SC Bill to Legalize Poker in Homes Failed
PPA Launches New Voter Registration Program
The Poker Player Alliance (PPA) has reported that they have gone over the one million membership mark earlier this month. At the time this was written they h...
California Investigates Legalizing Online Gambling
California is busy investigation whether they should legalize online gambling and if they do decide to legalize online gambling what should be permitted in the sta...
Lee Russo's Fight For Online Poker Delayed Til May 15th
The new court date for the Washington State Online Gamblin and Poker is now May 15th. Lee Russo is the former gubernatorial candidate and Poker Players ...
Lawyer in Pennsylvania Says Drop The Poker Charges
Bill in Florida Made it Through one Committee
People in the US are trying to make poker an acceptable game and some people are trying to get legislature passed so that poker can be played in more states and ev...
Poker Player Alliance Statement on UIGEA Hearing
Florida Expands and Mississippi Worries
The Seminole Casino expansion and recent bills that have expanded their poker and greyhound racetracks that won approval from the Florida Senate Committee on Tue...
PPA Launches Litigation Support Network
The Poker Player Alliance has announced the launch of a free Litigation Support Network (LSN) that will provide basic poker legal advice and it will also provide...
MA Bill To Criminalize Onling Gambling Defeateded
The controversial bill in Massachusetts that would have allowed three new resort style casinos while making online gambling illegal was defeated by a House vote ...
Harvard Law Group Rallys Agains Gov.'s Plan
Drew Lesofski Joins Poker Player Alliance
It was formally announced today that Drew Lesofski has joined the Poker Player Alliance (PPA) as their director of Grassroots and External Affairs. Lesofsk...
North Carolina Raised 2 Much $$ For Charity
The North Carolina charity tournament is no longer as they have apparently tried to raise too much money. One would think that raiseing a lot of money for ...
Ottowa's Government Trying to Ban Online Gaming
US Casino Players Face New Tax Rule
Isreal's New Bill...Sound Firmiliar
There is currently a bill being proposed in Israel that will automatically block access to onlin...
Poker Player Alliance Lobbys Fed. Government
Powerhouse Club Won't Get Gambling License
The new owners of the well known poker club, Powerhouse Sporting Club is going to have to set a £250 gambling limit on their tables after losing their bit ...
Lee Rousso Gets His Hearing
Lee Rousso will finally get his day in court, he has filed a lawsuit against the State of Washington in the US in regards to their online gambling ban. In a stat...
Attempts To Put Online Poker Back in California
Back in 2006 Congress tried to stop the booming online poker industry and since then people ...
Five Million Spent to Stop Gambling in Pennsylvania
Five million dollars worth of grants are soon to be distributed to local jurisdictions in order to help eliminate illegal gambling in statewide private clubs.&nb...
Dice and Cards Legal Only in Church
Battles Over Poker Brew in Europe
There are battles brewing over online poker in Europe, European Union and National Governmen...
Superior Poker Owner Looking at 165 Years
One time part owner of Superior Poker is now facing more than 165 years in prison for the online gambling offenses that accrued according to sources.
No More Pokies says Australian Gov.
News came from Australia that a new plan could rid Clubs of Pokies in about five to ten years. Tens of thousands of pokies are going to have to find a new ...
Illegal Gambling Bust....No Biggie
Gambling Firms to Pay Addiction Tax
Over the weekend the Sunday Mail reported that Kenneth Gibson, a Scottish politician, has stated he would like to see a mandatory tax brought on all gambling fir...
Swedish Government to Recover Taxes from Undeclared Income
Last year the Swedish government were investigating online poker players and gaming affiliates. The Swedish tax authorities have released some of their findings ...
Players Take Advantage of Glitch on Befair Poker Website
A few players enjoying a game of poker on the Betfair website recently got a surprise when they all received money they were not supposed to get. Six players wer...
Florida CCG wants funding for Gambling Addiction Treatment
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling(FCCG) are calling out the State government today in hopes that the State will set aside funds that would go toward gam...
European Union Taking Action against Sweden and Germany
Germany and Sweden have taking measures over the past few months to restrict or completely ban online gambling companies from servicing their citizens. For the m...
Lee Rousso Is Running for Governor to Overturn Online Poker Ban
State Owned Online Poker a Possibility for Finland
In recent news, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland was planning on introducing a new amendment that would essentially leave Finland online gamb...
Can Ron Paul Gather Enough Votes From Online Gamblers
U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul has taken an affirmative stand on Internet gambling, but will it sway enough voters to win him the election? According to ma...
Online Gambling Talks Again between United States and Antigua
Representatives from both the United States and Antigua are supposed to meet today and discuss the online gambling issues between the two countries. The World Tr...
Possible Online Gambling Ban for Finland
Over the past few months several other countries have followed in the footsteps of the United States and placed some sort of ban or restrictions on online gambli...
The EGBA Files Complaints against Germany
On January 1st a ban went into effect in Germany that prohibits online gambling. Because of this the European Gaming and Betting Association has filed a complain...
Online Gambling: UK WhiteList Extends To Tasmania
The UK WhiteList, as it has become known, defines what jurisdictions can and cannot legally advertising online gambling operations in the UK. Newly added to the ...
Online Poker Relief From US Presidential Candidate Obama
Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, is an avid poker player hoping to become the 44th president of the United States. Last Thursday, Obama won the Iowa State Cau...
Australian Cyber-Safety Creating Online Gambling Censorship?
Norway's New Responsible Gambling Code
Norway has enacted a new Responsible Gambling Code in an effort to avert the proposed Norway UIGEA. The proposed ban would prevent their citizens from transferri...
New Year Brings Online Gambling Ban to Germany
Many countries seem to be following the United States footsteps by banning online gambling in some form or fashion. Norway was the first after the US and then Tu...
Poker Addiction At Hand In Australia
In the ongoing effort to protect gambling addicts, Reverend Tim Costello, an anti gambling and poker machine campaigner has made a request to newly app...
Gambling May Soon Become Reality East Of The Philippines
Gambling establishments are close to become a reality east of the Philippines, to the island of Rota, part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islan...
February Marks Beginning of Yahoo!, Google Civil Trials
It was recently reported that Hagen Berman Sobol Shapiro, the law firm in the Yahoo!, Google case, released a stat...
No Smoking For Colorado Gamblers
2008 will bring a sombrous change to smokers who gamble in casinos in the state of Colorado (US). December 31st will be the last day that those players can ...
Ireland To See Big Changes in 2008 Regarding Gambling
Ireland will soon have their own gaming commission to ensure that upcoming new laws are followed by companies seeking to attain a casino license. Justice Ministe...
RGA Claims Discrimination From The U.S. in Complaint with EU
Is The UK Running Illegal Satellite Tournaments?
Seats at United Kingdom (UK) poker tournaments or satellites cannot be won as prizes to those that are not in the UK Gambling Commission’s list approv...
Denmark Could be in Court over Internet Gambling
The European Commission has come under fire from the European Gaming and Betting Association over their delay in taking the Denmark government to the court. Denm...



