The fight to legalize online poker in the United States is more than a dozen years in the making. Most poker players had given up hope that the game would be legalized on the federal level…until entrepreneur and businessman Andrew Yang ran for the American presidency. He was the first
It may seem redundant, another article about Connecticut considering online gaming. And yet again, it is State Senator Catherine Osten introducing the bill to combine online gaming with online lottery ticket sales, online keno, and sports wagering. Nevertheless, she persists. The latest bill is Osten’s annual effort to upgrade the
There aren’t many issues that garner bipartisan support in today’s American political environment. But there they were – a Democratic governor and Republican State Representative – holding a press conference in support of sports betting. The press conference last week brought the unlikely pair together. Newly-elected Democratic Governor Andy Beshear
The Midwestern US state of Nebraska is not exactly known for its gambling establishments. There is no place in Nebraska that anyone would call a gambling destination. Even so, it is now a state to watch for its lawmakers who might legalize poker this year. There are four casinos in
With every month that goes by, it looks more and more like Kentucky could very well be the next state to legalize online poker. The movement toward this goal started back in 2018 and gained ground in 2019 as now-Governor Andy Beshear campaigned for and won the governorship. He included
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 playing online poker for real money in 2019 but tossed in an additional three
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
