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.