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Update: Bloomberg reports Disney’s ESPN Drops Poker Programming After Websites Are Charged. “We are aware of the indictment only through what has been announced publicly,” Bristol, Connecticut-based ESPN said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. “For the immediate future, we are making efforts to remove related advertising and programming pending further review.” On Friday, 11 people, [...]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s proposal to legalize and tax online poker may become part of a spending package or other must-pass legislation before Congress adjourns for the year, the Washington Post reported. Reid, a Nevada Democrat, decided against adding his measure to a compromise tax-cut package amid concerns it would undermine the tax bill’s [...]

Legalized online gambling in Ontario could mean a $500 million annual windfall to the cash-strapped provincial government, Liberal sources say. But Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak warns Ontario taxpayers should be leery if Premier Dalton McGuinty bets on Internet gaming here. As the Star disclosed on Saturday, McGuinty’s administration, which is wrestling with a $19.7 [...]

A movement to legalize online poker and other forms of non-sports betting cleared a major hurdle when a key bill passed the House Financial Services Committee July 28. But final passage of the measure is still being viewed on Capitol Hill as a crap shoot at best. “This is, by no means, a sure thing,” [...]

With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling. On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would effectively legalize online poker and other nonsports betting, overturning a 2006 federal ban that critics say [...]