Legal
June 19, 2019
Congress Sets Out to Block DOJ Wire Act Decision
Congress Committee targets Wire Act Opinion DOJ won’t be able to enforce the re-interpreted Wire Act Opposition against the Department Mounting Congress has taken interest in fighting the newly-proposed Wire Act Opinion which could lead to suspension of gaming activities across states. Congress to Block DOJ Attempts to Enforce Wire Act Opinion Congress has responded […]
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June 18, 2019
NY Sports Betting Bill Marches On, Heads to Assembly
Spots betting S 17D clears Senate Addabbo optimistic about bill’s chance Mobile betting and new betting venues featured in the legislation The NY sports betting bill has cleared the Senate successfully and is one step closer to the desk o NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Sports Betting Bill Clears NY Senate Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr.’s bill […]
Legal
June 15, 2019
Wire Act Enforcement Deferred to 2020 or 60 Days After NH Decision
New Wire Act memo defers enactment NH decision to be deciding in the enactment schedule No business safe from the DOJ’s Wire Act In yet another display of lack of clear strategical thinking, the DOJ is trying to buy itself time to meet the piling number of legislation against its latest Wire Act Opinion. DOJ […]
Legal
June 11, 2019
NY Gaming Commission Says Yes to Sports Betting
New York finally passes sports betting Online sports betting to be taxed at 12% Governor Cuomo supports the bill The New York Gaming Commission has come up with a decision allowing spots betting to be introduced to the Empire State. New York Finally Welcomes Sports Betting On June 10, the New York Gaming Commission has […]
Legal
June 7, 2019
New York Pushes for Mobile Sports Betting at Madison Square Garden
New sports betting bill to add mobile betting in NY OBTs and NYRAs to get a significant advantage Legislation still needs to post New York could be closer than before to a sports betting bill that would allow mobile betting on the territory of the Empire State. New York Embraces Changes to Proposed Sports Betting […]
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June 6, 2019
KSA Chair Reveals Date of iGaming Launch in the Netherlands
KSA moves forward with iGaming regulatory framework The Netherlands will start accepting licenses on July 1, 2020 Bad actor clause could still apply The Netherlands is finally scaling its gambling operations with the introduction of a regulated online gaming industry, the KSA chairman has announced. KSA Passes Remote Gambling Act The Netherlands is a step […]
Legal
June 5, 2019
Louisiana’s DFS Bill Gets Sports Betting Language
HB 459 will be returning to the house for another examination SB 153 has failed to help Louisiana establish a sports betting framework HB 600 to be examined on Tuesday A house bill looking to legalize daily fantasy sports (DFS) in Louisiana was revamped by Senate and sent back for more voting. House Bill 459 […]
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June 4, 2019
New Hampshire Defeats DOJ in District Court Battle
DOJ phrasing of Wire Act Opinion ambiguous New Hampshire wins the court battle Judge refrains from naming the verticals the WA applies to New Hampshire pries away from DOJ with a district court siding with NH insofar as iLotteries are concerned. Judge Paul Barbadoro didn’t explicitly dismiss the validity on the Wire Act on verticals […]
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June 1, 2019
New Hampshire’s Sports Betting Bill Progresses to the House
NH’s Senate approves sports betting bill The House needs to revise the bill one last time before sending it to the governor’s office Governor Chris Sununu has already included sports betting in his budget New Hampshire Senate convened on Thursday, May 30 and pushed a sports betting bill with a strong bilateral support once again, […]
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May 30, 2019
PGCB Launches Pennsylvania’s Self-Exclusion Program
PGCB launches exclusion scheme Lifetime bans a possibility Communities uneasy about casinos arrivals The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has introduced the self-exclusion scheme designed to help problem gamblers avoid gambling dependency. Pennsylvania’s Self-exclusion Scheme Launches in Full With Pennsylvania’s online casino industry shaping up and on the cusp of a full-scale launch, the Keystone […]