Calm before the Lame-duck Smackdown - Poker lobby report
Bryan in Washington DC sends along an update from PPA lobbyist Jeff MacKinnon (of Ryan, MacKinnon, Berzok and Vasapoli, LLP) on the current legislative landscape for online poker as seen by those...
View ArticleStates Opting in for Online Poker - PPA town hall tomorrow to address where...
Poker players will receive an update from their top lobbying organization on legislative efforts to license and regulate online poker in the United States during a special town hall-style meeting...
View ArticleTribes Want in on Online Gaming, Poker - TOGA pushed for tribes to compete on...
WASHINGTON DC- With a nearly finished bill in hand, Sen. Harry Reid is hunting for a path to move Internet gambling legislation through the Senate. But on Thursday, Indian tribes dealt in for a piece...
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Harry Reid Supports Name Change at Vegas Airport - Sen. McCarran was racist...
Nevada’s most famous senator, Democrat Pat McCarran, liked to string up communists and oppress immigrant minorities. U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Friday cast his lot with those who would like to...
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Is Online Poker’s Window of Opportunity Closing? - Casinos say Nevada jobs at...
What seemed like a tremendous decision for the gaming industry nine months ago – the re-evaluation of the Federal Wire Act of 1961 – may not be so advantageous for Nevada unless Congress takes steps to...
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Online Poker > Higher Education - But that still doesn't mean our bill is...
Not a story about poker, but an interesting op-ed nonetheless about a bipartisan effort in the US Senate to clarify financing options for college loans, grants, scholarships, etc … In the piece,...
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Partisan Senate Rift Widens over Web Poker - Reid blames Heller for not...
WASHINGTON – A rift between Nevada’s senators widened Monday over a high-stakes bill that would clear the way for Nevada casinos to offer legal online poker to gamblers nationwide. The split between...
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Gaming Business Gets Report at G2E - Lobbyist says online poker bill needs...
Passage of federal Internet poker legislation during Congress’ upcoming lame duck session will “take a little bit of gamblers luck,” the casino industry’s chief Washington, D.C., lobbyist said Tuesday...
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Reid/Kyl Redux, Full Tilt Remission, 2012 US Online Poker Survey - Update...
The big news this week is the release of the draft of the legislation that, if passed into law, will license and regulate online poker in the U.S. This bill, officially titled the “Internet Gambling...
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Nevada’s Republican Governor Backs Reid/Kyl Online Poker Bill - Other states...
WASHINGTON DC – Gov. Brian Sandoval went to bat Thursday for a federal online poker bill, breaking away from fellow governors ramping up to fight it. Sandoval split with the National Governors...
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Some Question Constitutionality of Federal Internet Poker Bill - "Penalty...
WASHINGTON – A bill to legalize online poker that is being written in Congress and that Nevada senators are trying to pass by the end of the year could be challenged in court and found...
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Reid Says No Hope for Internet Poker in 2012 - But reforming online gaming...
WASHINGTON – Its dim prospects finally fading to black, Sen. Harry Reid pulled the plug [last] Friday on the effort in Congress to legalize Internet poker this year. With only days remaining in the...
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Nevada Proposes New Law to Allow Multi-state Online Poker - Bill seeks to...
Nevada’s budding Internet poker market could eventually accept wagers from players in other states under a proposed legislative change in the Silver State’s interactive gambling regulations. In a bill...
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Fahrenkopf to Step Down as AGA Boss in June
Frank Fahrenkopf, a Reno native and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, said Monday he will step down as president and chief executive of the American Gaming Association. Fahrenkopf,...
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Poker Champion Headed to US Senate? - Mass. governor to decide today if...
John Kerry got confirmed as the next US Secretary of State yesterday, which means he steps down from his role as senator from Massachusetts. That also means there’s a good chance that retired Rep....
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Run It Twice? - Fahrenkopf suggests Barton bill redux in IGNA address
, who will step down in June after 18 years as president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, said Wednesday he believes a comprehensive federal bill legalizing online poker will be brought back...
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Inside Gaming: PokerStars on a Hot Streak - But will new law keep them out of...
Online gaming giant PokerStars folded its hand last summer after a 15-month legal battle with the U.S. Department of Justice. Since that time the company has been on a heater. It was the right call for...
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Nevada Lawmakers Consider Novelty Bets on Presidential Elections - 2-to-1...
In Europe, it’s known as novelty betting. Bookmakers from Paddy Power to William Hill post odds and take bets on a variety of activities, from who looks good to win the Nobel Prizes this year to...
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Fahrenkopf, Reid at Odds over Internet Poker Failures - Outgoing AGA chief...
For Frank Fahrenkopf and Harry Reid, it was like their rankings in the Bluff Power 20 meant nothing.Two of Nevada’s longtime political power players — gaming lobbyist Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. and Senate...
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From Poker-Only to Poker-Plus - King bill expands internet poker legislation...
Give me online slots or give me death!A New York congressman introduced legislation last week to legalize all forms of Internet wagering by establishing a federal licensing and regulatory system....
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