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Reno gaming executive John Farahi has a license in hand to operate online poker within Nevada's borders.
More than four months after the launch of Internet gambling in New Jersey, operators in the developing industry are approaching their first deadlines for creating jobs in the state.
PokerStars needs to take a step back and give the US market some space to breathe.
PokerStars may be the world’s largest online poker operator, and may be the most trusted name in the business, but they are not a good fit for the US market at this time, and their insistence at gaining entry could halt online gambling expansion in several locales, most notably in California.
Twitter is reportedly on the verge of launching a new mobile ad product aimed specifically at app makers. According to Bloomberg, the product will allow people to encourage downloads of their apps on the social network.
You have to hand it to online gaming giant PokerStars.
Despite setback after setback, the Europe-based company won’t give up on its quixotic quest to break into the fledgling U.S. Internet gaming market.
A new bill that would regulate online poker has been introduced in the New York Senate, as first reported by Online Poker Report. The bill is known as S 6913 and seeks to amend existing state gaming laws. It was introduced by State Sen. John Bonacic. It now heads to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering.
South Point has begun the “soft launch” for its online poker site Realgaming.com, making it the third online poker site in the state.
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Sheldon Adelson’s promise to spend all the dollars to ban online gamblingtook a step forward this week. House Resolution 4301 and Senate Bill 2159 were introduced on Wednesday with identical titles. “A bill to restore long-standing United States policy that the Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling, and for other purposes,” they’re called, bucking the longstanding trend in Washington of making sure there’s an easy-to-remember acronym for every big law. 
After blasting the deep-seeded cronyism of the Obama Administration for six years, a number of Republicans have decided to partake in some cronyism of their own.
Gamblit Gaming is announcing today it has raised $12 million in funding for its real-money gambling platform. But rather than convert a social casino slots game into a gambling game, Gamblit is looking for something altogether new.
Authors of the new online gaming bill in Congress have issued a challenge to Nevada, where online poker is legal, and any state that may want to legalize it.
This weekend a crop of potential blue-chip GOP presidential candidates will assemble in Las Vegas competing for the attention, favor, and money of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who is worth $38 billion. The marquee names in attendance: former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and current governors Chris Christie (New Jersey), Scott Walker (Wisconsin), and John Kasich (Ohio). 
Friday March 28, 2014 : ONLINE GAMBLING ADVOCACY GROUP CRITICAL OF U.S. BANNING ATTEMPT SSIGI wades in on Graham and Chaffetz intiative to ban online gambling. The online gambling advocacy group Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative has issued a statement ridiculing the newly launched Chaffetz and Graham Congressional bills seeking to ban all online gambling in the United States with the exception of horseracing. 
Atari and FlowPlay join in a strategic partnership to launch a premier social casino gaming platform. Atari, an internationally respected publisher and producer of interactive entertainment, and FlowPlay, a specialist in virtual world games and technology, announced Thursday a strategic partnership to develop Atari Casino, a premier social casino gaming platform. 
The total win by regulated U.S. online casinos and poker rooms for February was $11.29 million. Breaking that number down, New Jersey took in $10.3 million in revenue, Nevada $824,000 and Delaware $170,000.
The US National Fraternal Order of the Police surprised everyone by coming out against the Graham-Chaffetz legislative attempt to federally ban online gambling this week, saying that it would drive US online punters into the arms of unscrupulous internet black market operators.
Online poker has always faced a cadre of nemeses trying to rid the US of the scourge of online gambling, and now in 2014 we have a whole new set of opponents to contend with – thankfully we are no longer shaking our fist at the mention of tertiary politicians like former Alabama Representative Spenser Bacchus (who once equated online poker to crack cocaine), or faceless special interest groups like Focus on the Family.