Suspicion and contempt may be the best way to describe how California tribal gaming officials regard the December 23 opinion on Internet gambling by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Even though it remains unlikely Congress will pass an Internet gambling bill this year, 2012 presents the best chance yet for online wagering legislation, a former staff director of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee said Wednesday.
A master plan recommending major improvements to the tourism district that includes Atlantic City casinos is scheduled to be approved Wednesday by the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority’s board of directors.
A stormy hearing, including a city council member’s threat to sue Washington, D.C.’s chief financial officer, exposed sharp divisions Thursday among city leaders about the nation’s capital becoming the first governmental entity in the United States to operate Internet gambling.
The first congressional hearing on last month’s Internet gambling opinion by the Department of Justice is scheduled February 9 in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Two New Jersey congressmen on Monday introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to exempt their state from a federal ban on sports betting.
Defying the governor and a state House subcommittee, the Florida Senate Committee on Regulated Industries passed a bill Thursday to regulate Internet cafes instead of banning them.
A third hearing on an Internet poker bill in the U.S. House of Representatives may be delayed because of the December 23 ruling by the Department of Justice (DoJ) narrowing the federal prohibition against online wagering.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada on Sunday said December 23’s legal opinion by the Department of Justice will accelerate efforts in Congress to pass a bill authorizing federal regulation of Internet poker.
