In September, Georgia police officers raided a poker room. In October, representatives of Entain Foundation met with lawmakers to work toward a comprehensive yet reasonable gambling proposal to introduce into the state legislature in 2024. These two events are not directly related. Entain Foundation does not support or have any
A funny thing happened while the World Series of Poker was running its course in Las Vegas. While the poker community was playing, watching, or following the WSOP and all of the tournament series this summer, lawmakers in the little state of Rhode Island legalized online poker. In fact, the
In the poker world, California is known for two things. One is the plethora of cardrooms for poker players throughout the state. The other is the many years of infighting over online poker in California before and after Black Friday, infighting that ultimately prompted lawmakers to be so frustrated as
This is the year that Texas lawmakers decided to throw almost every kind of gambling bill at the wall to see what sticks. There are bills about commercial casinos, tribal gaming, sports betting, and poker rooms. Most of them have companion bills so both houses in the state legislature have
Most people are aware of Black Friday. Full Tilt Poker fell apart and stranded all of its customers, as did UltimateBet and Absolute Poker. PokerStars, however, was the company that took care of everything and everyone. When the US government seized those four major poker sites on April 15, 2011
In poker, Texas is known as home of Texas Hold’em where Hold’em is not exactly legal. Further, it’s much more complicated than the irony. Texas is one of the fastest growing markets for live poker in America. It is where the idea of a poker club – a membership club
There is a lot of talk about poker rooms, mostly in Texas. Some may be tied up in court or recovering from a police raid, but most of them operate continuously without trouble. And Chris Moneymaker opened one in Kentucky last year. The common thread among these types of poker
California has unique gambling laws. The only full-fledged casinos in the state are a part of a tribal compact for Native American tribes to open gambling establishments on their lands. The rest of the cardrooms in the state are just that – cardrooms only. For many years, though, no new
Poker players in Texas are visiting poker rooms in the state in bigger numbers than ever before. From the Lodge to Texas Card House, poker clubs from Dallas to Houston are thriving with local players, while also attracting out-of-state players for tournaments. Dare I say, it is one of the
American Gaming Association represents the United States casino industry. It advocates for legal, regulated gaming and ensures the proliferation of responsible gambling tools. For the second time this year, the AGA has issued another warning about illegal websites offering igaming in the US. It released a new report estimating that
It was a rather genius idea. Since the state of Texas has refused to legalize poker or recognize poker as a game of skill (separating it from games of chance), poker players and enthusiasts took matters into their own hands. Instead of opening poker rooms, they established member-only clubs. Anyone
Virginia lawmakers have never liked gambling much. In fact, the laws of Virginia pertaining to gambling fall under the category of “crimes involving morals and decency.” The overview of the law labels illegal gambling as anything involving the making, placing, or receiving of bets or wagers of money or anything
