Legalizing online gambling is an all or nothing proposition, even the American Gaming Association (AGA) knows this. Yesterday, the industry group representing the nation’s casinos decided to withdraw its support of online gambling, citing differences between casino operators. They know from a strictly business perspective, online gambling would change the face of their industry and […]
The industry group for American casinos announced it is withdrawing official endorsement for online gambling, dealing a major blow to the push for its U.S. legalization.
If there’s one thing the Family Research Council and the Poker Player Alliance agree on it’s that a state by state patchwork of online gambling laws and regulations serves no one. In the words of their National Director, John Pappas, “There needs to be some sort of national standard.”
The debate over Internet gambling has focused on the negative effects that widespread Internet gambling will have on families, state economies and state budgets, and the policing of criminal enterprises and terrorist organizations. But aside from these important concerns, there is a fundamental question that affects the future of Internet regulation and that supporters of […]
Internet gambling is becoming part of this year’s state budget debate despite factors that suggest the odds could turn against legalizing it. The headwinds are formidable. New Jersey is not getting the revenue from Internet games it thought it would; the anticipated revenue yield from tavern small games did not pan out for Pennsylvania, and […]
Former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, reversing an earlier position, says he has joined a group opposing online gaming because of concerns that young people could be harmed.
Former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown said Thursday he is joining a coalition funded by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson that is fighting proposals to legalize Internet gambling in California. Brown previously was working in favor of Internet poker legislation.
In March, which had one more day of gambling than April had, Internet gambling brought in $11.9 million. Figures released Wednesday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the average online take per day was $380,958 in April, down from $383,173 in March.
Eighty years ago, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia took a sledgehammer to slot machines in order to prove a point. As David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, wrote in the New York Daily News, his honor was upset not because people were using slot machines that, at the time, were illegal, but […]
