Gambling News Headlines Out Of Las Vegas

New Jersey To Legalize Online Gambling

October 28, 2022February 26, 2013 by Admin

The legalization of online gambling has been an ongoing debate in the United States for years and has escalated recently to receive attention from members of congress, the senate, and local state governments. While the federal government has not moved forward with any action yet to legalize online gambling nationwide, individual states are looking into the prospect, most recently New Jersey. The NJ Senate decided with a 29-5 vote last week to allow Atlantic City Casino owners to offer online …

Nevada Passes Historic Online Interstate Poker Bill – What’s Next?

October 28, 2022February 21, 2013 by Admin

Nevada had already passed legislation making it legal to enjoy some online poker in the Silver State, but just last week they also became the first state to legalize interstate gambling. The historic bill signed by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval means that Nevada will actively begin to pursue interstate online gambling agreements with other states. Last week New Jersey joined the three-state online gaming party which includes Nevada and Delaware when Governor Chris Christie signed a bill legalizing online gambling …

A Look At Brick and Mortar and Online Las Vegas Poker Tournaments

October 28, 2022February 11, 2013 by Admin

Las Vegas poker tournaments are doing quite well, thank you very much. Since Vegas gambling online now includes both legitimate offshore Vegas online poker options, as well as the relatively new state-based online poker offerings, the virtual poker choices available to Nevada gamblers, are plenty. And one of the most popular Internet poker options is playing in tournaments. Add the fact that in and around Las Vegas, Nevada has multiple physical poker tournaments offered daily, weekly and monthly, and poker tournament …

FullTilt Poker and Fertitta Interactive Partner for Internet Poker Site

October 28, 2022March 31, 2011 by Admin

Word of a new partnership between FullTilt Poker and Fertitta Interactive has come to light recently as the two companies announced their intentions to jointly operate an Internet poker website once they gain federal approval. FullTilt Poker is a popular online poker website, and Fertitta Interactive’s co-owners are also the founders of Station Casinos. Tom Breitling, one of the co-owners of Fertitta Ineractive, has indicated that their agreement only relates to federal legislation, and that the partnership only supports federal …

Wynn Resorts and PokerStars Announce New Partnership

October 28, 2022March 25, 2011 by Admin

A newly formed partnership between Wynn Resorts and PokerStars was announced on Thursday, stating that the two gambling brands would work together to advance the passage of legislation on a federal level to allow and regulate online gambling for US residents. PokerStars is one of the premier online poker brands currently operating on the Internet. Once legislation passes and federal regulation is instituted, the two brands are planning to launch PokerStarsWynn.com, which would be based in the United States. The …

New Bi-Partisan anti-UIGEA Bill Presented to 112th Congress

October 28, 2022March 25, 2011 by Admin

Last year, Barny Frank worked hard to try to get the anti-UIGEA bill that he and up to 70 other congressmen had co-sponsored through the 111th congress. Unfortunately, the bill met with no success and Frank was unable to get the bill to see the light of day, despite the overwhelmingly democratic presence at the time. The House Committee on Financial Services has released a press release that indicated that a new markup of the original HR2267 was presented to …

Las Vegas Gambling Regulators Team up With Alderney Gambling Control Commission

October 28, 2022February 1, 2011 by Admin

It seems that Las Vegas is ready to lay the framework for potential online gambling opportunities which are felt by many to be headed their way. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and the British based Alderney Gambling Control Commission have reached an agreement that would enable the two governing bodies to work together on investigations and other regulatory matters. They will be sharing information, skills, and will work together in multiple respects of the las vegas online casino industry. Nevada regulators are …

Vegas and Zynga Look To Partner Through Facebook

October 28, 2022May 18, 2010 by Admin

With over a dozen states in the U.S. now aggressively seeking passing legislation that would allow their residents to gamble legally online, the list of individuals and companies lining up to cash in grows larger every day. And it is probably no surprise that the big names in the brick-and-mortar casino business are climbing on board, trying to position themselves in front of what they hope is guaranteed online gambling legislation passage sooner than later. But some of the proposed …