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According to CBS Detroit report, WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick reports that the U.S. Justice Department reversed a law, the 1961 Interstate Wire Act, which until now, has banned internet betting. This ruling does not mean that Michigan will automatically allow internet gambling with all of its casinios and tribal casinos but the possibility for [...]

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 [...]

Antigua and Barbuda, which licenses Internet gambling companies, has waged a long battle in the WTO over U.S. efforts to keep Americans from patronizing offshore betting sites. Last week’s shutdown of the three biggest online poker sites has the Caribbean nation ready to go another round. It contends U.S. crackdowns against foreign betting sites are [...]

The repercussions of last week’s bust of three large online casinos by the US federal government is continuing. An editorial in the LA Times, suggests that a federal crackdown on Internet poker sites isn’t a good bet for solving problems with online gambling. The bigger question is whether taking down the U.S. operations of three [...]

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, [...]