This week online poker finally returned to the U.S. (hooray!) and Rational Group’s deal to purchase a casino in New Jersey died a curious death (boo!). THE FIGHT to legalize online poker played out with similiarly mixed results, as California began to circulate an online gaming bill with tribal support (hooray!) but Massachusetts failed to [...]
It was a week of expected developments in THE FIGHT to legalize online poker, with one unexpected development thrown into the mix. Let’s start with the expected. Yesterday, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed an amendment to Nevada’s intrastate online poker law that allows Nevada to enter into online poker agreements with other states without waiting [...]
The BLUFF Power 20 appears in the March issue of BLUFF available for download now in the iTunes Store and Google Play. The full list will be revealed throughout the day Thursday via @bluffmagazine and updates to this story. Each year BLUFF polls a select group of people from across the poker industry on who [...]
This week, The Fight isn’t just about legislature and bills, lobbying and governors. We’ve got the return of everyone’s least favorite bank and a dose of bribery too. But let’s start with the legislative stuff. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie remains mum as to his plans for A-2578, New Jersey’s latest intrastate online gaming bill. [...]
On Capitol Hill, Senate leaders have reached an impasse on whether to move forward with their Internet poker push. Last week, the National Journal reported that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Minority Whip Jon Kyl could not agree on a strategy to move their draft bill, which would authorize poker while tightening restrictions [...]
During a meeting of the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee this week, Mark Lipparelli, chairman of the state Gaming Control Board, projected that intrastate Internet poker could be on offer before the next legislative session begins in February. He said that Internet poker license applications submitted by casino operators including Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts will [...]
In the newest addition to BluffMagazine.com, Chris Krafcik presents The Fight with the latest headlines and insight from the attempts to regulate online poker in the United States. This is his debut column. Another week in Internet poker politics. Another batch of delicious news bytes. Time to strap your speed-read on, BLUFFers. Let’s kick things [...]
The full BLUFF Power 20 article appears in the March issue of BLUFF. The full list will be revealed throughout the day Thursday via @bluffmagazine and updates to this story. The last year has seen the poker industry undergo a massive shift. When the United States government stepped in and shut down the three largest [...]
Gigi Gagne made plenty of headlines this week While you were off making googly eyes at your Valentine’s Day date, the poker world continued to turn without you. With news coming from Vegas, Florida, France, and even Capitol Hill, there were a lot of stories to keep track on both on and off the felt. [...]
James Bord is betting big against the Americans in the WSOPE Main Event This week the center of the poker world is Cannes, France. The World Series of Poker Europe shattered record after record and produced plenty of big name winners over the course of six preliminary events. The WSOPE may have dominated the news [...]
It has been five years to the day since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) changed the direction of online poker forever. Plenty has changed over the past five years, but the post-Black Friday climate feels all too familiar, especially in the wake of recent news that regulated online gambling in [...]
The hope that online poker may be regulated and legalized in the United States some day soon may sound like wishful thinking, but recent whispers from everyone from Harry Reid to Gary Loveman suggest that dream might be a reality. Meanwhile, the battle for intrastate gambling heats up in California and Full Tilt Poker adds [...]
The Thursday A.M. SCRAMBLE features more news from a now infamous Hollywood Home Game, a poker Hall of Famer heading to reality TV and what might be the best news about the future of online poker in the United States that we’ve been able to bring you since Black Friday. Oh, and you’re not going [...]
The attention of the poker world has been focused on Las Vegas for the past two months, but that doesn’t mean the attempts to regulate online poker throughout the rest of the United States have stopped. This week, The Fight tries to get the reader up to speed on what’s been happening behind the scenes [...]