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Graham grills US Attorney General Nominee about Online Gaming

February 9, 2015Poker News, RAWAAttorney General, Congress, Cronies, Lindsey Graham, Loretta Lynch, nominee, PokerUS, RAWA, Sheldon AdelsonTim Brenner

The main threat to the expansion of online poker in the United States remains Sheldon Adelson and his cronies. And one of Adelson’s chief cronies is South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who recently grilled Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee for US Attorney General, over the online gaming matter. That said, let’s discuss this exchange […]

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Congress Discusses Targeting Unlicensed Poker Sites, RAWA dead in 2014

December 22, 2014Poker NewsCongress, iGaming, poker sites, PokerUS, RAWA, Sheldon Adelson, Unlicensed Poker, US PokerDavid Raker

Congress recently passed a $1.1 trillion “Cromnibus” bill that will map out government funding/spending through next September. This year’s edition of the Cromnibus bill narrowly passed both the House and Senate, despite a number of controversial inclusions such as $479 million for F-35 joint strike fighters that Congress didn’t order and a nullification of voter-backed […]