The Urban League of Greater Kansas City recently contacted Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II to voice their support for H.R. 707, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act. The full letter may be viewed here or in full below. March 17, 2015 Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II U.S. House of Representatives 2335 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C.  20515 […]

Any hopes Washington and Mississippi gamblers might have had that they would be playing online sometime in 2015 have now squarely been laid to rest after internet gambling bills in both states failed to even be heard. In Washington, State Rep. Sherry Appleton introduced House Bill 1114 in early January, but failed to muster enough support […]

Today, Utah congressman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, reintroduced a bill that would reimpose a federal ban on wagering over the Internet. The measure, known as the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, would roll back a Department of Justice opinion made public in December 2011 that held the Wire Act of 1961, the law that prohibits transmitting wagers, […]

The World Conference of Mayors founder, Johnny Ford, of Tuskegee, Alabama announced that the World Conference has joined the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. In addition, several mayors of small, historic black towns have also joined: Mayor Darryl Johnson, of Mount Bayou, Mississippi; Mayor Ed Jones, of Grambling, Louisiana; and Mayor Bruce Mount, of Eatonville, […]

The regulated gaming sites operating in the tiny state of Delaware took in $28,589 in online poker rake and fees in December, a 9.6% drop from the $31,610 collected the month before. Of the 14 months recorded since The First State launched their online poker and gambling regime in November 2013, last month was the third worst […]

PHOENIX — Tucked inside a tiny strip mall near 15th Avenue and Indian School Road, there is a barbershop. Or, at least that’s what the sign on the building outside advertised it to be. When a man outside the shop was asked if anyone was getting a haircut inside he laughed and said, “I’ve never seen it.” The […]