The coverage of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States winter conference provided by respected blogger Marco Valerio continues to provide interesting insights into the problems associated with individual states developing player-sharing agreements. In his current reportage, Valerio quotes Richard Schuetz, the head of the California Gambling Control Commission, who impressed upon delegates the …
The Poker Players Alliance is again revving up US online poker players on a major issue as another Adelson banning threat evolves. The Alliance says that it has recently learned that the Las Vegas Sands group land gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson is currently urging state attorneys general to sign a letter calling for a national …
Poker Players Alliance vice president Rich Muny recently acquitted himself rather well in a Facebook exchange with the reportedly Republican political consultant and strategist Cheri Jacobson. Jacobson, leaning heavily on two FBI letters to Congress that the Adelson anti-online gambling campaign has frequently trotted out to back their claims that online gambling is dangerous and …
Teddy Mitchell, a 59-year-old Oklahoma man who pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling operation after being indicted by a grand jury two years ago, has been sentenced by a federal court to 27 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release. Mitchell has already agreed to forfeit $1 million in cash and …
The indefatigable Senator Ray Lesniak of New Jersey has started 2014 in typical style, reintroducing a controversial new bill to the state Legislature which proposes the licensing and regulation of online gambling operators who provide services restricted to foreign internet punters. Lesniak’s intent is to create an environment which will carve out a niche for …
Massachusetts multimedia entertainment company, GSN Games announced the beta launch of its mobile-optimised cash tournament project for US skill game players Friday. The GSN Cash Games tournament initiative features a mobile website for what the company claims is the first-ever mobile cash tournament site for U.S. players. The new site will complement the company’s popular …