The online gambling industry has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride since about 2006 when the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was signed by then President, George Bush. Since the domain seizures of Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker and Bookmaker.com in separate incidents, many offshore companies have been switching domain [...]
AGA poker bill due in autumn The American Gaming Association ( AGA) will not support Congressman Joe Barton’s internet poker bill and will instead push new legislation in the autumn which would favour Nevada and New Jersey as licensing and regulatory authorities in a future US egaming market. The AGA-backed poker-only bill would also differ [...]
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Republican Congressman from Texas Joe Barton announced Tuesday that he will introduce legislation to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States. Barton revealed that the bill is currently undergoing final changes and should be introduced in the near future. According to The Hill, “He hopes the measure can pass both chambers of Congress [...]
Poker.org, a strategy and advice website for poker players around the world, announced today that the topic of online poker is still an extremely popular topic in Washington. The Poker Players Alliance and several other lobbyist groups have spent the past three weeks bombarding members of Congress and the House of Representatives with emails, phone [...]
Since April 14th, also known as Black Friday to the online poker community reported 50,000 professional poker players have now become unemployed thanks to the U.S.Federal Governments intrusive behavior. With the economy in such dire straits and with no gainful employment to be found, thousands of recreational online poker players turned their game of skill [...]
