Almost a year after the administration of Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin exceeded its mandate by granting the ‘Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes’ permission to offer online gambling internationally but not within the country’s borders, the tribes have now ditched plans to pursue their PokerTribes.com online gaming site. Brief history of...
March 14th, 2014 By Adam Brown
New Jersey’s 11 casinos posted a 6% decline in revenues to $199 million In February, compared with the $212 million they generated for the same month a year earlier. During the month, however, the state’s 16 online gambling sites were up by 9% to $10.3 million, which when added...
March 13th, 2014 By Stephen Smith
As other states in the US consider opening up their markets to online gaming, Rhode Island, too, is now considering moving into the digital realm in order to protect its indispensable gambling industry. History of gambling In Rhode Island Situated in the northeastern corner of the United States, Rhode...
March 12th, 2014 By Charles Washington
New Jersey opened its first legalized casino in 1978, and by the end of 2013 internet gambling was added to the state’s range of gambling options. Since 2006, however, New Jersey’s gambling industry has continued to languish in the doldrums, and so NJ Governor Chris Christie and his gambling...
March 11th, 2014 By Shane Larson
Last week, Wellington Webb, National Co-Chair of the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, commended Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley after she lent her support to the group’s ongoing battle to ban Internet gambling in the United States. Coming out in opposition to online lottery sales in the northeastern state...
March 10th, 2014 By Adam Brown
A survey released on February 3, 2014, has found most people are against a federal ban on online gambling and are overwhelmingly in favour of the current state-by-state approach on the issue. The Coalition for Consumer and Online Protections (C4COP) released survey claims three-quarter of voters believe individual states...
March 7th, 2014 By Stephen Smith
At the end of February, the Governors of Delaware and Nevada signed an interstate online poker agreement that will allow the two states located on opposite sides of the US to work together and combine their player pools. However, initial excitement over the landmark agreement has subsided slightly after...
March 6th, 2014 By Charles Washington
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