Many online poker industry experts believe that the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), which seeks to ban iGaming on a federal level in the US, probably won’t ever pass. However, Pala Interactive CEO Jim Ryan has a very different take on the matter. That said, let’s discuss what Ryan said along with […]
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In Sheldon Adelson’s vision of a perfect world, we’d all be using boxy Apple computers again with no commercial internet access. But since that’s not the case, the Las Vegas Sands Chairman has renewed his campaign to make online gaming illegal throughout the United States. One of his lackeys, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), reintroduced the […]
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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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Well, so much for New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak’s September prediction that PokerStars was “only a few weeks away” from getting in the Garden State. We’re now in 2015 – four months after Lesniak’s forecast to be exact – and there’s no word on when PokerStars will enter New Jersey…until now that is. When […]
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Online gaming enthusiasts collectively rejoiced when the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) died in Congress’ lame duck session. This certainly isn’t the last we’ll hear of Adelson’s efforts to ban online gaming. In fact, Nevada Senator Harry Reid just spoke about the bill, essentially saying that he agreed with Adelson’s views on iGaming being bad for America.
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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 […]
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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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The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has one mission above all: to protect the rights of US poker players. And a large part of this mission involves giving people the right to legally play online poker. So the big question now is would the PPA be okay if the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) includes a carve-out for iPoker?
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Currently, there’s a lot of speculation surrounding the Sheldon Adelson-inspired Restoration of America’s Wire Act (S 2159, RAWA). Some insiders believe that RAWA – a bill that seeks to ban all forms of online gaming in the US – could include a poker carve-out. This speculation was given rise when Bally Tech’s John Connelly stated […]
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