The weekly Global Glance takes a look at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. Just a week after PokerStars launched for French and Spanish players, Italy and
New York State Senator John Bonacic is wasting no time when it comes to pushing his online poker bill in 2018. He has championed a bill for several years in a row, and he seems more determined than ever to help his state finally legalize it. Bonacic may get another
Massachusetts and its jagged road toward online gambling may prove that the internet betting market in the United States is as open and unpredictable as the lottery. After a long-awaited report was released last year, it seemed that online poker and casino games would not be on the table for
The state of Illinois took a more serious look at online gambling in 2017 than in years past. There were moments of surprise when the subject became a part of serious discussions, but it ultimately stalled without much progress. Now that a new year has begun, what is the status?
The weekly Global Glance takes a look at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. This week, we follow up on two stories from the last edition, one
Members of Congress were active at the end of 2017 with their efforts to ban online gambling in the United States. Said efforts are generally referred to as RAWA, which stands for the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, because all movements to stop online gambling seem to stem from the
One member of the West Virginia legislature is determined to legalize online poker for real money and casino games. State Delegate Shaun Fluharty was the champion of a bill last year that failed to gain momentum among his fellow lawmakers, and he’s ready to try again. Inspired by Pennsylvania’s hard-fought
The weekly Global Glance take a look at the online poker scene around the world. What happens with online poker beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of online poker in the United States. This week, Italy stepped up to maintain its place in the upcoming European
It happened again. Several members of Congress collectively penned a letter to the US Department of Justice to ask that the 2011 Wire Act decision be overturned. This move would effectively prohibit states from offering online poker and casino games while giving Congress a chance to ban online gaming. This
The weekly Global Glance takes a look at the online poker scene around the world. What happens beyond America’s borders can and often does impact the state of poker in the United States. This week, the big story is the advancement of the process of several European countries to share
The push for more states to legalize and regulate online poker in America saw results in late 2017 as Pennsylvania finally did it. There were high hopes for New York as well, but legislators ran into some of the same issues and concerns as it had in 2016 and stalled
Yesterday, in the first part of this look at PokerStars’ appearances in the Paradise Papers, the focus was on the company’s ties to PokerNews. Only in the latter part of 2017 did PokerNews admit to a majority ownership by Stars Group, parent company of PokerStars. However, the transfer of ownership
