Online poker closed out 2019 in impressive fashion. PokerStars became the first online poker site to launch in Pennsylvania in November, New Jersey set new online gambling revenue records, and Michigan legalized online poker. Not a bad segue into 2020. Michigan’s official signal of future entry into the online gambling
Another year, another online poker bill in the New York legislature. Actually, lawmakers simply took their bills from 2019 and reintroduced them to Racing, Gaming and Wagering committees in both houses. There has been little movement in the movement toward legalizing online gaming in New York in recent years. In
This year is a big one in American politics. A presidential election will take place on November 3, 2020 Several dozen Democratic candidates stepped up to the plate over the past year to run on the Democratic ticket against Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. As many failed to gain enough
The Stars Group has been as patient as possible with its reentry to the United States online poker market. It submitted to a long vetting process to go live with its online poker and casino in New Jersey several years ago, and PokerStars just launched in Pennsylvania last year. This
As 2020 gets underway, it is time for the annual predictions regarding online poker in the US market. At the very end of 2018, we chose five states that we felt were most likely to legalize online poker in 2019 but tossed in an additional three states that had some
The latest information from West Virginia State Lottery Director John Myers indicates that internet gaming, including online poker, could be ready for business in 2020. Earlier this year, West Virginia became the fifth state to legalize online poker and only the fourth to do so for casino games. It was
It seems like years have passed since California was the greatest hope for legal online poker in the United States. In fact, several years have passed since lawmakers and interested parties discussed online poker. As 2019 comes to and end, the distance between gambling expansion supporters and everyone else has
The United States Department of Justice is going to stand by its interpretation of the Wire Act, even if it means filing its brief to the US Court of Appeals within an hour of the deadline. It should have been obvious, though, that the DOJ was going to pursue the
It happened. The lawmakers did it, and the governor approved it. Michigan legalized online gambling that includes online poker and casino games. Many supporters of Michigan online poker were holding their collective breath over the past weeks. They didn’t want to be surprised as they were in December 2018 when
Kentucky is poised to work toward legal and regulated online poker in 2020. Just a few years ago, most experts in the field would have said that Kentucky was one of the least likely states to consider – much less actually legalize – the game. And not many people could
Former US Vice President Joe Biden is the fourth current presidential candidate in the Democratic Party to weigh in on the Wire Act debacle. Biden said he not only supports the US Department of Justice’s 2011 interpretation of the Wire Act but feels that the new DOJ decision under the
The date was quickly approaching. Next week, the first official brief was due to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. However, instead of abiding by the court’s deadline and moving this case along, US Attorney General William Barr and his Justice Department filed for an extension.
