By Sandra Gaweda | October 20, 2026 | 3 min read New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would replace criminal penalties for underage gambling at casinos, including live poker rooms, with civil fines. On October 15, 2026, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-0 to advance S597, which would replace
By Sandra Gaweda | October 17, 2026 | 4 min read Bryn Kenney, poker’s all-time live tournament earnings leader, has sued GGPoker parent company NSUS Group Inc. in Nevada. The lawsuit also names its CEO, Mansoo “Michael” Kim. Kenney alleges he was promised weekly commissions and a 5% equity stake
By Sandra Gaweda | October 15, 2026 | 3 min read Wyoming’s proposed sweepstakes poker ban moved forward earlier this month when the Select Committee on Gaming unanimously advanced an amended version of draft 27LSO-0098, proposing felony penalties for operating certain online sweepstakes games. The proposal is not yet law,
By Sandra Gaweda | October 13, 2026 | 4 min read Pennsylvania lawmakers have a bill on the table that would outlaw sweepstakes poker in the state. House Bill 2801, sponsored by Rep. Russ Diamond, would make it unlawful to operate, conduct or promote online sweepstakes games, and its definition
By Jennifer Newell · Published September 25, 2026 · 3 min read ClubWPT Gold Nevada players lost an online poker option this week. On Thursday, September 24, 2026, ClubWPT Gold announced it is winding down services in the state. The company told players the move came “in response to state
The ‘Big. Beautiful Bill’ Tax Provision introduced in January has met with strong opposition in the House Ways and Means Committee, who passed legislation repealing the 2026 gambling tax provision by 38 votes to five. The law, which took effect on the first day of 2026, means gamblers can only
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 14, 2026 · 8 min read Sweepstakes Poker Is Running Out of Room If you play sweepstakes poker, your options are shrinking fast. As of fall 2026, sweepstakes casinos face bans or longstanding legal restrictions in more than a dozen US states. Sweepstakes poker
By the Sandra Gaweda · Published September 2, 2026 · 5 min read The LuckyLand Slots shutdown is set for September 14, 2026. Parent company Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) is permanently closing the sweepstakes casino. It is the first VGW sweepstakes brand to be shut down outright, with the closure
By Sandra Gaweda · September 1, 2026 · 7 min read New York iGaming Legalization Faces Another Long Wait If you're a New York poker player waiting for legal online games, the wait just got longer. Assemblymember Carrie Woerner (D-Round Lake), who chairs the Assembly committee on racing and gaming,
By Sandra Gaweda. Published August 28, 2026. Estimated read time: 5 minutes. A wave of US sweepstakes and social casino closures hit in August 2026 as state regulators tightened their grip on the dual-currency model. A growing number of US sweepstakes and social casinos shut down in August 2026 as
The mushrooming sportsbetting brand FanDuel is emerging as a potential partner to PokerStars as online poker grows in both popularity and accessibility in the United States. Flutter Entertainment, which owns both companies, is planning a possible merger between FanDuel Poker and the biggest name in poker for the past 25
The withdrawal of FanDuel and Draft Kings from the sportsbook licencees list in Nevada this week shocked many. With two of the United States’ largest sportsbook vendors pulling out of the gambling capital of the world, how will this impact poker, Nevada’s cherished curate’s egg? We’ve looked at the announcement
