Despite Spain, France and Italy’s ring fenced online poker industry struggling through a lack of player liquidity, a pan-European online poker market is unlikely to open up anytime soon with the most recent summit of gaming regulators held at the beginning of this year in Rome failing to produce a breakthrough on sharing liquidity between […]
Despite New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware embracing online poker in 2013, other states in the US have taken a much more cautious approach to internet gambling signalling a long road ahead before the country’s nascent igaming industry gathers any discernible momentum. The situation has even lead New Jersey to look abroad for opportunities to expand […]
The Midwestern state of Illinois is currently seeking to expand its land-based casino industry, and until the issue is resolved the state will put any plans for regulated online gambling on hold. Commenting on the situation, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, said: “I think, though, that we cannot take that issue up until we resolve […]
Pennsylvania was named as one of almost a dozen states in the US considering introducing some type of online gambling legislation this year. While the state Senate awaits the findings of a study on the future of gambling due to be released on May 1st, the opinions of lawmakers on either side range from staunchly […]
Back in April 2013, Nevada became the first US state to launch online poker and after a third casino opened its virtual tables last month, the state has now released its first batch of online poker results revealing a combined total of $8.52 million in revenue for the past ten months. In February, Nevada’s three […]
On Friday, State Senator John Bonacic introduced gambling bill S6913 to the New York Senate designed to legalize and regulate online poker. Interestingly, the new bill comes just a few days after Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced their federal ‘Restoration of America’s Wire Act’ (RAWA) to both the Senate and the House, […]
PokerStars may have been refused entry into the regulated states of Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware, but the world’s largest online poker room has now set its sites firmly on the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the US online poker market of California. However, the company still has to overcome significant challenges from both anti-online […]