Oklahoma Tribes Ditch Fight Over PokerTribes.com Internet Site
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 Indian gaming The Native Americans tribes […]
New Jersey Collects Just $1.4m In Online Tax Revenues For February
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 to the overall tally means New […]
Rhode Island To Explore Online Gambling Options
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 Island is the smallest of the […]
NJ Governor Attempts To Overturn Federal Law Preventing Legalized Sports Betting
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 supporters are currently pushing to allow […]
Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates Divided On Online Gambling
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 of Massachusetts, Gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley […]
Poll: Individual States Should Decide iGaming Regulation
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 should have the right to decide […]
Delaware-Nevada Online Poker Compact To Run At End Of 2014
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 Delaware Finance Secretary Thomas Cook said […]
