With a $40 billion fortune that continues to grow every time Macau has a big month, Sheldon Adelson makes a pretty good opponent for online gaming. Sure, it doesn’t make sense – a guy who built his Las Vegas Sands empire on people’s casino losses is waging a war against internet gaming. But it’s happening, […]
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Will Adelson have to eat his words about Gaming and Problem Gamblers? A common theme in legal US online poker news this year has been Sheldon Adelson’s attempts to thwart internet gaming and protect his Las Vegas Sands empire. Lacking any legitimate data, one of his biggest points is that online gaming will cause an […]
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Sheldon Adelson recently hosted the Republican Jewish Coalition at his Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. And some of the Republican Party’s most powerful politicians took front and center stage during this leadership meeting. They included prominent Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Governor and GOP Presidential dark horse Scott Walker, famed New Jersey Governor […]
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Sheldon Adelson and the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) aren’t the only ones working against online gaming. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is currently drafting legislation that would ban all forms of regulated internet gaming in the United States. Graham has yet to release any language on his bill, however, his comments indicate that it […]
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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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Last December, Pennsylvania passed SR 273, a resolution which calls for the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study how profitable online gaming would be for the state. Of course, this is only the initial step towards legalized and regulated Pennsylvania internet poker. But it’s a start, and it would definitely be in the Keystone […]
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Sheldon Adelson and the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling are at it again! This time, Adelson and his cronies have drafted a revised version of the Wire Act that would put a halt to legalized online gaming in the United States. The original Federal Wire Act of 1961 prohibits individuals and businesses from using a […]
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For months now, we’ve been hearing about the supposed evils of online gaming from Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson. But finally, the Poker Players Alliance got a proper stage to refute the wild claims that Adelson has been making. Despite a snow storm in Washington D.C., an online gaming hearing took place on Capitol […]
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If you’ve been paying much attention to the legal news on online poker lately, you’ve no doubt seen Sheldon Adelson’s crusade to stop regulated internet gaming. The chief executive of Las Vegas Sands is so passionate about his self-serving mission that he formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. And the biggest thing to come […]
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