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A Justice Department memo last month that cleared the way for states to legalize online poker and lotteries makes it more important than ever for Congress to clear up the issue on a federal level, supporters of legislation say. Supporters of legalizing online poker cheered the ruling but said it may create confusion and encourage [...]

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is still reviewing the ruling by the US Justice Department enabling states to regular their own internet gaming. In the mean time, Connecticut’s governor, Dannel P. Malloy, speaking on the developments was concerned about the effect this could have on people who deal with gambling addictions. “Listen, I’m not a [...]

Coming up early in the 2012 on the agenda for California legislators is When state lawmakers is legalizing online poker. Lawmakers held hearings in 2011 on a proposal that the state sanction certain websites for poker and other gambling, with a cut of the action going to the treasury. The matter was postponed until 2012 [...]

The Justice Department has reversed its long-held opposition to many forms of Internet gambling, removing a big legal obstacle for states that want to sanction online gambling to help fix their budget deficits. The new policy merely reverses the Justice Department’s longstanding position that all forms of online gambling are illegal in the United States. [...]

Internet gambling is the future of the casino industry, whether it’s approved at the federal or state level, a panel of online and brick-and-mortar casino executives said Tuesday. And a New Jersey lawmaker predicted there will be a ballot question next year asking his state’s residents whether to amend the state Constitution to allow Internet [...]