
Author / K.C. Carmichael
One of the provisions attached during markup of the Frank online poker regulation bill requires operators receiving licensing to be free from violations of previous gaming law, including the UIGEA.
Voters backing Tea Party candidates are showing politicians they want less government intrusion, a shift that should greatly benefit fans and operators of online casinos.
New Jersey is steaming ahead on its plans to license online casinos, regardless of if or when federal action takes place.
Dopamine production in problem gambling victims is similar in close-but-no-cigar losses to that following wins, illustrating further proof that compulsive gambling derives from imbalanced brain chemistry rather than gaming proliferation.
The potential move of the Wynn Resorts casino headquarters from Las Vegas to Macau may cement the Asian gambling region as the world’s gaming capitol.
Focus on the Family fanatics, not satisfied with trying to limit the freedom of US residents in regard to online gambling, are also telling Angelina Jolie how her daughter should be raised.
Florida lawmakers are close to a compromise deal with the Seminole Tribe which would give exclusive table gambling and partially exclusive slots to tribal casinos.
The new head of the Ontario lottery wants to consider online casino games to protect and increase revenue.
A new proposal by a casino group to tempt lawmakers in California into licensing intrastate online poker offers the state hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
The first German state to withdraw from the national ban on online casinos will aolmost certainly not be the last.
Some California tribal casinos will be able to add new slot games without paying stiff new state taxes, according to a court decision.
The likely last chance for Delaware’s full sports betting program to be able to legally proceed was denied as the US court of appeals responsible refused to rehear the case.
The US government is considering dropping its requirement that tribal gambling and casinos be located within short distances from reservations.
Casino operator Steve Wynn told reporters that the Chinese government is allowing its citizens to visit the gambling enclave of Macau three times as frequently as earlier in the year.
After several hopeful dates were missed, it’s becoming apparent that Barney Frank’s bill proposing regulation of online gambling will have to wait a while longer before committee review.
With NFL parlay betting the only sports betting available to it, Delaware is rushing to be ready to implement the system by Thursday’s NFL season start.
Iowa has done a superb job in treating people suffering from problem gambling, according to a university survey.
A groundbreaking innovator in the world of Internet poker and online gambling was found murdered at a home he owned in Sweden.
Electronic poker tables which speed up play and avoid dealer errors were installed by a casino in Reno eager to try a new product with uneven response in earlier testing.
Illinois adds forms of online gambling to the state’s legalized gaming, even though the US Department of Justice somehow claims all Internet gambling is illegal.
Researchers at a Canadian university have found that rats can mirror human gambling behavior, which can help isolate causes of problem gambling and effective treatments for the disorder.
