It was exciting for online poker fans to imagine a state like Michigan legalizing and regulating games this year. Legislators only began introducing bills last year, and momentum increased two-fold in 2017. But even with more support and compromises, it is unlikely to happen this year. The good news, however,
In the most unsurprising online poker news, California will not legalize online poker in 2017. It was all but certain that nothing would happen after the initial movement in the first few months of the year. News out of the Golden State in March indicated that lawmakers had little confidence
The Poker Players Alliance has been immersed in the battle for legal and regulated poker in the United States, especially in the online sphere, since 2005. The organization’s scope has expanded in recent years to include online gaming, as long as internet poker is also at stake, because the two
Pennsylvania is broke. Bills are being deferred, payments are delayed, and the state is in dire need of a finalized budget. While every solution is being debated to death, online gambling is still not being fully utilized for the solution it could provide. The Good and the Bad The good
One day after a new bill to legalize and regulate online gaming appears in the Michigan House of Representatives, an information committee hearing shows support for the measure. With positive testimony from the Poker Players Alliance and former Attorney General Mike Cox, there is potential for movement forward in the
Say hello again to Michigan, a state with a real chance of passing online gaming legislation this year. No, this isn’t another article about how Pennsylvania is kicking the ball down the road again or New York sending mixed messages about online poker safety. This is Michigan. While other states
Mega-billionaire Sheldon Adelson just received a raise. The casino mogul didn’t need it but saw his salary approved for a 400% raise from his own Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which he founded and now serves as its Chairman and CEO. That means more billions in Adelson’s pocket and the availability
US Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania has been in online gaming news recently for his latest actions to try to ban online gambling. His time is now limited in Congress, however, as he announced that he will not run for reelection in 2018. https://twitter.com/RepCharlieDent/status/906233540123254784 The news is welcomed by online
Nothing has changed with the status of online gambling in Pennsylvania in the past few weeks. As a matter of fact, state legislators have yet to return from their summer break that officially began on July 22. Without the full legislature in session to resolve the ongoing and overwhelming budget
New Jersey has been offering legal online poker and casino games for nearly four years. When the industry launched in November 2013, it became the third state to offer online poker in America and the second to put casino games on the internet per state regulations. And New Jersey has
The chances of New Hampshire passing an online gambling bill may seem slim. If states like Pennsylvania and New York have yet to do it, after two years of passing bills through part or all of their state legislatures but still falling short of full legalization, New Hampshire seems like
Sheldon Adelson may be an 84-year-old multi-billionaire with business interests around the world, but he somehow manages to find the time to oppose online gaming efforts in the United States. Further, he takes the time to oversee his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling lobbying group and “encourage” various members of
