West Virginia State Delegate Shawn Fluharty has wanted online gambling legalized in his state for several years, and it seems that he is making it happen in 2019. After introducing one bill at the start of the first session in January, Fluharty partnered with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to
The state of online gaming in the United States is in flux. The most recent Department of Justice decision about the Wire Act put it there, but it is now flailing about with no clear direction. To be more specific, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel reversing the 2011 Wire
It took just one month for the first lawsuit to be filed after the latest Wire Act opinion was made public. The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel revealed the full opinion on January 15, 2019. And one month to the day, the first lawsuit is on the books.
A new year is often a chance to start fresh, to makes changes for the better, to improve from the past year. New Jersey’s internet gaming business made those resolutions for 2019, but it wasn’t evident if the online poker segment would hold up its end of the deal. Online
It’s been less than a year since the sports betting world opened up to every state in America. The US Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018, courtesy of a years-long court battle initiated by the state of New Jersey pushing for the
The last few years of legislative activity in West Virginia have produced a handful of bills pertaining to gambling and online wagering, but none were brought to committees for serious discussion. It looks like 2019 could be a very different story. With two weeks of the start of 2019, West
In previous lists of states most likely to consider legalizing online poker, Kentucky was omitted. Not only was it a state that feared any competition for its horse racing industry, Kentucky was at the center of a years-long battle with online gaming companies. Then-Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear had been so
The state of New York and its journey with online poker has been a confusing and disappointing one thus far, and the path it takes in 2019 seems it will remain so. In just a few weeks of a new year, a new online poker supporter emerged in the New
Former New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak remains widely respected by current members of the state’s government, as evidenced by recent actions pertaining to the recent Wire Act decision issued by the US Department of Justice. The Attorneys General of New Jersey and Pennsylvania took Lesniak’s recent advice to contact the
Raymond Lesniak has long been involved in politics in his home state of New Jersey. He began serving in the state’s General Assembly in 1978 and switched to the New Jersey Senate in 1983, where he served through 2017. Lesniak was the most outspoken advocate of legalizing online poker and
The roller coaster for New York online poker supporters is already beginning for 2019. A positive start with a new bill by a new sponsor provided hope that online poker had a fighting chance in 2019. State Senator Joe Addabbo took up the baton where now-retired John Bonacic left it
One only needs to google any investigation into casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson to know that he has his hands in many cookie jars. And most often, he is willing to buy the cookies, the jars, and everything around them to make sure no one else ever gets those cookies. When
