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Category: Poker Law
U.S. Online Poker Politics UpdateThere’s lots going on in United States politics regarding legalizing online poker, casino, and sports betting gambling. Take a look a some of the more recent highlights: The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) made an appearance for the first time ever at a CPAC convention. CPAC is the Conservative Political Action Conference, a... 
California Holding Hearing On Online Poker Feb 9The California Senate Governmental Organization Committee will hold what they’re calling an “informal” hearing entitled “Examining the Public Policy and Fiscal Implications Related to the Authorization of Intrastate Internet Poker in California” starting on Tuesday, February 9. It will take pla... 
New Jersey Tries To Pass Legal Online PokerWhile Congress is in a tizzy about all these poker bills and how to make both sides agree tthat legal U.S. poker is enough of a priority to choose one and make it law already, at least one state is taking matters into its own hands (and it’s not California). It’s New Jersey, the same state that just passed medical marij... 
Year Ends With Good News & Bad For Legal US Online PokerSo the online poker community has had a few good scores as the year closes out, with things looking promising for legal U.S. online poker – from one angle, at least. From another, however, the situation looks bleaker. First a recap of the good news: Congress has pushed the start of enforcement under the oppressive UIG... 
UIGEA Deadline To Be Pushed 6 Months: Poker Community Takes Breath Of ReliefBig BIG news in pokerville today, as it looks like the U.S. Treasury Department is going to delay the implementation of Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act for 6 months. This is a huge win for the poker world – albeit just one battle in a war still waging. The UIGEA, which makes it illegal for offshore-based on... 
Florida Gets/Gives Mixed Messages On Legal Online Poker: Hopeful or Doubtful?Florida is the state everyone in the poker world has its eyes on lately, as the state recently took its first step towards the legalization of online poker. A government “think tank” agency, Florida’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), put together a 12-page report on the... 
Poker Players Alliance Tries Last Ditch Effort To Delay UIGEAOn December 1, 2009 the dreaded UIGEA – that’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (emphasis on the word enforcement – goes into affect. Actually, it’s the deadline for online poker and other internet gambling sites to comply with the UIGEA’s rules (essentially – no offshore HQR... 
California Intrastate Online Poker Debate Pushed to January 2010The push for legalized intra-state online gambling in California which has been pitting Indian tribes against one another has been pushed ahead to 2010. Southern California’s Morongo Band of Mission Indians were driving this campaign, and it is they who have put on the brakes temporarily. According to a story in the l... 
Legal California Poker Looking GrimThe attempt to legalize intrastate online poker in California (that means California-run poker sites serving California residents only) is meeting with much opposition. One problem is that voting on the proposal keeps getting delayed. It doesn’t look like the California Legislature is going to see it in time before th... 
California Indian Tribes Battle Over Legal Online PokerWord recently got out that a group of Native American tribes and poker rooms in California have banded together to lobby for the right to start running online poker rooms (available strictly, of course, to state residents). The marks the Native Americans first foray into online gambling, though they’ve been at the for... |
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