May 20, 2015
Today’s joint California Assembly-Senate hearing on online poker by the Governmental Organization committees appears to have steered clear of overt vested interests to focus on information from expert witnesses. The witness list presented by chairmen Sen.Isadore Hall and Assemblyman Adam Gray includes: Anita Lee, Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst from the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office; […]
May 19, 2015
In what appears to be a well-timed sequel to a joint California Assembly-Senate legislative hearing on internet poker scheduled for May 20, Pokerstars has organised live internet poker demonstrations in the state capital Sacramento. Pokerstars is keen to achieve licensing in any legalised online poker regime that may emerge in the state, where for the […]
May 16, 2015
New York state Senator John Bonacic is taking another run at intrastate legalised online poker with the introduction this week of bill S5302, a measure that is almost identical to the Senator’s proposal last year but with one critically important difference….it does not include a “bad actor” clause. Instead, the bill makes the New York […]
May 12, 2015
Retiring Nevada Democratic Party Senator Harry Reid continued to display an ambivalent attitude toward federally legalised online poker this week in an interview reported by the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. In the interview Reid reprised a view he expressed in a KNPR television interview some weeks ago – that he had worked for a federal […]
May 6, 2015
The surge of enthusiasm at the news that an online poker legalisation bill has at last managed to make it through a legislative committee in California (see previous reports) has given way to a pragmatic assessment of AB431 – the bill in question. Proposer Assemblyman Adam Gray (who is also chair of the Assembly Governmental […]
April 30, 2015
The prosecution on an illegal gambling charge of former Seal With Clubs owner Bryan Micon (36) (see previous report) was discussed in detail at a press conference Wednesday held by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Flanked by A.G. Burnett, chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and Tony Alamo, chairman of the Nevada Gaming […]
April 28, 2015
The Attorney General’s Office in Nevada has laid charges against Bryan Micon, the alleged owner of the Bitcoin-denominated online poker site Seals With Clubs, which Our readers will recall was shuttered following a Nevada Gaming Commission operation in February this year. The action, and a visit to Micon’s Las Vegas home by officials armed with […]
April 28, 2015
Monday could prove to be a memorable date in online poker following the historic first passage through a legislative committee of an online poker legalisation bill in California. Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB431 represents progress at last after years of failures while politicians struggled to find common ground among the numerous competing interests that either want […]
April 24, 2015
Wednesday’s cancelled California House hearing on internet poker (see previous report) will now take place on Monday 27 April, legislature sources have confirmed. The hearing will commence at 1.30pm local time in the Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee.
April 16, 2015
It looks like another very active California legislative season for online poker legalisation as politicians warm up for yet another year of trying to reach consensus and pass a workable online poker legalisation measure. Our readers will recall that there are currently four bills on the table. Two of these, introduced by Senator Isadore Hall […]