June 4, 2014
Senator Edwin Erickson’s soon-to-launch bill seeking to legalise online poker in Pennsylvania (see previous reports) is to be supported in the state Assembly by a similar bill sponsored by Republican Representative Nicholas Miccarelli. It is understood that both bills will include anti-competitive “bad actor” clauses barring operators like Pokerstars who continued to supply US services […]
June 1, 2014
With the next hearing on internet gambling legalisation in Pennsylvania scheduled for June 3 and already attracting media attention (see previous reports) the news emerged last Friday that a new Senate bill will soon be introduced seeking to regulate and license intrastate online poker. Pennsylvania Senator Edwin Erickson is the man behind the new bill […]
May 7, 2014
The momentum for intrastate online poker legalisation in the state of New York picked up this week when Rep. Gary Pretlow introduced a companion bill to SB 6913 introduced to the Senate earlier this year (see previous report). The Assembly bill closely follows the thrust of its Senate counterpart that poker is primarily a game […]
April 24, 2014
Spokesmen for a variety of interests for and against the legalisation of online gambling in California presented their arguments to the state’s Assembly Governmental Organization Committee hearing Wednesday, with testimony from 33 witnesses heard over a marathon more than five hour session in the state capital. Chaired by Rep. Isadore Hall, the committee listened and […]
March 30, 2014
With launch of the Graham-Chaffetz banning bills in Congress still creating industry ripples this week, a New York lawmaker has taken the initiative and launched an intrastate online poker legalisation bill in the state Senate. The man behind SB 6913 is Republican Party state Senator John Bonacic, who is clearly not interested in being on […]
March 20, 2014
Prominent tribal gaming spokesmen have been ramping up the coverage on the sovereign nations’ position on California online poker legalisation as state lawmakers focus closely on the prospect in the current session of the legislature. Speaking to Casino Enterprise Magazine this week in the latest statement of tribal interest, Ernie Stevens, chairman of the National […]
March 2, 2014
Delegates at last week’s i-gaming legislative symposium in Sacramento were told by a variety of speakers that momentum is building for the intrastate legalisation of online poker in California, with consensus growing between rival tribal factions that have derailed attempts in the past. One speaker revealed that there are plans for an “informational hearing” by […]
February 23, 2014
The much anticipated re-ignition of the California online poker legalisation debate took place late Friday with the introduction of two bills to the California State Legislature. Both were submitted as urgent bills, which mean that a two thirds majority vote in both the Assembly and the Senate will see them fast-tracked into law, with a […]
February 12, 2014
The good news from California is that another run at legalising online poker is reportedly about to commence in the state Legislature…and this one may have a better chance than previous attempts with reports that the key support of tribal gambling interests is growing, with at least seven tribes now on-side for a bill drafted […]