January 26, 2017
Virginia Senator Louise Lucas, who introduced bill S.1400 earlier this month (see previous report) enjoyed early success this week when the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee progressed her bill, albeit on a thin margin of 8 votes to 7. But, progress is progress; this is just the first hurdle as state law requires that […]
January 16, 2017
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas is nothing if not tenacious…for the third year running she has introduced a bill to the state Senate seeking to legalise poker as a game predominantly one of skill, hoping to ride the crest of the daily fantasy sports legalisation achieved early last year (see previous report). Her bill SB1400 […]
March 7, 2016
According to Netherlands gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit, a Dutch court ruled late last week on the skill vs. chance poker debate saying in its view poker is a game of chance. The ruling was handed down in a case involving the indictment of three men accused of violating Dutch gambling law when they organised a pub […]
March 25, 2015
A new study by the University of Nottingham has concluded that success in poker is more likely to involve skill than chance, lending its weight to a growing body of expert opinion that this is the case. Researchers at the university, working with colleagues from Erasmus University Rotterdam and VU University Amsterdam, noted that players […]
January 25, 2014
A criminal case that has been in the Dutch judicial system for over seven years was finally brought to a conclusion this week with a finding that poker is predominantly a game of skill, rather than chance. The ruling presents international lawyers with another precedent in the on-going fight to position poker as a game […]
November 5, 2013
In an effort to graphically illustrate that poker is a game where skill really counts more than luck, a Norwegian professional player has issued a $170,000 (NKR 1 million) challenge to a heads up game, and a local politician has accepted. In a challenge that smacks of a publicity initiative, professional player and PLO specialist […]