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CasinoOnline.co.uk has ventured into the heated presidential election campaign and found out what’s really behind the candidates plans for online gambling, digging up some surprising results along the way. In a concise summary, the present the U.S presidential election race in relation to gambling, find out about who voted ‘for’ and ‘against’ the Unlawful Internet [...]

U.S. poker players have anted up for another high-stakes game — lobbying. Trying to overturn a 2006 U.S. ban on online poker, gamblers have started a lobbying group, established a political action committee, and promoted their effort to politicians by holding poker tournaments at the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions. “Up until this point, the [...]

A new bill that would limit the Internet gambling ban to sports betting while exempting poker and other online wagering is splitting poker advocates. The Poker Players Alliance, a group that lobbies Congress against the ban, is opposed to the bill. Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R- N.Y., who is the alliance chairman, said it does [...]

In an update to our February story, about Assemblyman Lloyd Levine sponsoring bill AB2026 calling on the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) to carry out the study into controlling and operating internet gambling operations, the bill was approved by the Senate Governmental Organization Committee on Tuesday, June 24 on a 6-1 vote, with amendments to [...]

Jeffrey L. Derevensky, a leading professor at McGill University, contends that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) incorrectly cited the university’s research on gambling addiction in arguing for the continued prohibition on Internet gambling. Derevensky in fact believes that the regulation of online gambling is an opportunity to put in place safeguards to combat problem and underage [...]