As we recently discussed, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto has made his new online poker bill, AB 9, available to the public. This legislation would legalize the game in the Golden State and give its 38.3 million residents access to a regulated iPoker market. But while this much is good, there are certain points of Gatto’s […]
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Just weeks after their exit from New Jersey, Ultimate Poker has ceased their entire US operation after pulling Ultimate Poker Nevada too. UP made headlines by becoming the first legal US poker site in history, opening their cyber doors in April 2013. And they garnered a significant share of the Nevada market since their cash game traffic hovered around 50 players an hour (according to PokerScout).
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Just recently, politicians decided to shelve two bills that would’ve legalized and regulated California online poker. However, that doesn’t mean the prospects of California online poker are finished in 2014. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel still wants to launch a poker site by the end of August. The Native American tribe, which is located […]
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In what is becoming an annual event, another bill that seeks to legalize online poker on a federal level is floating around Congress. As reported by Nevada journalist John Ralston, this proposed legislation would legalize internet poker across the United States while banning online casino games and sports betting. Initial rumors credited the Las Vegas […]
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It seems like just yesterday that the poker world was laughing at Sheldon Adelson’s pathetic attempts to stop the spread of legal online poker in the United States. Adelson’s key argument has remained that internet poker will become a “cancer” and create addiction wherever it’s allowed. And the key rebuttal to this argument has been […]
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