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Hearings to debate two Internet gambling bills proposed by Congressman Barney Frank have been postponed today in Washington.
The hearings were scheduled to discuss the merits of HR 2266 and HR 2267. HR 2266 asks Congress to put delays on financial institutions’ obligations to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and HR 2267 establishes a legal [...]
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is set to go into effect later this year and banking companies are already starting to clamp down. MasterCard is the latest institution that has made restrictions on U.S. citizens using their card to make deposits to offshore gaming companies, including online poker sites.
So, what is a player [...]
MasterCard has taken measures to block U.S. citizens from using the MasterCard credit to make deposits on poker sites and at online casinos.
The measures are more than likely do to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was signed into law in 2006 by President George W. Bush. The law gave American banks and [...]
Governor Ed Rendell has signed the bill making Poker and other table games legal in Pennsylvania.
This updates a Live Action Poker story from last week about the controversy over a “cash grab” for pet pork projects being carved out of the State revenue from the tax on Poker and other table games.
Current language will send [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A heavily negotiated bill that would deliver poker, craps and other table games to Pennsylvania’s casinos is being maligned by many as a “cash grab” for pet pork projects.
Under the bill’s latest version, the casinos will send 14 percent of their table games take to the state treasury and another 2 percent [...]
SOUTH CAROLINA — Henry McMasters the Attorney General of South Carolina has appealed Judge Markley Dennis’ decision to dismiss illegal gambling charges against five poker players on the basis that the game is one of skill.McMasters says the ruling on poker ignores a legislative imperative to outlaw gaming for money, regardless if it is a [...]
The attorney general for South Carolina is appealing a court ruling that claimed poker was a game of skill, rather than a game of chance.
Reports from The Post and Courier of Charleston indicate that Attorney General Henry McMaster has officially appealed the ruling made by Circuit Judge Markley Dennis last fall. The ruling overturned the [...]
